| 100% | MERCK | 5 | Pharma giant teaming with Johnson & Johnson to produce its vaccine |
| 34% | HOCKEY | 6 | Sport played with a puck where teams try to put it into the other team's goal |
| 33% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team that recently agreed to its first trade with the Knicks in over 40 years |
| 33% | WWF | 3 | International NGO devoted to wildlife preservation with a giant panda on its logo: Abbr. |
| 33% | RAVENS | 6 | Team with a big B on its helmets |
| 32% | REDS | 4 | MLB team that temporarily changed its name in 1953 to avoid any association with Communism |
| 31% | OIL | 3 | It's refined to produce gasoline |
| 31% | COLTS | 5 | Football team with a blue horseshoe on its helmet |
| 31% | SEATTLESTORM | 12 | Basketball team with a lightning bolt in its logo |
| 31% | METS | 4 | MLB team with a suspension bridge in its logo |
| 31% | THEORY | 6 | A hypothesis with some proof to back it up |
| 31% | POLISH | 6 | Rub furniture with a cloth to make it shine |
| 31% | METS | 4 | Team with a bridge in its logo |
| 31% | METS | 4 | Team with a skyline in its logo |
| 31% | BULLET | 6 | To get it over with, bite the __ |
| 30% | EWE | 3 | Animal that mates with a buck to produce a geep |
| 30% | REDS | 4 | MLB team with a "C" in its logo |
| 30% | CUBS | 4 | MLB team with a "C" in its logo |
| 30% | ETTE | 4 | Suffix with "cigar" to mean its slender relative |
| 30% | TAG | 3 | It may come with a price to pay |
| 30% | GTE | 3 | It merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon |
| 30% | TOME | 4 | Book with some weight to it |
| 30% | KNEAD | 5 | Work with dough to prep it |
| 30% | SAFETYPIN | 9 | Fastener with a guard to cover its sharp point: 2 wds. |
| 30% | UPN | 3 | It merged with the WB to form the CW |
| 30% | OVERTIME | 8 | It's for those with a score to settle |
| 30% | TOAST | 5 | It might end with "Here's to the newlyweds!" |
| 30% | MAN | 3 | Someone to stick it to, with "the" |
| 30% | ESE | 3 | Suffix with Japan to mean its citizens |
| 30% | ESE | 3 | Suffix with Japan to mean its native |