| 100% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 65% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious, but not by a knockout |
| 45% | HAT | 3 | Item proverbially thrown in the ring by a candidate |
| 42% | DHS | 3 | Positions in the A.L. but not the N.L. |
| 42% | RUNNINGSCARED | 13 | 1961 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, but is not featured in, a 1986 Gregory Hines/Billy Crystal film (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ELVISHLIVES | 11 | Claim that a language in "The Lord of the Rings" is not extinct? |
| 42% | PARALEGAL | 9 | Works with law but not in the level of a lawyer |
| 42% | BEARUP | 6 | Laugh in the face of being strangled by a gorilla, maybe |
| 42% | CREMATED | 8 | In Hinduism, the dead are not buried, but this |
| 41% | BOMB | 4 | Piece in the game Stratego that can only be defeated by a Miner |
| 41% | FOLLOWERS | 9 | Those in a crowd who are not the leaders |
| 41% | SOAP | 4 | It may be in a dish by the sink |
| 40% | CLUTCHES | 8 | Bags that are held in the hand, not having a strap |
| 40% | BYE | 3 | In cricket, a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman |
| 40% | ASIA | 4 | Smallest name but is the biggest in size as a continent |
| 40% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 39% | CLUB | 4 | "Crying in the ___," song by Camila Cabello that was her debut single as a solo artist |
| 39% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 39% | SEESTARS | 8 | Be woozy in the ring |
| 39% | ACE | 3 | Type of 11d in tennis that is not touched by the receiver |
| 39% | STADIUM | 7 | "Oh, and and... Get this! The opening ceremony will not be held in a ___ but by the Seine. How cool!" |
| 39% | MEN | 3 | What was "raining" in a 1982 megahit by the Weather Girls |
| 39% | FAERIES | 7 | Creatures of which Gloriana is the “Queene,” in a work by Edmund Spenser |
| 39% | UNPERSON | 8 | Someone who's been erased by the Party, in a classic dystopian novel |
| 39% | SONOFMAN | 8 | Magritte work in which a face is obscured by an apple, with The |
| 39% | GRAND | 5 | ___ Canyon, iconic location in the USA that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |
| 38% | NATO | 4 | The U.K. is in it, but Ire. is not |
| 38% | AINT | 4 | "I may not be the brightest, but I ____ a liar!" |
| 38% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 38% | LIGNE | 5 | Unit of length that became obsolete in the 18th century, but is still used by French and Swiss watchmakers |