| 100% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics and involves riding and performing tricks on a narrow board with wheels |
| 42% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 38% | BASEBALL | 8 | Men's bat-and-ball sport that was contested in the Olympics from 1992-2008 and will make a return in 2020 |
| 34% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 31% | KARATE | 6 | Japanese discipline that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 30% | SPORTCLIMBING | 13 | Wall-ascending event that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MONTRACHET | 10 | Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder that is then wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia |
| 29% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |
| 28% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 28% | 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 |
| 28% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 27% | BACKSTREETBOYS | 14 | Boy band formed in 1993 with a popular eponymous debut album and are famous for their song "I Want It That Way": 2 wds. |
| 27% | COAL | 4 | ___ car, red train card in the board game "Ticket to Ride" that is named after a fossil fuel |
| 27% | 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. |
| 26% | KARATE | 6 | Sport that made its Olympic debut in 2021 |
| 26% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 26% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
| 26% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 26% | ALLIWANTFOR | 11 | With 33-Across, holiday tune that hit #1 on the Billboard charts in 2019, 2020, and 2021: 4 wds. |
| 26% | ASHE | 4 | ___ Stadium, venue with a cushioned acrylic surface that is the largest of its type in the world |
| 26% | EYE | 3 | Something involved in a Biblical exchange that, on the face of it, seem the same |
| 26% | FORMULAONE | 10 | A sport that is the highest class of single seat auto racing, with former racers such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher: 2 wds |
| 26% | EARTH | 5 | The planet we reside in, that shows off its creative spirit in natural wonders, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 26% | CELERY | 6 | Popular stalk which is the main ingredient in the dish ants on a log, and is packed with 95% water |
| 26% | DANK | 4 | Making a comeback is this "wet and unpleasant" slangy term for something of high quality that originated in the '80s |
| 26% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Action sport that made an Olympics debut in 2021 |
| 26% | IMAGINE | 7 | ___ Dragons, band that performed a song along with 8a which was featured on the "Suicide Squad" soundtrack album |
| 26% | NATIVESON | 9 | Best-selling 1940 novel that was adapted into a film, with its author playing the protagonist, in 1951 |
| 25% | ANNABEL | 7 | With 13-Down, titular maiden in a Poe poem that begins, "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 25% | EYES | 4 | Vision organs that a T-Rex would use to narrow in on its prey |