| 100% | NBA | 3 | League that the L.A. Lakers play in: Abbr. |
| 51% | NBA | 3 | Pro sports league that includes the Lakers: Abbr. |
| 51% | NBA | 3 | League that Dwight Howard plays in: Abbr. |
| 50% | WNBA | 4 | The L.A. Sparks play in it |
| 50% | XFL | 3 | Football league that played only one season in 2001: Abbr. |
| 49% | NBA | 3 | League that named James Harden the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2018: Abbr. |
| 49% | MAJ | 3 | A rank in the army that also means "huge": Abbr. |
| 49% | NFL | 3 | Sports organization that the Carolina Panthers play in: Abbr. |
| 48% | POLO | 4 | Water ___, team sport played in the water that is a popular summer activity |
| 48% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 47% | ATM | 3 | Device that lets you skip the lines in a bank: Abbr. |
| 46% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 46% | MLB | 3 | Organization that the Yankees and Red Sox play in: Abbr. |
| 46% | NBA | 3 | The league in which LeBron James plays: Abbr. |
| 46% | LOS | 3 | The "L" in L.A. Lakers |
| 45% | ALA | 3 | Southern state that's first alphabetically in a list of the 50 states: Abbr. |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | League in which the 28-Across play (Abbr.) |
| 45% | ERA | 3 | Pitching statistic that Shane Bieber led the league in last year, with a 1.63: Abbr. |
| 45% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 44% | NBA | 3 | League that L.A. and N.Y.C. are each represented in twice |
| 44% | NHL | 3 | Pro league that Seattle will start playing in next year (abbr.) |
| 44% | NBA | 3 | The Lakers play in it |
| 44% | LETTUCE | 7 | The L in a BLT |
| 43% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | A 2017 TV series that premiered on Starz, in which Gillian Anderson plays the new goddess Media: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TMC | 3 | Run ___ (nickname of a star trio that played for the Golden State Warriors in the early '90s) |
| 43% | WNBA | 4 | League that Aerial Powers plays in |
| 43% | NBA | 3 | League that Ja Morant plays in |
| 43% | LETTUCE | 7 | The L in a BLT sandwich |
| 43% | LOCATOR | 7 | The L in a website's URL |
| 42% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |