| 100% | HOST | 4 | Shannon Beveridge, for the "Alphabet Club" podcast |
| 44% | PHONETIC | 8 | Descriptor for the NATO alphabet |
| 43% | MAHJONGG | 8 | Game for the Joy Luck Club |
| 43% | BRAILLE | 7 | Alphabet for the blind |
| 43% | MENSA | 5 | Club for the supersmart |
| 42% | SKYHOOK | 7 | *Initiation rite for the Mile High Club? |
| 42% | WEDGE | 5 | Club for the sand trap |
| 42% | SANG | 4 | Auditioned for the glee club |
| 42% | HOST | 4 | Rebecca Nagle, for the "This Land" podcast |
| 41% | TRUECRIME | 9 | Genre for the podcast "My Favorite Murder": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MLS | 3 | Sports group for the Chicago Fire Football Club: Abbr. |
| 40% | ROMEO | 5 | Word for the letter R in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 40% | COHOSTS | 7 | Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes, for the podcast "Maintenance Phase" |
| 40% | OMEGA | 5 | Alpha to ___ ("A to Z" equivalent for the Greek alphabet) |
| 40% | GREEK | 5 | Like the alphabet used for sorority chapters and COVID variants |
| 40% | ELIJAHWOODS | 11 | Clubs for a "Lord of the Rings" actor? |
| 39% | HOST | 4 | Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, for the "Therapy for Black Girls" podcast |
| 39% | PAPA | 4 | Code word for the letter P in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 39% | YANKEE | 6 | Code word for the letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 39% | GOOUT | 5 | Hit the clubs, for example: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OMEGA | 5 | Swiss watch brand named for the last letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 38% | HOST | 4 | Cara Santa Maria, for the "Talk Nerdy" podcast |
| 38% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint for whom the Russian alphabet is named |
| 38% | BETAS | 5 | Test releases of software, named for the second letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 38% | HOMERUN | 7 | Big hit for the club members, and what might elicit the shaded words |
| 38% | NYTIMES | 7 | Publication that produces the podcast "The Daily," for short |
| 37% | SIERRA | 6 | It stands for S in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 37% | QUEBEC | 6 | It stands for Q in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 37% | ALFA | 4 | Word for A in the US NATO Phonetic Alphabet |
| 37% | CYRILLIC | 8 | Alphabet used for the writing of Russian and Bulgarian |