| 100% | BANNISTER | 9 | Roger, first athlete to run a 4-minute mile |
| 81% | BANNISTER | 9 | First to run a mile in under 4 minutes: Roger __ |
| 71% | BANNISTER | 9 | Roger —, first man to run a sub-four minute mile |
| 53% | RYUN | 4 | Jim ___, athlete who was the first high school junior to run a mile in under four minutes |
| 48% | LANDY | 5 | John —, Governor of Victoria, Australia, from 2001-06; second man to run a sub-four minute mile |
| 42% | MILE | 4 | Roger Bannister was the first to run it in under four minutes |
| 41% | JAKOB | 5 | Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile |
| 39% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | Words to a first runner-up |
| 38% | SOSA | 4 | First batter to hit a home run against every Major League Baseball team |
| 36% | ROGER | 5 | ___ Bannister, British middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 |
| 36% | AGROUND | 7 | To run a ship into land |
| 35% | NOONE | 5 | Who so far has run a three-minute mile |
| 35% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | First #1 hit for 17-Across, which lent its name to a 2005 biopic: 4 wds. |
| 35% | PEAT | 4 | Fuel to run a pet |
| 35% | ADFEE | 5 | Price to run a commercial |
| 35% | EBERT | 5 | Roger ___, first film critic to win a Pulitzer for criticism |
| 34% | AGROUND | 7 | Bad way to run a ship |
| 34% | ATALOSS | 7 | How not to run a business |
| 34% | BAR | 3 | Place to run a 106 Down |
| 34% | TRAINS | 6 | Prepares to run a marathon, say |
| 34% | 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. |
| 34% | USA | 3 | This nation's athlete is the first figure skater to land eight quads in a competition |
| 34% | ADFEE | 5 | Cost to run a classified (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LATISH | 6 | Running a few minutes behind |
| 33% | JACKDEMPSEY | 11 | First athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine |
| 33% | AGROUND | 7 | To run a ship onto the beach or on land |
| 33% | PARTNER | 7 | Someone who helps you to run a business |
| 33% | LOAD | 4 | Carbo-___ (prepare to run a marathon, in a way) |
| 32% | RECORD | 6 | 3 minutes 43 seconds for running a mile, e.g. |
| 32% | COTEACHER | 9 | One of two colleagues working together to run a classroom |