| 100% | ORO | 3 | María Espinoza won it for tae kwon do at the 2008 Olympics |
| 32% | EIGHTGOLDMEDALS | 15 | Singular achievement by 36-Across at the 2008 Olympics |
| 32% | TIGERSLAM | 9 | Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it |
| 31% | MARTIALART | 10 | Tae kwon do or karate, for example: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WORLDRECORDTIME | 15 | What each of seven 36-Across events at the 2008 Olympics ended in |
| 31% | BMX | 3 | Cycling sport that débuted at the 2008 Beijing Olympics |
| 31% | STANISLAS | 9 | ___ Wawrinka and Roger Federer, tennis pair that won the Olympics gold medal for men's doubles in 2008 |
| 30% | JACKPOT | 7 | Hit it for the big win |
| 30% | TERRAS | 6 | Anthony ___ ; A French bronze medal winner at the 2008 Bejing Olympics |
| 29% | PRO | 3 | Like an athlete at the Olympics, for short |
| 29% | BOW | 3 | It'll do for the present |
| 29% | T/FAKEGOLD | 10 | Win at the Olympics / Cheap jewelry material |
| 29% | ORALB | 5 | It's famous for doing the floss |
| 29% | FLAME | 5 | It burns at the Olympics |
| 28% | JETSAM | 6 | It won't go along for the ride |
| 28% | TABLEREAD | 9 | The cast generally won’t stand for it |
| 28% | DEFECT | 6 | What Raed Ahmed did at the Atlanta Olympics |
| 28% | BELL | 4 | It rings when school is done for the day |
| 27% | DARATORRES | 10 | American swimmer who won three silver medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics at age 41: 2 wds. |
| 27% | EPEE | 4 | It's electrified at the Olympics |
| 27% | ROUSEY | 6 | Ronda ___, former MMA athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics |
| 27% | PUN | 3 | “Some aquatic mammals at the zoo escaped. It was otter chaos!,” for example |
| 27% | AGEELEVEN | 9 | Anna Paquin won her Oscar for "The Piano" at it |
| 27% | ARGO | 4 | It won the Oscar for Best Picture the year after "The Artist" |
| 27% | LARKS | 5 | Birds that do things just for the fun of it? |
| 26% | TABLETENNIS | 11 | It was introduced at the Olympics in 1988 |
| 26% | ACC | 3 | It is opened at the bank, for short |
| 26% | ERASE | 5 | A good pencil always has an ___r at the end of it for correcting mistakes |
| 26% | LETME | 5 | "___ open the door for you..." ("I'll do it!"): 2 wds. |
| 26% | EPEE | 4 | It may be waved at the Olympics |