| 100% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Position in chess where 13d has no escape and the attacking player wins the game |
| 32% | BREAK | 5 | ___ point, stage in a tennis match where the receiving player can win the game with the next point |
| 32% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Position that wins the game of chess |
| 32% | MAGIC | 5 | ___ Johnson, one of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who has the highest assists per game in NBA history and introduced "Showtime" |
| 30% | PATRICKROY | 10 | Former Montreal Canadiens goaltender who has 551 wins and is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe trophy thrice: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BISHOP | 6 | Chess game piece that's a position in the clergy |
| 29% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Shaquille, Willis Reed and ___, the only three to have won NBA MVP, All-Star game MVP, and Finals MVP awards in the same year: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PACMAN | 6 | One of the most popular arcade games in the world, where the player has to avoid being eaten by the 4 ghosts: Hyph. |
| 29% | POOLCUE | 7 | It has a tip for players in the game room |
| 29% | CLEVELAND | 9 | City where the team won the championship in an away game |
| 28% | SERENA | 6 | She has held the WTA world No. 1 in singles title eight times and has the highest number of Grand Slam titles amongst active players |
| 28% | PAW | 3 | Where the lion had a thorn, in the folk tale "Androcles and the Lion" |
| 28% | GAZEBO | 6 | Where Maria and the Captain have their first kiss in "The Sound of Music" |
| 28% | OSAKA | 5 | Tennis player Naomi who won the US Open in 2018 and 2020 |
| 28% | OSAKA | 5 | Tennis player Naomi who won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021 |
| 28% | CARTER | 6 | Vince ___, former basketball player and the only player to have played in 22 seasons in NBA history |
| 28% | EVELYNASHFORD | 13 | The first track and field athlete to run 100 meters under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games and who has won a total of 5 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ZERO | 4 | Number of games won by the losing player in a "bagel" set, in tennis |
| 28% | MCGEE | 5 | Pamela ___, first WNBA player to have children play in the NBA and the WNBA |
| 28% | ARCHIEGRIFFIN | 13 | Only player to win the 15-Across twice, in 1974 and 1975: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ASIA | 4 | Where the territories Irkutsk and Yakutsk are, in the board game Risk |
| 27% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning position in chess |
| 27% | CAREER | 6 | Path where players choose their occupations in the board game "Life" |
| 27% | IGASWIATEK | 10 | Polish tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASHLEIGHBARTY | 13 | Australian tennis player who won WTA Player of the Year in 2019 and 2021: 2 wds. |
| 27% | STEVENASH | 9 | Suns guard who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2005 and 2006: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TIMDUNCAN | 9 | Spurs forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2002 and 2003: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | Tennis player who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2003 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BROADWAY | 8 | Where the answers to 20-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across have appeared in lights |
| 27% | HAWKS | 5 | Atlanta ___, NBA team that has won 170 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |