| 100% | SPEECHES | 8 | Public addresses, said by orators at events |
| 34% | FAKESMILES | 10 | They're often worn at long public events |
| 34% | SKIS | 4 | Competes in alpine events at the Olympics, say |
| 34% | RACE | 4 | Participate in a track event at school, say |
| 34% | BOOKFAIR | 8 | School event sponsored by Scholastic, say (2 wds.) |
| 32% | AMEN | 4 | It is said at the end of prayer by all churchgoers |
| 32% | IDO | 3 | Words said at an altar by the Bride and Groom: 2 wds |
| 31% | WALKOUT | 7 | December 2022 event organized by union employees at The New York Times |
| 31% | MIA | 3 | Deg. designation awarded by the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia |
| 31% | SKYCAM | 6 | Device suspended by a cable that gets aerial views at a sporting event |
| 31% | RINGS | 5 | Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Eleftherios Petrounias at the 2016 Olympics |
| 31% | PIZZAPARTY | 10 | Social event hinted at by the ends of 18-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 31% | RINGS | 5 | Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Liu Yang at the 2020 Olympics |
| 31% | RAFT | 4 | Structure made by fastening pieces of wood together to survive at 6d, say |
| 30% | ARMORYSHOW | 10 | Event at which the work spelled out by the circled letters was first exhibited in America |
| 30% | TRIATHLON | 9 | Event. won by Canada's Simon Whitfield, that debuted at the Olympics in summer of 2000 |
| 30% | STREAKING | 9 | The act of running in the nude in public, often seen at sporting events |
| 30% | IDO | 3 | Words under oath said at a wedding by both groom and bride (2 wds) |
| 30% | POMMEL | 6 | — horse, individual men's gymnastics event won by Krisztian Berki at the 2012 Olympics |
| 30% | PARALLEL | 8 | & 5D Men's artistic gymnastics event won by Oleg Verniaiev at the 2016 Olympics |
| 30% | CSPAN | 5 | Public address system? |
| 30% | WINTER | 6 | "___ is coming," motto of House Stark that is said by Ned Stark at the beginning of "Game of Thrones" |
| 29% | PENTATHLON | 10 | Discontinued Olympic men's event first won at the 1906 Intercalated Games by Hjalmar Mellander |
| 29% | CATERER | 7 | Company that provides food/drink at events |
| 29% | CROWDS | 6 | Groups of people gathered together at events |
| 29% | YODA | 4 | Jedi who says, "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?" |
| 29% | SWAG | 4 | Giveaways at events |
| 28% | TANNOY | 6 | Colloquial term for a public address system taken from the name of a firm set up by Guy Fountain in 1926 |
| 28% | DEBATE | 6 | Planned September 29, 2020 event at the University of Notre Dame that will be watched by millions |
| 28% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | Aquarian event at Yasgur's farm, and a hint to what's formed by the circled letters |