| 100% | MARINERS | 8 | Seattle team where 41-Across played the first 11 and last two seasons of his career |
| 54% | REDS | 4 | Cincinnati team where 41-Across played nine seasons and where his father played most of his career |
| 47% | CINCINNATI | 10 | City where 46-Across played college basketball and the first 11 years of his pro basketball career |
| 37% | BAYPACKERS | 10 | The Green ___, NFL team where 18-Across spent the majority of his playing career: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BOBSLEIGH | 9 | Winter Olympic sport in which teams of two race on narrow iced tracks and was first played in the 1870s |
| 34% | TUGOFWAR | 8 | Sport where two teams engage in a test of strength with a rope, last played in the Summer Olympics in 1920: 3 wds. |
| 33% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 31% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair problem ... which can describe the last parts of 9 and 11 Across |
| 30% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, with the Beatles and for his solo career: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SAYONARA | 8 | Song played in the first and last episodes of "M*A*S*H" that's also called the "Japanese 32-Across Song" |
| 30% | PHILIP | 6 | Prince played by 15-Across in the first two seasons of the Netflix historical drama "The Crown" |
| 29% | SAW | 3 | Wise old saying ... like the first words of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 29% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war, sport played with a rope where players pull and try to yank the other team over the line |
| 29% | HOMESTEADGRAYS | 14 | "Colorful" Negro leagues team where Josh Gibson played most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | Where to find the last words of 17-, 22-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 29% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 29% | CREAM | 5 | It can follow the first word of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 29% | BALL | 4 | The first lady of TV sitcoms, married to 41 across |
| 28% | SYNS | 4 | Roget offerings (abbr.) ... or, loosely, the first and last words of 20-, 28-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 28% | FLAT | 4 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 28% | OPERA | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 28% | FINAL | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 55-Across and 11- and 33-Down |
| 28% | MATCH | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 28% | HEAVY | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 28% | HUMAN | 5 | Word that can precede the first word of 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 28% | TRICK | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 55-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 28% | LICENSE | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 28% | SANTA | 5 | With the first parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down, four California cities |
| 28% | TOWEL | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across and 11- and 29-Down |