| 100% | NFL | 3 | Sports org. with two teams in Los Angeles (Abbr.) |
| 52% | NHL | 3 | Pro sports group with seven teams in Canada: Abbr. |
| 51% | RAMS | 4 | Los Angeles ___, American football team with two Super Bowl wins |
| 50% | NBA | 3 | Sports org. with 29 teams in the United States and one in Canada |
| 50% | RAMS | 4 | Los Angeles ___, team that was merged entirely with Los Angeles Dons in 1949 |
| 45% | USC | 3 | Trojan's school in Los Angeles: Abbr. |
| 45% | USC | 3 | The Trojans' school in Los Angeles: Abbr. |
| 45% | AVE | 3 | Melrose or Slauson, in Los Angeles: Abbr. |
| 45% | PST | 3 | Winter clock setting in Los Angeles: Abbr. |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | Sports org. with 30 teams |
| 45% | AVE | 3 | La Brea or Vineland, in Los Angeles: Abbr. |
| 44% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | Area in Los Angeles associated with movies |
| 44% | AVE | 3 | Street such as Melrose or Slauson in Los Angeles: Abbr. |
| 44% | WNBA | 4 | Sports org. with the teams Sun and Sky |
| 43% | EPEE | 4 | Sports event with two diacritics in its name |
| 43% | NHL | 3 | Org. with seven teams in Canada |
| 43% | MLS | 3 | Sports organization with D.C. United and Los Angeles FC (Abbr.) |
| 43% | USC | 3 | Los Angeles school whose teams are the Trojans: Abbr. |
| 42% | WNBA | 4 | Sports league with the Los Angeles Sparks and the New York Liberty (Abbr.) |
| 42% | DODGERS | 7 | Los Angeles ___, MLB team that was founded in Brooklyn |
| 41% | EPEE | 4 | Sport with two diacritics in its name |
| 41% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles team that 17-Across signed with this month |
| 41% | XFL | 3 | Former sports org. with the teams Hitmen and Rage |
| 41% | PDT | 3 | Summer hours in Los Angeles (Abbr.) |
| 40% | CAL | 3 | State with five teams in the 84-Across: Abbr. |
| 40% | USC | 3 | Pac-12 school in Los Angeles (Abbr.) |
| 40% | PGA | 3 | Org. with clubs, in two senses |
| 40% | TUGOFWAR | 8 | Sport where two teams engage in a test of strength with a rope, last played in the Summer Olympics in 1920: 3 wds. |
| 40% | USFL | 4 | Sports org. that included the Los Angeles Express and Denver Gold |
| 40% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team for which LeBron James started playing in 2018 |