| 100% | BANNISTER | 9 | Roger —, first man to run a sub-four minute mile |
| 75% | LANDY | 5 | John —, Governor of Victoria, Australia, from 2001-06; second man to run a sub-four minute mile |
| 65% | BANNISTER | 9 | First to run a mile in under 4 minutes: Roger __ |
| 63% | BANNISTER | 9 | Roger, first athlete to run a 4-minute mile |
| 58% | JAKOB | 5 | Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile |
| 49% | RYUN | 4 | Jim ___, athlete who was the first high school junior to run a mile in under four minutes |
| 48% | MILE | 4 | Roger Bannister was the first to run it in under four minutes |
| 42% | ADAM | 4 | First man to encounter a barrier |
| 42% | ADAM | 4 | First man to find a barrier |
| 41% | ADAM | 4 | First man to have a mad turn |
| 41% | AGASSI | 6 | First man to achieve a Career Golden Slam |
| 37% | MILE | 4 | Difficult-but-possible distance to run in four minutes |
| 37% | USA | 3 | First nation to put a man on the moon |
| 36% | SARAZEN | 7 | Gene who was the first man to win all four of golf’s modern majors |
| 36% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | Words to a first runner-up |
| 35% | SOSA | 4 | First batter to hit a home run against every Major League Baseball team |
| 34% | CROSSCOUNTRY | 12 | One way to run ... or a hint to four geographical intersections found in this grid |
| 34% | LEROY | 5 | Colonel ___ Cooper, first man to make a second orbital space flight |
| 33% | WILLA | 5 | ___ Player, first Black woman to become president of a four-year college |
| 33% | ROGER | 5 | ___ Bannister, British middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 |
| 33% | ADAM | 4 | First man to walk the Earth? |
| 33% | ADAM | 4 | First man to walk in Eden |
| 33% | AGROUND | 7 | To run a ship into land |
| 32% | NOONE | 5 | Who so far has run a three-minute mile |
| 32% | ADAM | 4 | First man to exist, mate of Eve |
| 32% | ABEL | 4 | First man to die in the Bible |
| 32% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 32% | PEAT | 4 | Fuel to run a pet |
| 32% | ADFEE | 5 | Price to run a commercial |