| 100% | CYYOUNG | 7 | Namesake of the M.L.B. pitching award |
| 54% | ASHE | 4 | Namesake of the ESPY Courage Award |
| 54% | ASHE | 4 | Namesake of the sports-oriented Courage Award |
| 54% | APRIL | 5 | First month of the M.L.B. season, typically |
| 54% | VLAD | 4 | Guerrero, Jr., of the M.L.B., to fans |
| 54% | ASHE | 4 | Namesake of the ATP's humanitarian award |
| 53% | ALOU | 4 | Felipe, Matty, Jesús, or Moisés of the M.L.B. |
| 52% | HART | 4 | Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. award |
| 51% | PAIGE | 5 | Satchel who pitched in an M.L.B. game at the age of fifty-nine |
| 50% | MAJOR | 5 | The M of M.L.B. |
| 49% | SAGAN | 5 | Namesake of a medal awarded by the American Astronomical Society |
| 48% | LIVES | 5 | The "L" of B.L.M. |
| 45% | JUDYGARLAND | 11 | First female recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award in film |
| 45% | ICHIRO | 6 | First M.L.B. player inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 45% | RBI | 3 | One of the components of an M.L.B. Triple Crown |
| 45% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | "Silent Spring" writer and namesake of the international environmental award won by 32-Across in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TENORSAX | 8 | Jazz instrument pitched in the key of B flat |
| 45% | BOSTON | 6 | Home of the oldest active M.L.B. ballpark |
| 45% | BEENE | 5 | The Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award namesake |
| 44% | ROBINSON | 8 | M.L.B.'s first Rookie of the Year (1947) |
| 44% | ICHIROSUZUKI | 12 | First M.L.B. player to enter the Meikyukai (a Japanese baseball hall of fame) |
| 43% | CAREW | 5 | Eponym of the A.L. batting title award |
| 43% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the M.L.B. team whose manager and G.M. were suspended and dismissed in January, 2020, due to a sign-stealing scandal |
| 43% | ALWEST | 6 | M.L.B. division that includes the L.A. Angels |
| 42% | LOMBARDI | 8 | Namesake of the Super Bowl trophy |
| 42% | TOMATO | 6 | The "T" of B.L.T. |
| 42% | PER | 3 | The "p" of b.p.m. |
| 42% | YAO | 3 | Ming of the N.B.A. |
| 42% | YAO | 3 | Ming of the N.B.A |
| 42% | ORA | 3 | M___l of the story |