| 100% | BEAM | 4 | Gymnastic event that the US' Laurie Hernandez and Simone Biles received silver and bronze for at the 2016 Olympics |
| 33% | JACKSOCK | 8 | American tennis player who won a gold and bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics |
| 32% | NEWYEAR | 7 | Jan 1st event that we hope will be described by the words at 15a, 29a, 48a, 3d, and 41d for you: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GYMNASTICS | 10 | Sport in which Team USA won two gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 30% | MEDAL | 5 | Winning prize at the Olympics, that may be gold, silver or bronze |
| 30% | BILES | 5 | Gymnastics superstar at the 2016 Olympics |
| 30% | RINGS | 5 | Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Eleftherios Petrounias at the 2016 Olympics |
| 30% | PARALLEL | 8 | & 5D Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Oleg Verniaiev at the 2016 Olympics |
| 29% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Discipline that will be a medal event for the first time at the 38-Across Olympics |
| 29% | SURFING | 7 | Discipline that will be a medal event for the first time at the 38-Across Olympics |
| 29% | DECATHLON | 9 | Ten-part track and field event for which 15-Across won one of his two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics |
| 29% | TRACKANDFIELD | 13 | Sport also known as Athletics in which Team USA won seven gold medals, 12 silver medals, and seven bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics (3 wds.) |
| 29% | REFUGEES | 8 | Competed for the first time at the 2016 Olympics |
| 29% | SPORTCLIMBING | 13 | Discipline that will be a medal event for the first time at the 38-Across Olympics (2 wds.) |
| 28% | USA | 3 | Country that won 121 medals at the 2016 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 28% | REDEEM | 6 | " ___ Team," nickname for US men's basketball team led by Dwyane Wade that won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| 28% | BILES | 5 | Gymnastics great Simone, gold medalist at the 2024 Olympics |
| 28% | USA | 3 | Country of players like Simone Biles and Gabrielle Thomas, which aced in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Give it up for this champion!: Abbr. |
| 27% | STRUG | 5 | Kerri ___, U.S. gymnastics star at the 1996 Olympics |
| 27% | ALYRAISMAN | 10 | Gymnastics star of the 2012 and 2016 Olympics |
| 27% | SUNISALEE | 9 | With Simone Biles and Hezly Rivera, one of the five Golden Girls (gold medal-winning gymnasts of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics): 2 wds. |
| 27% | MEDAL | 5 | Gold, silver, or bronze at the Olympics |
| 27% | EPEE | 4 | Individual and team event at the Olympics |
| 26% | SIMONE | 6 | I was a part of the "Final Five" at the 2016 Olympics and won four gold medals |
| 26% | DOHERTY | 7 | Reginald ___, British former tennis player with 3 gold and 1 bronze medal at the Olympics |
| 26% | USA | 3 | Country represented by Simone Biles at the Olympics: Abbr. |
| 26% | JEFF | 4 | ___ Henderson, American track and field athlete who won the gold medal in long jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 26% | DEREK | 5 | ___ Drouin, Canadian track and field athlete who won the gold medal in high jump at the 2016 Olympics |
| 26% | SANDI | 5 | ___ Morris, American pole vaulter who won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 26% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |