| 100% | HALLETT | 7 | Mike —, snooker player whitewashed by Steve Davis in the 1988 Benson and Hedges Masters Final |
| 28% | TRUMP | 5 | Judd —, snooker player who won the Masters in 2023 |
| 26% | DAGLEY | 6 | Norman —, billiards player; winner of the WPBSA World Championship in 1987 and 1988 |
| 25% | TIME | 4 | "Love in the ___ of Cholera," 1988 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez which depicts the story of Florentino and Fermina |
| 24% | KAWHI | 5 | ___ Leonard, LA Clippers player who was the recipient of the NBA Finals MVP in 2014 and 2019 |
| 24% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Former Chicago Bulls player who won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1987 and 1988: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ANDYMURRAY | 10 | Scottish tennis player defeated by 32-Across in the 2016 Australian Open finals: 2 wds. |
| 24% | CHAUNCEY | 8 | ___ Billups, NBA coach and former Detroit Pistons player who was the recipient of the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 |
| 23% | MODANO | 6 | ★Hockey Hall of Famer Mike who holds the records for most NHL goals and points by an American-born player |
| 23% | CANDLE | 6 | __ in the Wind, song by Taupin and John |
| 23% | THEHANGOVER | 11 | Movie about three friends getting drunk and wasted in Las Vegas, featuring a cameo by the boxer Mike Tyson: 2 wds. |
| 23% | HAMMER | 6 | Mike —, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |
| 23% | SLED | 4 | Toy in the final "Calvin and Hobbes" panel |
| 23% | PETE | 4 | I became the number one tennis player in 1993 and my record of 14 Grand Slams was surpassed by Federer in 2009 |
| 23% | JAZZFUSION | 10 | Genre embraced by Miles Davis in the late 1960s |
| 23% | SLED | 4 | Vehicle in the final strip of “Calvin and Hobbes” |
| 23% | SINUSES | 7 | Cavities in the face and skull inflamed by pollen |
| 22% | MURPHY | 6 | Shaun —, snooker player who won the UK Championship in 2008 |
| 22% | GRU | 3 | Character played by Steve Carell in the "Despicable Me" series |
| 22% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd drop by" |
| 22% | LEA | 3 | Player of Caroline in "Caroline and the City" |
| 22% | NET | 3 | Losing athlete in the 2002 and 2003 N.B.A. Finals |
| 22% | RUNT | 4 | Pig voiced by Steve Zahn in the 2005 animated film "Chicken Little" |
| 22% | ONLY | 4 | "___ Murders in the Building" (Hulu series starring Steve Martin and Martin Short) |
| 22% | YODA | 4 | The oldest and most powerful Jedi master in Star Wars |
| 22% | OUTED | 5 | No longer in the closet, and not by choice |
| 21% | RIGGS | 5 | Bobby played by Steve Carell in the 2017 film "Battle of the Sexes" |
| 21% | PIETISM | 7 | Lutheranism movement in the 17th and 18th centuries founded by Philipp Jakob Spener |
| 21% | SONS | 4 | Word in the titles of novels by Ivan Turgenev and D. H. Lawrence |
| 21% | NIRVANA | 7 | Final release from the cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism and Hinduism |