| 100% | STEAL | 5 | Jackie Robinson did it to reach home in the '55 World Series |
| 50% | STOLEHOME | 9 | What Jackie Robinson did, famously, in the first game of the 1955 World Series |
| 41% | STOLEN | 6 | Like home base in Game One of the 1955 World Series, courtesy of Jackie Robinson |
| 37% | ICHIROSUZUKI | 12 | He never made it to the World Series despite playing in 2,653 regular-season games with the Mariners, Yankees, and Marlins: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RAFAELPALMEIRO | 14 | He never made it to the World Series despite playing in 2,831 regular-season games with the Cubs, Rangers, and Orioles: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | He never made it to the World Series despite playing in 2,671 regular-season games with the Mariners, Reds, and White Sox: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 35% | SPIDERPLANT | 11 | Next, she ___ in the car and wanted to get it home |
| 35% | BORNEO | 6 | Third-largest island in the world, home to an ancient, biodiverse rainforest |
| 34% | RAYS | 4 | Losers to the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series |
| 33% | HANOI | 5 | World capital that's home to the Temple of Literature, built in 1070 |
| 33% | OMAHA | 5 | Midwest city home to the College World Series |
| 32% | ESTEE | 5 | "I relish reaching out to the world and its infinite beauty!" writer Lauder |
| 32% | SWISHER | 7 | Yankee Nick who hit a home run in the 2009 World Series |
| 32% | METS | 4 | MLB team that lost to the Royals in the 2015 World Series |
| 32% | CAIRO | 5 | Most populous city in the Arab world, home to 19+ million people |
| 32% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays Tina Turner in the music biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | OMAHA | 5 | Home of the College World Series |
| 32% | MINT | 4 | "What did the tic-tacs say when they fell in love? It was ___ to be" |
| 31% | SEDUCED | 7 | Enticingly tempted, as Mrs. Robinson did to Benjamin in "The Graduate" |
| 31% | TINATURNER | 10 | Singer played by Angela Bassett in the 1993 musical biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | TAMPA | 5 | Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021) |
| 31% | OVEN | 4 | It's at home in the range |
| 31% | ROOT | 4 | When tripled, what to do for the home team in “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” |
| 31% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played rock star Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANATOLIA | 8 | It was home to two Wonders of the Ancient World |
| 31% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Hop to it ... or what to do to the various eggs in this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 31% | SOLO | 4 | How Joshua Slocum sailed around the world starting in 1895, becoming the first person to do so |
| 31% | ENOS | 4 | Slaughter in the 1946 World Series |
| 30% | USEIT | 5 | "It's in the Way That You" do this, to Clapton |
| 30% | ANDES | 5 | Home to the highest active volcano in the world |