| 100% | THECFL | 6 | In 2006, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie was named the best player of all time in this league |
| 45% | CHANTAL | 7 | With 15-Across, director whose 1975 film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, was named the best film of all time in a recent Sight & Sound poll |
| 43% | JETT | 4 | Rocker Joan who was named the best female guitar player of all time by the Gibson guitar company |
| 40% | TEXAS | 5 | ___ Longhorns, Kevin Durant's college basketball team where he was named the National Player of the Year in 2006 |
| 37% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Napoleon ___, one of the greatest conquerors of all time who is studied in military schools to this day |
| 36% | NIGEL | 5 | Richards who is generally regarded as the best Scrabble player of all time |
| 35% | PRYOR | 5 | Richard who in 2017 was named Best Stand-Up Comic of All Time by Rolling Stone |
| 35% | BACH | 4 | Who was voted the "Greatest Composer of All Time," in a 2019 BBC poll |
| 35% | INCEPTION | 9 | Rated 8.8 on IMDb, this movie about thieves stealing through dreams is listed in the top 10 movies of all time |
| 35% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose "Back in Black" is the second-best-selling album of all time |
| 34% | ZIDANE | 6 | French soccer legend Zinedine who is considered one of the greatest players of all time |
| 34% | MEGAN | 5 | ___ Rapinoe, queer soccer star who was named the Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019 |
| 34% | SHAWSHANK | 9 | Rated 9.3 on IMDb, this movie about two prisoners finding solace in life is listed in the top 10 movies of all time, "The ___ Redemption" |
| 33% | THEDARKKNIGHT | 13 | Rated 9.0 on IMDb, this movie about the confrontation of "The Joker" and "Batman" is listed in the top 10 movies of all time: 3 wds. |
| 33% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Former NFL player to be named All-Star in both football and baseball who is considered one of the greatest RBs ever: 2 wds. |
| 33% | FLAGDAY | 7 | June 14 celebration in all 50 U.S. states, which is hinted at in the names of the state trees in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 33% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | Novelist who is the fourth best-selling fiction writer of all time |
| 32% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 32% | ANDRETTI | 8 | Mario ___, all-time great racing driver who was named the U.S. Driver of the Year in 3 separate decades |
| 32% | JIMPLUNKETT | 11 | 1970 Heisman Trophy winner who was the Super Bowl MVP for the Oakland Raiders in 1981 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ROGERSTAUBACH | 13 | 1963 Heisman Trophy winner who was the Super Bowl MVP for the Dallas Cowboys in 1972 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NEMO | 4 | Titular character in the best-selling DVD of all time |
| 32% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Robinson, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a two-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 32% | BOURQUE | 7 | Ray ___, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a five-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 32% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Coffey, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a three-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 32% | NICKLAS | 7 | ___ Lidstrom, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a seven-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 32% | KEN | 3 | First name of the winner of the recent "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" tournament |
| 32% | YORDANALVAREZ | 13 | Astros player who was named the 2019 American League Rookie of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ROD | 3 | ___ Laver, retired Australian tennis player who is considered one of the greatest of all time |
| 32% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | Only person in the arts ever to be named Time's Person of the Year |