| 100% | TERRY | 5 | John -, former England and Chelsea captain; spent 19 years at the club |
| 38% | NGOLO | 5 | Former France and Chelsea midfielder; 2016-17 FWA Footballer of the Year |
| 37% | PLATT | 5 | David —, former England and Arsenal midfield footballer; 1990 PFA Players' Player of the Year award winner |
| 36% | PLATT | 5 | David —, former England and Aston Villa midfield footballer; 1990 PFA Players' Player of the Year award winner |
| 33% | LEES | 4 | A Z —, Durham and former Yorkshire batsman; 2014 Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year |
| 30% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | American athlete who won a gold for decathlon at the 1912 Olympics, and has spent 7 years in MLB and 13 in APFA (now NFL): 2 wds. |
| 30% | LIDO | 4 | Vegas show that ran for over 30 years at the Stardust Resort and Casino |
| 29% | HUGHES | 6 | John —, director of films The Breakfast Club and Weird Science |
| 29% | KANTE | 5 | N'Golo —, France and Chelsea midfielder; 2016-17 FWA Footballer of the Year |
| 28% | DAWES | 5 | John —, former Wales, British and Irish Lions and Barbarians rugby union captain born in 1940 |
| 28% | ANS | 3 | Years at the Sorbonne |
| 28% | ANNI | 4 | Years at the Vatican |
| 28% | ANNI | 4 | Years at the Colosseum |
| 28% | ANNEE | 5 | Year at the Sorbonne |
| 28% | GLEN | 4 | ___ Davis, former basketball player and 2005 SEC Rookie of the Year |
| 27% | BOMB | 4 | Crash and burn at the comedy club |
| 27% | DOSEQUIS | 8 | Beer brand whose logo hints at the answers to 17-, 19-, 38-, 43- and 61-Across |
| 27% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down |
| 27% | PEAK | 4 | & 13D Tourist area at the southern end of the Pennines; first national park of England and Wales |
| 27% | ASHLEYCOLE | 10 | 2001-14 England defender whose clubs included Chelsea FC, LA Galaxy and Arsenal |
| 27% | DEE | 3 | ___jay at the club |
| 27% | MISDIRECTED | 11 | Led astray ... or like the films at 19-, 25-, 40- and 57-Across? |
| 27% | MCVI | 4 | Year England captured Normandy at the Battle of Tinchebray |
| 26% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 26% | IDED | 4 | Scrutinized at the club entrance |
| 26% | ANNEE | 5 | A year at the Sorbonne |
| 26% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Pop star who performed and cowrote the song at 19-/33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | PRISON | 6 | Where 38-Down spent 19 years |
| 26% | DJS | 3 | CD spinners at the club: Abbr. |