| 100% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise, in fable |
| 98% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fable |
| 97% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 96% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise, in a fable |
| 82% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fairytale |
| 75% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 75% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise in a fabled race |
| 74% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise, in a fable |
| 73% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise, in an Aesop fable |
| 71% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise, in a fable by 1-Down |
| 67% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise |
| 65% | NAP | 3 | Reason the hare lost to the tortoise, in the fable |
| 63% | HARE | 4 | He lost to the tortoise in a race |
| 61% | PADRES | 6 | Losers to the Yankees in the 1998 Series |
| 61% | BENGALS | 7 | Losers to the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIII |
| 60% | FASTER | 6 | Like the tortoise in the fable, ultimately |
| 60% | UTES | 4 | Losers to the Buckeyes in the 2022 Rose Bowl |
| 60% | RAYS | 4 | Losers to the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series |
| 59% | GHANA | 5 | Loser to the U.S. in the 2014 World Cup |
| 58% | HARE | 4 | Fabled loser to a tortoise |
| 57% | REDBIRDS | 8 | 2004 8-Down losers to the 39-Across, in headlines |
| 57% | CBS | 3 | Loser to RCA in the color TV race |
| 57% | NETSCAPE | 8 | Loser to Explorer in the first browser war |
| 57% | RIGGS | 5 | Loser to King in the Battle of the Sexes |
| 56% | ALA | 3 | Loser to Clemson in the 2019 football championship game (Abbr.) |
| 55% | NSYNC | 5 | Loser to U2 for Grammy Record of the Year in 2001 |
| 54% | HARE | 4 | Fabled loser in a race against a tortoise |
| 52% | BADHAREDAY | 10 | Tough time for the loser in a fabled race? |
| 50% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable? |
| 50% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable |