| 100% | REPECHAGE | 9 | Special heat in rowing allowing participants who fail to qualify automatically for the next round to race again |
| 31% | REPECHAGE | 9 | Heat for losers in rowing allowing them to advance |
| 30% | THORPE | 6 | 32-Across' Australian rival Ian, who failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics |
| 28% | KEIRA | 5 | ___ Knightley, "Pirates of the Caribbean" actress who learned to play the guitar for her role in "Begin Again" |
| 27% | TAMYRA | 6 | World champion freestyle wrester ___ Mensah who qualified to represent the US in the next Olympics |
| 27% | FINALISTS | 9 | Participants who get to the last round |
| 26% | SITS | 4 | Survives to the next round in musical chairs |
| 24% | HEIR | 4 | One who is next in line for the throne |
| 24% | HEIR | 4 | Person who is next in line for the throne |
| 24% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 24% | LANG | 4 | Lana who lived next door to the Kents in Smallville |
| 23% | DONOR | 5 | One of 130,000 needed to qualify for the next Democratic debate |
| 23% | OHARE | 5 | Destination for the van that Kevin fails to board in "Home Alone" |
| 23% | SAUDIS | 6 | Women who were legally permitted to drive for the first time in 2018 |
| 23% | MILES | 5 | ___ Teller, actor who learned to play the drums for his role in "Whiplash" |
| 23% | PASSENGER | 9 | The person who sits next to the driver in a car |
| 23% | HEIR | 4 | ___ to the throne (prince who's next in line, say) |
| 23% | SOSA | 4 | Player who failed to lead the league in all three seasons in which he hit 60+ home runs |
| 23% | WIE | 3 | Golfer Michelle who was the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship |
| 23% | LAURA | 5 | Actress Dern who was announced to have a role in the next "Star Wars" movie |
| 23% | PRINCECHARLES | 13 | Elizabeth II's oldest son, who's next in line for the throne: 2 wds. |
| 22% | FLANAGAN | 8 | Richard ___, author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2014 for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" |
| 22% | MICHAELMOORER | 13 | Boxer who lost to 43-Across in the 1994 bout billed as "One for the Ages" (2 wds.) |
| 22% | MISSTHECUT | 10 | Fail to qualify, as for a team |
| 22% | JAMIE | 5 | ___ Foxx, "Django Unchained" actor who learned to play the cello for his role in "The Soloist" |
| 22% | ROBERT | 6 | ___ Downey Jr., "Iron Man" actor who learned to play the violin for his role in "Chaplin" |
| 22% | LOSE | 4 | Qualify for the consolation round |
| 22% | UNRUH | 5 | Jesse who lost the governor's race to Ronald Reagan in 1970 |
| 22% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | Talk show host who recently hosted the Oscars for the second year in a row: 2 wds. |
| 22% | SPADER | 6 | James who won an Emmy two years in a row for the same role on different shows |