| 100% | EPEE | 4 | Sword with a French name that's used in an Olympic sport |
| 49% | EPEE | 4 | Sword used in an Olympic sport |
| 44% | EPEE | 4 | Sword with a French name |
| 42% | EPEE | 4 | Fencing sword with a French name |
| 42% | HENRI | 5 | French name that's an anagram of a mostly German river |
| 42% | EPEE | 4 | Olympics fencing sword with a French name |
| 42% | EPEE | 4 | Type of sword with a French name |
| 41% | ELLE | 4 | Lifestyle magazine with a palindromic name that means "she" or "her" in French |
| 41% | GRANDPRIX | 9 | International auto race with a name that means "great prize" in French: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DRE | 3 | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41-Down |
| 40% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine with a name that means "she" in French |
| 40% | EPEE | 4 | Sport with a French name |
| 38% | AXE | 3 | Projectile used in a lumberjack target sport that's aimed at 17a |
| 38% | HENRI | 5 | French name that is an anagram of a German river |
| 37% | SKYNET | 6 | N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the "Terminator" movies |
| 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 |
| 37% | ARMOIRE | 7 | French name used in English for an ornate wardrobe |
| 37% | SABERSAW | 8 | Tool with a sword in its name |
| 36% | SONOFSAM | 8 | Nickname used in an upcoming "Conversations With a Killer" docuseries on Netflix |
| 36% | RAPIERS | 7 | Thin swords with a sharp point, as used in dueling |
| 36% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 36% | ORANGE | 6 | Putting an ___ in stockings, Christmas tradition of using a citrus fruit as stocking stuffers that is now replaced with gadgets and toys |
| 36% | SURELY | 6 | Word confused with a name, in an “Airplane!” gag |
| 36% | INTRO | 5 | Part of a YouTuber's video that might contain an animation with their name |
| 36% | ANDES | 5 | South American mountain range with a name that's an anagram of sedan |
| 35% | MAUIWOWIE | 9 | Weed strain with a rhyming name that originated in Hawaii |
| 35% | PELE | 4 | Sports star with an accent in his name |
| 35% | SEDAN | 5 | French city that shares its name with a car |
| 35% | EDIE | 4 | Name that's an ingredient in "ingredient" |
| 35% | NORA | 4 | Name that's a conjunction + an article |