| 100% | KERR | 4 | Steve with nine NBA titles as a player and coach |
| 52% | KERR | 4 | NBA great Steve who won five NBA championships as a player and three as a coach |
| 42% | STEVEKERR | 9 | N.B.A. great with five championship rings as a player and three as a head coach |
| 42% | PAT | 3 | Only NA coach to win an NBA championship as a player,coach and executive |
| 38% | NANCY | 5 | ___ Lieberman, former W.N.B.A. player and coach known as "Lady Magic" |
| 37% | KERR | 4 | Steve ___, coach for the Golden State Warriors who is a nine-time NBA champion |
| 35% | TONYDUNGY | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Famer who won the 49-Across as a player for the Steelers and as a head coach for the Colts (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MIKEDITKA | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Famer who won the 49-Across as a player for the Cowboys and as a head coach for the Bears (2 wds.) |
| 35% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition" |
| 34% | TOMFLORES | 9 | Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist who won the 49-Across as a player for the Chiefs and as a head coach for the Raiders (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LAKER | 5 | NBA player with a purple-and-gold jersey |
| 32% | ONEAL | 5 | Shaquille ___, one of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and three MVP titles with the team |
| 32% | BOBBRYAN | 8 | Tennis player who won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles and a 2012 Olympic gold medal with his twin brother, Mike: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CELT | 4 | NBA player with a shamrock logo, for short |
| 32% | MANUGINOBILI | 12 | NBA star from Argentina who is one of only two players to win a EuroLeague title, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal (2 wds.) |
| 32% | HOWTOWINFRIENDS | 15 | With 37- and 61-Across, a 1936 title |
| 32% | KOMPANY | 7 | Vincent —, Burnley FC manager; as a player, four-time Premier League winner with Manchester City |
| 31% | TORRE | 5 | Only major leaguer thus far to record 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager |
| 31% | ROBINLOPEZ | 10 | NBA player with the nicknames "Captain Hook" and "RoLo" |
| 31% | GENRE | 5 | A category or type, as with music and film |
| 31% | SAX | 3 | "___ and Violins" (Talking Heads song with a punny title) |
| 31% | BACCARAT | 8 | Card game with a player and a banker |
| 30% | HEYARNOLD | 9 | Nickelodeon cartoon with a nine-year-old title character |
| 30% | BROOKLYNNETS | 12 | Basketball team from the same city as 30a and ranked as the sixth most valuable NBA team in 2018 with a valuation of $2.3 billion: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KERR | 4 | Steve with four N.B.A. coaching championships |
| 29% | KING | 4 | Billie Jean ___, American tennis player with thirty nine Grand Slam titles |
| 29% | ATEAM | 5 | With “The,” show whose title group was Hannibal, Murdock, B. A., and Face |
| 29% | PHILJACKSON | 11 | Coach with the most NBA championships (11), with the Bulls and Lakers: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Nobel Prize winning scientist Albert ___ whose writings were published as a book titled "Ideas and Opinions" |
| 29% | BLACKENED | 9 | Fried with a spice coating and charred, as with Cajun-style fish |