| 100% | GYMNAST | 7 | One who mounts and dismounts a horse |
| 49% | CRITIC | 6 | One who analyzes and rates a movie |
| 49% | GYMNAST | 7 | One who works on a horse |
| 48% | PUBLICIST | 9 | One who markets and manages a company's PR |
| 48% | ARCHER | 6 | One who wields a bow and arrow |
| 47% | SANTA | 5 | One who makes a naughty and nice list |
| 46% | RIDE | 4 | Mount a horse and travel |
| 46% | STAGEHAND | 9 | One who helps with props before and during a play |
| 45% | COMMERCIALFREAK | 15 | One who's a really big fan of promos and trailers? |
| 45% | IDIOT | 5 | One who tells a tale full of sound and fury, per Macbeth |
| 45% | WEDDINGCRASHER | 14 | One whom the bride and groom didn't invite / Steal a meal |
| 44% | YEARLING | 8 | Term for a horse between the ages of one and two |
| 43% | GYMNAST | 7 | One dismounting from a horse, maybe |
| 43% | MOUNTAINEER | 11 | One who encounters the last parts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across on a climb |
| 42% | LATEBLOOMER | 11 | One who catches up eventually ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 40% | GASMAN | 6 | One who wears fireproof clothes, carries up to 95 pounds and is a crucial part of the pit crew |
| 40% | PRO | 3 | One who gives tips (and gets tips?) at a country club |
| 39% | TED | 3 | Danson who played one of the three men in "Three Men and a Baby" |
| 39% | ALAN | 4 | Actor Tudyk who voices K-2SO in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" and "Andor" |
| 39% | FARRIER | 7 | One who shoes horses |
| 38% | POWERHITTER | 11 | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 38% | MYA | 3 | One-named singer who won a Grammy Award with Pink, Lil' Kim, and Christina Aguilera for "Lady Marmalade" |
| 38% | MARAUDER | 8 | One who raids and plunders |
| 38% | REELER | 6 | One who whirls and staggers |
| 38% | TAUNTER | 7 | One who bullies and teases |
| 38% | DITHERER | 8 | One who hems and haws |
| 38% | USHER | 5 | One who greets and seats |
| 38% | GROOM | 5 | One who looks after horses |
| 38% | CHEFS | 5 | Ones who slice and dice |
| 38% | E/TATER | 7 | One who devours a spud |