| 100% | ABA | 3 | Org. HQed in Savage, Minnesota whose members play a winter game that's a hybrid of ice hockey, field hockey and soccer (abbr.) |
| 32% | CUB | 3 | Member of the ball club that plays home games in Chicago's Wrigley Field |
| 29% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 29% | BALL | 4 | Spherical object used in a winter game that is made of 14a |
| 28% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 28% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 27% | WRIST | 5 | ___ shot, quick accurate shot in ice hockey that's a staple of an offensive player's arsenal |
| 27% | PGA | 3 | Org. whose members do a lot of driving and have their lies often discussed on TV |
| 27% | PLUOT | 5 | Reddish fruit that's a hybrid of a plum and an apricot |
| 27% | AER | 3 | Nonprofit financial assistance org. HQed in Arlington that helps US Army soldiers and dependents in the form of grants or loans (abbr.) |
| 27% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 27% | ASTER | 5 | Daisy-like flower that is a member of the sunflower family and blooms late in fall |
| 26% | RCTS | 4 | Org. with 3000 members and a monthly magazine, formed in the UK in '28, that's for those interested in locomotives |
| 26% | NOELGUGLIEMI | 12 | "The Fast and the Furious" actor who plays a member of the thief's heist crew in "Cash Out" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | AMI | 3 | Not for profit org. HQed in Pittsburgh that supports a proposal for a tax deduction of up to $250 a year for facial hair grooming (abbr.) |
| 26% | ANS | 3 | Org. that promotes the study of onomastics and whose annual conference is in SF next January |
| 26% | MWA | 3 | Fraternal org. founded in 1883, now with over 740,000 members, that was to protect families after the death of a breadwinner. (abbr.) |
| 26% | INSTANT | 7 | ___ replay, quick video clip of a play that's broadcasted, and a popular break-time sight in the NBA or MLB |
| 26% | MYRRH | 5 | Tree of Africa and S Asia that exudes a resin used in perfume and medicine |
| 26% | SHIN | 4 | Body part that's protected by a guard in field hockey |
| 25% | SENATORS | 8 | Ottawa ___, Canadian ice hockey team in the NHL whose name sounds like a group of politicians |
| 25% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 25% | SEVENDWARFS | 11 | Group whose members were named Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick, and Quee in a 1912 play |
| 25% | PGA | 3 | Org. whose members do a lot of driving |
| 25% | RPG | 3 | Genre for games like "Dungeons and Dragons" that may be played as a hobby: Abbr. |
| 24% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 24% | RNA | 3 | British org. for the support of "women’s fiction" and honestly, to be a member, the genre likely has to run in your genes? |
| 24% | ORE | 3 | Metallic substance that's a resource in the game The Settlers of Catan |
| 24% | IRS | 3 | Org. that gets a lot of mail in April |
| 24% | IRS | 3 | Org. that receives a lot of mail in April |