| 100% | GOALAREA | 8 | Six yards from each post in soccer |
| 33% | NET | 3 | Mesh in a soccer goal post |
| 31% | MARTA | 5 | Brazilian soccer legend who appeared in six World Cups |
| 31% | CROSSOVEREPISODE | 16 | Installment of each of the "shows" in six puzzle answers? |
| 29% | FLIPS | 5 | What each word of six or more letters in this puzzle does |
| 29% | CAT | 3 | One of six hidden in this puzzle, each sitting on an apt location |
| 29% | REDZONE | 7 | Area 20 yards or less from the opponent's goal line, in football |
| 28% | ACTOR | 5 | Each link in "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" |
| 28% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 28% | QUADRUPLEDOUBLE | 15 | Super-rare basketball feat ... or what each of six long answers in this puzzle contains |
| 27% | THATWASEASY | 11 | Confident post-exam assertion, and a hint to a letter pair in each starred answer |
| 27% | ROCKSTAR | 8 | Title shared by top 10 hits from Post Malone in 2017 and Nickelback in 2006 |
| 27% | THEOTHERAMERICA | 15 | Read the first letter in each clue to get a quote from this '67 speech |
| 27% | OUST | 4 | Red-card, in soccer |
| 27% | NEWEL | 5 | Post in a flight |
| 27% | LIVETWEET | 9 | Post in the present? |
| 27% | DESK | 4 | Post in a classroom |
| 27% | RECTOR | 6 | Post in a church |
| 27% | NINE | 4 | Number associated with the striker in soccer |
| 27% | PENALTYKICK | 11 | Free shot after a foul in soccer |
| 27% | SHIN | 4 | Spot protected by a guard in soccer |
| 27% | CHER | 4 | One-named singer with Top 10 hits in each decade from the 1960s to the 2010s |
| 27% | CHER | 4 | One-named singer with Top 10 hits in each decade from the 1960s to the 2020s |
| 27% | BACKPASS | 8 | (Prohibited) soccer maneuver in which a goalie handles the ball after receiving it from a teammate |
| 27% | ALEX | 4 | ___ Morgan, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion who retired from professional soccer in 2024 |
| 27% | SARI | 4 | Six yards of silk, often |
| 27% | SHINS | 5 | They’re guarded in soccer |
| 27% | KICK | 4 | "Penalty" or "free" in soccer |
| 27% | PAPER | 5 | Post in Washington, for example |
| 27% | RANT | 4 | Post in ALL CAPS, perhaps |