| 100% | PACTEN | 6 | Previous name for an athletic conference now with 12 members |
| 36% | TENNISCOURT | 11 | Lorde song named for an athletic setting: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HOT | 3 | With 12 Across, another name for 22 Across |
| 32% | ISSA | 4 | With 12-Across, winner of an NAACP Image Award for "Insecure" |
| 32% | OWEN | 4 | Apt name for a person with an outstanding bill |
| 32% | SPANDEX | 7 | Athletic wear named for an anagram of what it does |
| 31% | HITTITE | 7 | Member of an ancient people known for warfare with chariots |
| 30% | CURLY | 5 | Bald member of the Three Stooges with an ironic name |
| 29% | DOE | 3 | Name for an unknown |
| 29% | ERIN | 4 | Name for an Irish lass |
| 29% | NORM | 4 | Name for an average guy? |
| 29% | ERIN | 4 | Name for an Irish girl |
| 29% | TAJ | 3 | With 4-Down, mausoleum in India for which an Atlantic City casino was named |
| 29% | ABBA | 4 | Band known by an acronym for each of the members' first names |
| 29% | RAMADA | 6 | Spanish name for an open porch, often roofed with branches, after which a hotel chain that started in Arizona, was named |
| 29% | REMEMBERTHEALAMODE | 18 | Name for an ice cream shop? |
| 28% | REEBOK | 6 | Athletic shoe brand with lines named for Cardi B and Shaquille O'Neal |
| 28% | MELBA | 5 | With 7-Across, food named for an Australian opera star |
| 28% | MIDAS | 5 | Acronym for an automotive service brand that is named after a mythological Greek king with his golden touch |
| 28% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint with an alphabet named for him |
| 28% | ANTIQUE | 7 | Name for an old piece of furniture |
| 28% | SKATESHOE | 9 | Footwear for an athletic ''boarder'' |
| 28% | CHARLESREADE | 12 | Fitting name for an author |
| 28% | GIL | 3 | Apt name for an ichthyologist? |
| 28% | ROSIE | 5 | Good name for an optimist? |
| 28% | BEAU | 4 | Good name for an archer |
| 28% | IRIS | 4 | Good name for an optometrist |
| 28% | IRIS | 4 | Apt name for an ophthalmologist |
| 28% | IRA | 3 | Good name for an investor? |
| 28% | BIDCALLER | 9 | Another name for an auctioneer |