| 100% | OUTHIT | 6 | What the Blue Jays did to the Phillies in their World Series game 4 win in 1993 |
| 37% | STOLEHOME | 9 | What Jackie Robinson did, famously, in the first game of the 1955 World Series |
| 35% | HOUSTONASTROS | 13 | Minute Maid Park team that won the 2022 World Series four games to two over the Philadelphia Phillies (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SWEEP | 5 | Win the first four games in a World Series, e.g. |
| 33% | SWEEP | 5 | Win the World Series in four games, say |
| 33% | SWEPT | 5 | Won the World Series in four games, say |
| 33% | AWAY | 4 | Like the winning team in every World Series game, for the first time ever (October, 2019) |
| 32% | FOUROUT | 7 | With 38-Across, games required to win the World Series |
| 32% | STEAL | 5 | Jackie Robinson did it to reach home in the '55 World Series |
| 31% | ERROR | 5 | Fred Snodgrass' claim to fame in the Red Sox winning the 1912 World Series |
| 31% | ODOM | 4 | Blue Moon ___ (pitcher who won three World Series titles with the Oakland A's in the 1970s) |
| 31% | SENDS | 5 | What Mr. Salieri did with his regards to Tommy Angelo, through Vito, in the video game "Mafia" |
| 31% | REDSOX | 6 | Only MLB team to win four World Series titles in the 21st century (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SPELLED | 7 | What Harini Logan did 22 times in 90 seconds to win the Scripps Bee |
| 30% | UPSELL | 6 | What the clues for 4-, 8-, 10-, 28- and 39-Down are trying to do, and what their answers feature |
| 30% | SWEEP | 5 | Win the first four World Series games |
| 29% | REBEL | 5 | What many teenagers do, to the chagrin of their parents |
| 29% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | 2023 American League wildcard team that defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks to win their first World Series title (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DAVIDPRICE | 10 | Red Sox pitcher who won two games in the 2018 World Series with a 1.98 ERA (2 wds.) |
| 29% | NEWYORKMETS | 11 | NL East team that lost 101 games in 1967, then won the World Series two years later: 3 wds. |
| 29% | HOUSTONASTROS | 13 | AL West team that lost 111 games in 2013, then won the World Series four years later: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CHICAGOCUBS | 11 | NL Central team that lost 101 games in 2012, then won the World Series four years later: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MARINERS | 8 | Seattle team that did not win the World Series despite tying the regular season record for most wins in 2001 |
| 29% | TAKETURNS | 9 | What the slalom skier learned to do in kindergarten? |
| 29% | CLEANUPTOYS | 11 | What the dog groomer learned to do in kindergarten? |
| 29% | BOSTONREDSOX | 12 | Team that won the 2018 World Series making it their ninth win and the fourth one in the 21st century: 3 wds. |
| 29% | RAU | 3 | Pitcher Doug who manager Tommy Lasorda famously, and loudly, argued with on the mound in game 4 of the '77 World Series |
| 28% | PLEAD | 5 | What the judge asks George Jung to do in "Blow" (2001) |
| 28% | REDS | 4 | Winning team in the "Black Sox Scandal" World Series |
| 28% | RAYS | 4 | Losers to the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series |