| 100% | AVID | 4 | Like a fan who never misses a game, say |
| 51% | BORNTOOLATE | 11 | Like a millennial who's a huge fan of 1960s-'70s music, it's said |
| 49% | LOSTATSEA | 9 | Like a mariner who's missing |
| 48% | AVID | 4 | Like a fan who holds a season ticket |
| 46% | SHY | 3 | Like a person who blushes and doesn't say much |
| 46% | RABID | 5 | Like sports fans who paint their faces, say |
| 46% | WILL | 4 | Rogers who said, "Never miss a good chance to shut up" |
| 46% | TWOHIT | 6 | Like a really good game for a pitcher, say |
| 45% | ONETERM | 7 | Like a senator who's never reelected: Hyph. |
| 45% | AWOL | 4 | Like a soldier who's gone missing: Abbr. |
| 44% | DID | 3 | With 29-Down, question from a fan who slept through the game |
| 44% | HARDWON | 7 | Like a game ending in double overtime, say |
| 41% | EARLY | 5 | Like the bird who gets the worm, in a saying |
| 41% | SIMON | 5 | One who says a lot in a game |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Muhammad ___, who said "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who said "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" |
| 41% | TENSE | 5 | Like fans during a tight championship game |
| 39% | NICE | 4 | Like guys who finish last, as per a saying |
| 38% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone who says, “I have a code”? |
| 38% | LATEARRIVAL | 11 | Guest who missed the surprise of a surprise party, say |
| 37% | ONTHIRD | 7 | Like a player who has hit a triple |
| 37% | SIMON | 5 | One who "says," in a game |
| 37% | OOH | 3 | Crowd's reaction at a missed chance to score in a game of soccer, say |
| 37% | PECOS | 5 | ___ Bill, folk hero who is said to have ridden a tornado like a bucking bronco |
| 37% | ASLAN | 5 | About whom Mr. Beaver says "He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion." |
| 37% | HODAKOTB | 8 | "Today" star who says her coanchor Savannah Guthrie is like a sister to her: 2 wds. |
| 37% | EPICWIN | 7 | Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, say, if you're a Cubs fan |
| 37% | SAD | 3 | Like a friend who texts :( |
| 37% | SAD | 3 | Like a texter who sends ":(" |
| 37% | NOSY | 4 | Like a neighbor who pries |