| 100% | FIRSTBLOOD | 10 | It is drawn in every head-to-head sports matchup...unless it ends in a 0-0 tie |
| 36% | IRE | 3 | It may be drawn in a fight |
| 36% | LONGBOW | 7 | It may be drawn in a forest |
| 35% | MOP | 3 | Its head is in a bucket, often |
| 34% | CERES | 5 | It was upgraded from an asteroid to a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 34% | SLOMO | 5 | A sports highlight may be seen in it |
| 34% | HYMNAL | 6 | It's bound to be used in a service |
| 34% | ROM | 3 | It can't be written to, in a PC |
| 33% | GOALPOSTS | 9 | It's unfair to move them, in a sports metaphor |
| 33% | BACKPAGE | 8 | It's usually devoted to sports in a tabloid newspaper |
| 33% | WET | 3 | It might be hard to get this in a desert |
| 33% | DRONEBEE | 8 | Its purpose in life is to mate with a queen |
| 33% | TONE | 4 | It might be tough to convey in a text message |
| 33% | USOC | 4 | Sports org. that added a "P" to its initials in 2019 |
| 33% | ODYSSEUS | 8 | It was his idea to breach Troy in a giant horse |
| 33% | BEET | 4 | Its juice is used to mimic blood in a Beyond Burger |
| 33% | HAL | 3 | "This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it" speaker in a 1968 film |
| 33% | USOC | 4 | Sports org. that added a "P" to its initials in 2019 (Abbr.) |
| 33% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than a sword, in a proverb |
| 32% | SEEDPOTATO | 10 | Its 31-Down might be similar in size (and function) to a pea |
| 32% | GPS | 3 | It may be attached to a windshield, in brief |
| 32% | FABLE | 5 | It ends in a point |
| 32% | RACE | 4 | It ends in a concession |
| 32% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 32% | SIN | 3 | What it is to kill a mockingbird, in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 32% | NETS | 4 | While working in a kitchen it is sometimes mandatory to wear hair___ |
| 32% | ARE | 3 | Verb that may be shortened to just its middle letter in a text |
| 31% | WORTH | 5 | Change a word in this phrase to correct it! "A picture is valued a thousand words" |
| 31% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 31% | SNL | 3 | Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82 |