| 100% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 42% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 41% | SOFTBALL | 8 | Sport which is a variant of baseball that's played with a larger ball |
| 40% | RUGBY | 5 | Team contact sport that originated in England and features in the Six Nations Championship |
| 39% | BASEBALL | 8 | Sport played with a ball and a bat on a diamond |
| 38% | GOUDA | 5 | Mild yellow cheese that originated in Netherlands and is considered to be in a low lactose range of 0-2.2% |
| 37% | TACO | 4 | Traditional dish that originated in Mexico and consists of tortilla topped with a filling |
| 37% | CHEDDAR | 7 | Off-white, sharp-tasting cheese that originated in Somerset and is considered to be in a low lactose range of 0-1.1% |
| 37% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 36% | BASEBALL | 8 | Team sport originating in the US whose playing field is known as a diamond |
| 36% | ATLANTA | 7 | With 34-Across, NFC South squad that is one of four NFL teams that plays their home games in a fixed-roof stadium |
| 36% | SLAMBALL | 8 | Sport which is a variant of basketball that's played with trampolines |
| 36% | WATERPOLO | 9 | Olympic team sport played in a pool with a ball |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Water ___, swimming pool sport that originated in England and Scotland |
| 35% | BASEBALL | 8 | Men's bat-and-ball sport that was contested in the Olympics from 1992-2008 and will make a return in 2020 |
| 35% | NUT | 3 | Reggie Jackson was one of these in 1966 when he played Class A ball with Modesto |
| 35% | LACROSSE | 8 | Team contact sport with sticks and balls that has a field and box version |
| 34% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war, sport played with a rope where players pull and try to yank the other team over the line |
| 34% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 34% | DANK | 4 | Making a comeback is this "wet and unpleasant" slangy term for something of high quality that originated in the '80s |
| 33% | POLO | 4 | Water ___, team sport played in the water that is a popular summer activity |
| 33% | SPUR | 4 | "Ola! I'm ___ cola, a dupe of cola! I was launched in 1948 and I'm synonymous with the San Antonio NBA team" |
| 33% | LACROSSE | 8 | Contact sport played with a small rubber ball and stick |
| 33% | DUNLIN | 6 | Small wading bird with a slightly down-curved bill that breeds in the uplands of Scotland, Wales and England |
| 33% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 33% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics and involves riding and performing tricks on a narrow board with wheels |
| 33% | BOBSLEIGH | 9 | Winter Olympic sport in which teams of two race on narrow iced tracks and was first played in the 1870s |
| 33% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport played with ball, bats and stumps with bails |
| 33% | TABLETENNIS | 11 | Game played with bats and a ball |
| 33% | PODRACING | 9 | Fictional sport in "Star Wars" that is a contest of speed between small one-man spacecraft |