| 100% | KASPPAROV | 9 | Opponent of 86-Down, in games |
| 63% | SKINS | 5 | Opponent of "shirts," in a pickup basketball game |
| 62% | SKINS | 5 | Opponents of "shirts" in a pick-up basketball game |
| 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% | AFLI | 4 | Opponent of 14-Down, in sports |
| 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% | ASSAMTEA | 8 | Export of 86 Down |
| 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 |
| 48% | SIRGAWAIN | 9 | Opponent of the Green Knight, in Arthurian legend |
| 48% | NIL | 3 | Score of nothing in certain games |
| 48% | GOODJOB | 7 | Meaning of GJ in online games |
| 48% | KITTY | 5 | Pool of money in card games |
| 48% | MARIO | 5 | Enemy of Bowser in video games |
| 48% | LONGNIGHT | 9 | Lasting winter in Game of Thrones |
| 48% | EDD | 3 | Dolorus __, squire in Game of Thrones |
| 48% | AIDAN | 5 | Gillen, Littlefinger in Game of Thrones |
| 48% | ENDPLAY | 7 | Tactical play in the last few tricks of a game of bridge forcing an opponent to make a particular lead |
| 47% | CHUG | 4 | Down in one gulp, like a glass of beer |
| 47% | SULLIED | 7 | In Game of Thrones, what Grey Worm wasn't |
| 47% | IVAN | 4 | ___ Drago, opponent of Rocky in "Rocky IV" |
| 47% | AJAX | 4 | Duel opponent of Hector in the "Iliad" |
| 47% | BOSS | 4 | Final opponent, in video games |