| 100% | JOUSTERS | 8 | Knights who tourney on horseback with lances |
| 53% | JOUSTING | 8 | Battling on horseback with lances |
| 53% | JOUSTING | 8 | Fighting on horseback with lances |
| 47% | JOUSTER | 7 | Medieval contender with lance on horseback |
| 40% | JOUST | 5 | Fight with a lance on horseback |
| 39% | POLO | 4 | Sport played on horseback with mallets |
| 37% | POLO | 4 | Game played on horseback with long-handled mallets |
| 37% | SIRGUITAR | 9 | Knight who slays with a musical ax? |
| 36% | JOUST | 5 | Knights' competition on horseback |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Game played on horseback with a long mallet and a ball |
| 35% | OARS | 4 | ''Sailing on horseback or with feet for __'': Housman |
| 34% | DOCTOR | 6 | Who on TV, with "the" |
| 34% | MCKELLEN | 8 | Theater knight who was Gandalf and Magneto on film |
| 33% | ERO | 3 | White knight who probably rode up on 'is Cockney 'orse |
| 33% | ACE | 3 | Who Sebastian sang with on "Back to School" |
| 33% | INDYA | 5 | With 29-Across, actress who plays Angel on "Pose" |
| 33% | MARIE | 5 | With 38-Across, physicist who pioneered research on radioactivity |
| 32% | JOUSTING | 8 | Horseback tournament game with lances |
| 32% | PENNON | 6 | Flag carried on a knight's lance |
| 32% | BASS | 4 | Singer Lance who performed with 'N Sync |
| 32% | SIR | 3 | Title bestowed on one who is knighted |
| 32% | GEN | 3 | With 8-Down, one who grew up on MTV, maybe |
| 32% | SHERMAN | 7 | With 34-Across, actor who played George on 15-Across |
| 32% | DEMOND | 6 | With 37-Across, actor who played Lamont on 44-Across |
| 32% | REDD | 4 | With 20-Across, actor who played Fred on 44-Across |
| 32% | MARILU | 6 | With 32-Across, actress who played Elaine Nardo on "Taxi" |
| 32% | JOUSTING | 8 | Medieval fighting on a horse with a lance |
| 32% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" |
| 32% | DEMI | 4 | Lovato who starred on "Sonny With a Chance" |
| 32% | DIDO | 4 | British singer who collaborated with Eminem on "Stan" |