| 100% | BASEBALL | 8 | Men's bat-and-ball sport that was contested in the Olympics from 1992-2008 and will make a return in 2020 |
| 51% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics and involves riding and performing tricks on a narrow board with wheels |
| 48% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 40% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 37% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence |
| 36% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 36% | STANISLAS | 9 | ___ Wawrinka and Roger Federer, tennis pair that won the Olympics gold medal for men's doubles in 2008 |
| 35% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 35% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 34% | NUDE | 4 | Second single from Radiohead's album in 18a, that had a different title originally and was supposed to be part of the album "OK Computer" |
| 34% | DANK | 4 | Making a comeback is this "wet and unpleasant" slangy term for something of high quality that originated in the '80s |
| 33% | MONTRACHET | 10 | Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder that is then wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia |
| 33% | LOOKWHATYOU | 11 | "___ Made Me Do," the first single from 16a that was released late August and is a huge hit: 3 wds. |
| 33% | EDGE | 4 | "The Cutting ___," 1992 sports comedy movie that is set at the Olympics |
| 33% | HANDBALL | 8 | Seven-a-side sport won by France at the 2020 Olympics by both the men's and women's teams |
| 33% | CREW | 4 | ___ cut, military-inspired men's haircut, sported by John Cena, that was popular in the '80s |
| 33% | HANDBALL | 8 | Seven-a-side sport won by both the French men's and women's teams at the 2020 Olympics |
| 32% | BRIE | 4 | Grayish white cheese that originated from a French region of the same name and is considered to be in a low lactose range of 0-2% |
| 32% | SUMO | 4 | Popular spectator sport that's not in the Olympics |
| 32% | MEAD | 4 | ___, one of the world's oldest beverages made of honey, that was produced in Europe, Asia and Africa |
| 32% | SHAG | 4 | Layered "messy" haircut, sported by David Bowie and Joan Jett, that was common in the '70s |
| 32% | BOB | 3 | Short and sleek haircut, sported by Anna Wintour, that was popularized in the '20s |
| 32% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 32% | HEYCANIGETALIFT | 15 | Request from someone who needs a ride, or a request that can be made of the starts of 17-, 24-, and 43-Across |
| 32% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 32% | PISTACHIO | 9 | Nut from the cashew family that is enclosed in a shell |
| 32% | ARROW | 5 | 3, 2, 1... And off it goes! Archer's pointed weapon from a bow that is launched into the air |
| 32% | LIT | 3 | Making a comeback is this "illuminated" slangy term for something exciting that was popular in the 1910's |
| 31% | PODRACING | 9 | Fictional sport in "Star Wars" that is a contest of speed between small one-man spacecraft |
| 31% | MIDDLECHILD | 11 | J. Cole single from the album "Revenge of the Dreamers III" that was nominated for a Best Rap Performance Grammy Award in 2020 (2 wds.) |