| 100% | NATE | 4 | Name of ___ Silver and ___ Diaz, a baseball analyst and UFC fighter, respectively |
| 36% | OHIO | 4 | Name of a state and a river |
| 36% | PENOBSCOT | 9 | Name of a nation, a river, and a bay |
| 35% | MADRAS | 6 | Former name of Chennai and a lightweight fabric |
| 35% | SOX | 3 | End of Boston and Chicago pro baseball teams' names |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a New York canal, lake, county, and people |
| 34% | OSSA | 4 | Name of a mountain in Greece and Canada |
| 34% | SHEA | 4 | Name of a former baseball stadium in Queens that neighbored (and is an anagram of) 9-Across |
| 34% | ALOU | 4 | Last name of a baseball dynasty |
| 34% | SWEETBREAD | 10 | Misleading name of a dish that's actually savory and meaty |
| 34% | ALOU | 4 | Last name of baseball brothers Matty, Felipe, and Jesús |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a U.S. city, lake, and canal |
| 34% | LUGE | 4 | Name of a winter sport, and the vehicle involved |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Great Lake and a New York canal |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Name of both a Pennsylvania city and a Great Lake |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Pennsylvania city and a New York canal |
| 33% | THOMASCAT | 9 | Formal name of a twin-engine fighter jet? |
| 33% | ALOU | 4 | Last name of a trio of baseball brothers |
| 33% | ROSEMARY | 8 | Symbol of remembrance and a girl's name |
| 33% | AGATHA | 6 | First name of a crime and mystery author |
| 33% | NASDAQ | 6 | Acronym and name of a US stock exchange |
| 33% | REC | 3 | "Parks and ___" (familiar name of a TV sitcom) |
| 33% | CHUG | 4 | Portmanteau name of a Chihuahua and pug mix |
| 33% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 33% | ALOU | 4 | Name of the baseball family with a combined 7,228 hits |
| 33% | ORIOLE | 6 | State bird of Maryland, for which a baseball team was named |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a Great Lake and a Pennsylvania city on it |
| 33% | WASCANA | 7 | Name of a lake and center in Regina's Gladmer Park |
| 33% | YOGIBEAR | 8 | Friend of Boo Boo, named after a baseball player |
| 33% | NAPOLEON | 8 | Rich French pastry and name of a French emperor |