| 100% | BLUE | 4 | The Foot Levelers ___ Ridge Marathon, annual running event that is held in Virginia |
| 66% | POLAR | 5 | The ___ Circle Marathon, annual running event that is held in Greenland |
| 52% | BIG | 3 | ___ Dog's Backyard Ultra, annual marathon running event that is held in Tennessee |
| 38% | PRIME | 5 | ___ Day, annual deal event that was first held on Amazon's 20th anniversary in 2015 |
| 37% | CLUTCHES | 8 | Bags that are held in the hand, not having a strap |
| 37% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Annual music festival that originated in Brooklyn and is now held in cities around the world |
| 35% | ORAN | 4 | City that will hold the XIX Mediterranean Games in 2022 |
| 34% | SALES | 5 | Events that might be held in garages |
| 34% | OKTOBERFEST | 11 | Annual event held in the Theresienwiese |
| 33% | ATEST | 5 | Event that could be seen as far away as Las Vegas in the '50s |
| 33% | NAGANO | 6 | Japanese city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1998 |
| 33% | BALL | 4 | Times Square ___ Drop, New Year event that was first held on New Year's Eve in 1907 |
| 33% | OSLO | 4 | Norwegian capital city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1952 |
| 33% | NETHERLANDS | 11 | Team that was runner-up to the USA in the 2019 World Cup |
| 33% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 32% | SALT | 4 | ___ Lake City, US city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 2002 |
| 32% | CORTINA | 7 | ___ d'Ampezzo, Italian city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1956 |
| 31% | MANASSAS | 8 | City in Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| 31% | CHINA | 5 | Country that holds the record for being the most populous in the world |
| 31% | VATICAN | 7 | ___ City, country that holds the record for being the smallest in the world |
| 31% | FESTIVAL | 8 | The Atlantic ___, the weeklong event currently being held in New York |
| 31% | OAR | 3 | Boating implement that Moana is holding in the Disney movie poster |
| 31% | EXPO | 4 | ___ 2015 (World's Fair that was held in Milan) |
| 31% | DRAFT | 5 | NBA ___, annual event where new players are selected for various teams in the league |
| 31% | CONCERT | 7 | Musical event that may be held in a stadium or an arena |
| 30% | OMEN | 4 | Event that is believed to signal the future |
| 30% | GLASTONBURY | 11 | Music festival in the U.K. that is held in Pilton, Somerset |
| 30% | THEUSOPEN | 9 | Annual sporting event that is this puzzle's theme |
| 30% | NFLDRAFT | 8 | Annual sports event where Kyler Murray was selected first overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CHERT | 5 | Type of rock that siliceous Novaculite is, as found in the Marathon Uplift area of Texas |