| 100% | OCT | 3 | Mo. when the N.F.L., N.B.A., N.H.L. and M.L.B. all have games |
| 46% | JETS | 4 | What Jacuzzis, airports and the N.F.L. all have in common |
| 44% | FEB | 3 | Mo. during which the N.B.A. All-Star Game is usually played |
| 43% | SEP | 3 | Mo. when the N.F.L. season starts |
| 39% | FLIPPERANDERSON | 15 | Former L.A. Ram who holds the N.F.L. record for most receiving yards in a game (336) |
| 37% | BAREBACK | 8 | Riding without a saddle, and what the starred answers all have |
| 36% | LETTERS | 7 | a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l... |
| 36% | EAST | 4 | One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the" |
| 36% | KENNEDY | 7 | A L —, author of story collections All the Rage and What Becomes |
| 36% | ANIMISM | 7 | The belief that all objects and animals have a spirit |
| 36% | POWERGRID | 9 | Game that has a 2-sided board, Germany and the USA |
| 35% | LISALESLIE | 10 | L.A. Sparks player who was the first to dunk in a W.N.B.A. game |
| 35% | OCT | 3 | Typically, the only month when the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB all play games: Abbr. |
| 35% | MARINER | 7 | Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| 34% | MVPS | 4 | Joel Embiid and Patrick Mahomes are reigning ones, in the N.B.A. and N.F.L. |
| 34% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 33% | APRIL | 5 | When the N.B.A. regular season ends |
| 33% | MADDEN | 6 | N.F.L. video-game franchise named for a storied coach and commentator |
| 33% | THEBOYINTHE | 11 | & 22D 1924 novel by D H Lawrence and M L Skinner |
| 33% | OTS | 3 | There were six in a 1951 N.B.A. game between Indianapolis and Rochester |
| 32% | VANHALEN | 8 | "Jump" rock band whose backstage requests have included a bowl of M&Ms with all the brown ones removed: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PROBOWL | 7 | N.F.L. all-star game |
| 32% | YAO | 3 | N.B.A. All-Star Ming |
| 32% | YAO | 3 | Ming of the N.B.A. |
| 32% | YAO | 3 | Ming of the N.B.A |
| 32% | PTS | 3 | Wilt Chamberlain once had 100 in a single N.B.A. game: Abbr. |
| 32% | OTS | 3 | When golden goals happen in the N.H.L. |
| 32% | ESPN | 4 | N.F.L and "Outside the Lines" channel: Abbr. |
| 32% | APR | 3 | Mo. when the IRS gets a lot of mail |