| 100% | VOL | 3 | Lady ___ (nickname for a U. of Tennessee athlete) |
| 60% | ABE | 3 | Nickname for a former U.S. president or last name of a former Japanese prime minister |
| 55% | VOLS | 4 | U. of Tennessee athletes |
| 55% | ROW | 3 | Murderer's ___ (nickname for a very talented group of athletes) |
| 54% | CLEO | 4 | Nickname for a queen of Egypt |
| 54% | KIWI | 4 | Nickname for a resident of New Zealand |
| 53% | AOC | 3 | Nickname for a Bronx-born U.S. congresswoman |
| 53% | JOEY | 4 | Nickname for a namesake of Mary's husband |
| 53% | REDCOAT | 7 | Nickname for a British soldier of the 1700s |
| 53% | LAWNMAN | 7 | Nickname for a certain type of obsessive suburbanite? |
| 53% | HOTTIE | 6 | Nickname for a fan of Megan Thee Stallion |
| 53% | VOL | 3 | University of Tennessee athlete, for short |
| 52% | DOC | 3 | Nickname for a physician (and homonym of 40-Across) |
| 52% | OLDLUPINESTATE | 14 | Nickname for a division of America populated by wolves? |
| 52% | ANI | 3 | Nickname for a young Darth Vader (anagram of "nia") |
| 52% | DAWGS | 5 | Phonetic canine nickname for University of Georgia athletes |
| 51% | SOONER | 6 | Nickname for a cheater in the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 |
| 51% | MURDER | 6 | Infamous nickname for a flock of crows |
| 51% | STENCH | 6 | Smelly nickname for a group of skunks |
| 50% | BELIEBER | 8 | Nickname for a fan of the singer of "Love Yourself" and "Sorry" |
| 49% | GATORS | 6 | Reptilian nickname for University of Florida athletes |
| 49% | QUEENBEY | 8 | Nickname for the singer of "Single Ladies" |
| 49% | THEQUEUE | 8 | Nickname for a 10-mile line of people that made headlines in Sept. 2022 |
| 48% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of a 1950s US president |
| 48% | THEGOAT | 7 | Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport |
| 47% | MAV | 3 | Nickname for any member of a Dallas professional basketball team |
| 47% | SHAQ | 4 | Nickname for a noted L.S.U. grad |
| 47% | NACHO | 5 | Nickname for Ignacio Anaya García, inventor of a cheese-covered tortilla-chip snack |
| 46% | RSAILSPLITTER | 13 | Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter? |
| 46% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the president known for wearing a stovepipe hat |