| 100% | SUNS | 4 | Sir Charles and chums, in basketball |
| 44% | ZODEFENSE | 9 | Strategy used in basketball and football |
| 44% | SHOTS | 5 | Attempts in basketball and target practice |
| 44% | SLAMDUNKS | 9 | Smash successes in basketball and life |
| 42% | ASSISTS | 7 | Stat in hockey, baseball and basketball |
| 42% | LAKER | 5 | Basketball player in purple and yellow |
| 41% | TIEGAME | 7 | Virtually impossible result in basketball and baseball (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ASSISTS | 7 | Stats in hockey and basketball |
| 41% | STEALS | 6 | Stats in baseball and basketball |
| 40% | BINGLEY | 7 | Character in "Pride and Prejudice": Charles __ |
| 40% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, move in basketball that involves a high jump and catch |
| 40% | VOYSEY | 6 | Charles —, British architect and designer who died in 1941 |
| 39% | NET | 3 | Bit of equipment in fishing and basketball |
| 39% | NET | 3 | Bit of equipment in tennis and basketball |
| 39% | TRIPLESINGLE | 12 | Term for an unimpressive stat line in basketball, popularized by Charles Barkley |
| 39% | PERRAULT | 8 | He wrote Puss in Boots and Cinderella, Charles __ |
| 39% | NYLON | 5 | Synthetic fabric used in stockings and basketball nets |
| 38% | ROLLS | 5 | Charles Stewart —, English pioneer motorist and aviator who died in 1910 |
| 38% | MACKINTOSH | 10 | Charles Rennie —, Scottish architect, designer and artist who died in 1928 |
| 38% | WESLEY | 6 | Charles —, English Methodist preacher and hymn-writer who died in 1788 |
| 37% | NELLGWYN | 8 | Actress and mistress of Charles II who died in 1687 |
| 37% | EPPS | 4 | Lathan’s love interest in “The Wood” and “Love & Basketball” |
| 36% | NELL | 4 | & 5D Actress and mistress of Charles II who died in 1687 |
| 35% | TRIPLEOVERTIME | 14 | Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-Down |
| 35% | YEW | 3 | Name of the alley Sir Charles Baskerville's body was discovered in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" |
| 35% | DIANA | 5 | King Charles and Lady ___, whose wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral in London made headlines in 1981 |
| 35% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |
| 35% | INSPECTORJAVERT | 15 | Literary character played in film by Charles Laughton, Anthony Perkins and Geoffrey Rush |
| 35% | PAINTBALL | 9 | Sport chiefly invented by Bob Gurnsey, Hayes Noel and Charles Gaines in 1981 |
| 34% | LOVE | 4 | "___ & Basketball," 2000 sports drama film starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps in a leading role |