| 100% | WIMBLEDON | 9 | Site of seven of 42-Across's 22 major singles titles |
| 88% | MELBOURNE | 9 | Site of four of 42-Across's 22 major singles titles |
| 39% | SIR | 3 | Title of respect that's an anagram of 42-Across |
| 38% | EVONNE | 6 | ___ Goolagong Cawley (winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles) |
| 37% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | Her Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles was broken by 35-Across in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHRISEVERT | 10 | US Tennis Hall of Famer who won seven French Open women's singles titles from 1974 to 1986: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CAPECOD | 7 | Site of 36-Across and 22-Down |
| 36% | GRAF | 4 | Winner of 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second-most in the Open Era |
| 36% | XANADU | 6 | Site of Kublai Khan's palace on a major trade road |
| 35% | SERRANO | 7 | Amanda ___, Puerto Rican boxer who has held nine major world titles across seven weight classes |
| 34% | THANKU | 6 | “___, Next” (20-Across’s first No. 1 single and the title of her 2019 album) |
| 34% | ALE | 3 | Relative of 42 Across |
| 33% | UNDONE | 6 | Single subtitled "The Sweater Song" on 42-Across's debut album |
| 33% | QATAR | 5 | Site of the world's largest single reservoir of natural gas |
| 33% | DRIQ | 4 | Title host of radio's first major quiz show |
| 33% | RHODES | 6 | Site of one of the Seven Wonders |
| 33% | KARLOVIC | 8 | Ivo —, 2016 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships men's singles title winner |
| 33% | NOVAKDJOKOVIC | 13 | Winner of the 2021 Men's Singles Championship at 28-Across, his 20th Grand Slam Singles title (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ASHLEIGHBARTY | 13 | Winner of the 2021 Women's Singles Championship at 28-Across, her second Grand Slam Singles title (2 wds.) |
| 32% | EDBERG | 6 | Winner of six Grand Slam men's singles titles from 1985 to 1992 |
| 32% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | Winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles who wrote the children's book "The Adventures of Qai Qai" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SIENA | 5 | Site of Donatello's "Feast of Herod" |
| 32% | XANADU | 6 | Site of Kubla Khan's "pleasure dome" |
| 32% | KEYWEST | 7 | Site of Truman's "Little White House" |
| 32% | MIL | 3 | "Cool" amount of 42-Across |
| 32% | THANE | 5 | "___ of Glamis," Macbeth's title |
| 32% | RHODES | 6 | Site of one of the Seven Wonders of the World |
| 31% | JOEY | 4 | First name of 42-Across's lead singer |
| 31% | FRANCE | 6 | Site of 27-Across/32-Down's ambassadorship |
| 31% | ELMST | 5 | Title site of six films: Abbr. |