| 100% | MARATHON | 8 | Running race whose distance is 26 miles and 385 yards |
| 40% | MARATHONS | 9 | Races of 26 miles 385 yards |
| 34% | MARATHON | 8 | Running race that's 26 miles long, say |
| 32% | MOLE | 4 | One whose distance may be measured by the yard? |
| 31% | BELMONTSTAKES | 13 | Annual Triple Crown race whose 153rd running is today (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MILE | 4 | Distance whose world-record running time is 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds |
| 27% | IRONMAN | 7 | Race with 140.6 total miles of swimming, biking, and running |
| 27% | THEPACERS | 9 | NBA team whose name is a nod to auto and horse racing |
| 27% | CONSONANTS | 10 | Group whose members are represented completely (with no repeats) in 21-, 26- and 43-Across |
| 25% | MARATHON | 8 | Race of 26.2 miles |
| 25% | SONE | 4 | & 19D Nigeria and Ipswich Town forward whose sister Eni is a football pundit |
| 25% | ORNETTE | 7 | & 6D US jazz saxophonist and composer whose 1958 debut album was Something Else!!!! |
| 25% | TARS | 4 | Ones whose assent is 26-Across |
| 24% | MEET | 4 | Where races are run |
| 24% | ICET | 4 | Rapper and "Law & Order: SVU" star whose birth name is Tracy Marrow: Hyph. |
| 24% | MARATHON | 8 | Race that's 26.2 miles long |
| 24% | SPORTS | 6 | Running, football and tennis are all these |
| 24% | DANNY | 5 | & 14D Bath and former Wasps fly-half whose 2008 England Test debut was against Wales |
| 24% | ORIOLES | 7 | Balltimore ball club whose home games are at Camden Yards |
| 24% | EMLYN | 5 | & 22A Welsh actor-dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn Is Green |
| 24% | MEETS | 5 | Where races are won and lost |
| 23% | GWENJORGENSEN | 13 | American distance runner and two-time ITU World Champion who was the first to win a triathlon gold for USA in the Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 23% | MARATHON | 8 | 26-mile run |
| 23% | YAKSONTHEPHONE | 14 | Whose conversation might be about shaggy hair and Himalayan peaks? |
| 23% | GORE | 4 | 2000 presidential candidate whose running mate was Lieberman |
| 23% | INDONESIA | 9 | Country whose capital and largest city is Jakarta |
| 23% | CABBAGE | 7 | Vegetable whose red variety is purple and white |
| 23% | MALAWI | 6 | Country whose capital and largest city is Lilongwe |
| 23% | PEANUTS | 7 | Legumes whose circus type is orange and sugary |
| 23% | CRETE | 5 | Island whose capital and largest city is Iraklion |