| 100% | PRDISASTER | 10 | Result of a scandal going viral, in brief |
| 48% | HILL | 4 | "Running Up That ___," 1985 song by Kate Bush that went viral in 2022 because of a scene in "Stranger Things" |
| 47% | LOSS | 4 | Result of a sack, in football |
| 46% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch in the mouth |
| 46% | SHINER | 6 | Result of a sock in the eye |
| 46% | KAYO | 4 | Result of a ten-count in boxing |
| 46% | RBI | 3 | Result of a sac fly in softball |
| 46% | ARM | 3 | Result of a bad guess in Hangman, say |
| 46% | FAMINE | 6 | Result of a failure in the monsoons, perhaps |
| 46% | FREEKICK | 8 | Result of a foul in soccer (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PENALTY | 7 | Result of a foul in the box, in soccer |
| 45% | TOILETRAINING | 13 | Result of a plumbing disaster in the apartment above? |
| 45% | PAR | 3 | Result of a sand save, in golf |
| 45% | TIE | 3 | Result of a double KO in a fighting game, perhaps |
| 45% | FIRSTDOWN | 9 | Result of a completed pass in football, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RBI | 3 | Result of a successful suicide squeeze play, in baseball: Abbr. |
| 45% | OWNGOAL | 7 | Possible result of a defensive error in soccer |
| 44% | ENNUI | 5 | Result of being in a rut |
| 44% | TANLINES | 8 | Results of sunbathing in a swimsuit |
| 44% | GREATWHITESHOCK | 15 | Result of wires down in a blizzard? |
| 44% | TAN | 3 | Result of some time in a bed? |
| 44% | ATHLETESFOOT | 12 | Result of carelessness in a locker room? |
| 44% | APB | 3 | Possible start of a dragnet, in brief |
| 44% | IMS | 3 | Modern communications of a sort, in brief |
| 44% | VCR | 3 | Tape player of a sort, in brief |
| 43% | BOOT | 4 | Result of a parking violation ... as illustrated four times in this puzzle? |
| 43% | ENRON | 5 | Energy company that was part of a scandal in 2001 |
| 43% | AAA | 3 | Source of a motel discount, in brief |
| 43% | IRA | 3 | Part of a nest egg, in brief |
| 43% | TNT | 3 | Cause of a blowup, in brief |