| 100% | AFLI | 4 | Opponent of 14-Down, in sports |
| 62% | TACKLING | 8 | In sport, taking down an opponent to stop the ball |
| 59% | KASPPAROV | 9 | Opponent of 86-Down, in games |
| 59% | HAROE | 5 | Opponent of 78-Down, in fable |
| 59% | KINGKONDG | 9 | Opponent of 49-Down, in film |
| 59% | BATMEAN | 7 | Opponent of 28-Down, in comics |
| 59% | HARE | 4 | Opponent of 78-Down, in fable |
| 59% | DAVITD | 6 | Opponent of 64-Down, in the Bible |
| 59% | HERCDULES | 9 | Opponent of 3-Down, in Greek myth |
| 59% | HHECTOR | 7 | Opponent of 9-Down, in classical literature |
| 54% | LEEK | 4 | Relative of 14 Down |
| 53% | CAL | 3 | With 14-Down, "Iron Man" of sports |
| 51% | SOLIDS | 6 | Opponent of stripes in billiards |
| 49% | STROM | 5 | Opponent of Tom and Harry in 1948 |
| 49% | SPARTA | 6 | Opponent of Athens in the Peloponnesian War |
| 49% | PRO | 3 | Opponent of "con" in a debate |
| 49% | SYLLABLE | 8 | One of 14 in "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" |
| 48% | SIRGAWAIN | 9 | Opponent of the Green Knight, in Arthurian legend |
| 48% | SKINS | 5 | Opponent of "shirts," in a pickup basketball game |
| 48% | IONA | 4 | Rival of Canisius in college sports |
| 48% | VIOLATION | 9 | Infringement of a rule in sports |
| 48% | PAD | 3 | Piece of protective gear in sports |
| 48% | SLUMP | 5 | Opposite of a streak in sports |
| 48% | KNUCKLE | 7 | One of 14 in a fist |
| 48% | JUDO | 4 | Sport of throwing opponent |
| 47% | CHUG | 4 | Down in one gulp, like a glass of beer |
| 47% | IVAN | 4 | ___ Drago, opponent of Rocky in "Rocky IV" |
| 47% | AJAX | 4 | Duel opponent of Hector in the "Iliad" |
| 47% | KARAT | 5 | One of 14 in a gold chain |
| 47% | IOWA | 4 | One of 14 in the Big Ten |