| 100% | SKIJUMPER | 9 | Winter Olympian who goes downhill and then travels a long way through the air: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | American actor from "Up in the Air" who is a former UN messenger of peace and is a part of the "Not on Our Watch" organization: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BEVERLYSILLS | 12 | Brooklyn-born soprano who went on to chair Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | DC supervillain who goes by the name of Harleen Frances Quinzel, and appears in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 28% | GOA | 3 | "I have to ___ a long way": 2 wds. |
| 27% | SKI | 3 | Go downhill in winter, in a way |
| 27% | SLED | 4 | Go downhill in winter, in a way |
| 26% | TORCH | 5 | It goes a long way before the Olympics |
| 26% | VIOLETHILL | 10 | Coldplay hit song that begins, "Was a long and dark December / From the rooftops I remember" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | STEVEAUSTIN | 11 | Retired WWE wrestler who goes by the nickname "Stone Cold" and has acted in a number of films, most notably "The Expendables": 2 wds. |
| 25% | BERNIEBREWER | 12 | Miller Park MLB mascot who goes down a big yellow slide when the home team hits a home run (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote, “Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table” |
| 25% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Up in the Air" star who cofounded the Casamigos tequila company: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Up in the Air" actress who played Beca in 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | Texas senator who went on to become the 36th US president: 2 wds. |
| 25% | STOMACH | 7 | The best way to a man's heart goes through it |
| 25% | YEARSAGO | 8 | A long time in the past (2 wds.) |
| 25% | MARATHONER | 10 | *Athlete who really goes a long way |
| 25% | MEANSTREAK | 10 | 2014 Sandra Brown bestseller about a doctor who goes missing in the mountain wilderness: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JOZYALTIDORE | 12 | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the USMNT in 2009 and 2013: 2 wds. |
| 25% | KATEBECKINSALE | 14 | "Alice Through the Looking Glass" star who plays Lady Susan in "Love & Friendship," a film based Jane Austen's "Lady Susan" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | SPACEMANSPIFF | 13 | Alter ego of Calvin in "Calvin and Hobbes" who travels the galaxy in a red flying saucer (2 wds.) |
| 24% | RODDYPIPER | 10 | Rowdy ___, a wrestler who went on to play the lead role in the cult classic "They Live": 2 wds. |
| 24% | AGESAGO | 7 | A very long time in the past: 2 wds. |
| 24% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Breaking Bad" actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, for "All the Way" and "Network" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | TAKINGTHE | 9 | "___ Long Way," country album by The Chicks that won a Grammy Award in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 24% | STRETCHLIMO | 11 | A long way to go? |
| 24% | LIMO | 4 | A long way to go? |
| 24% | INFLIGHTENTERTAINMENT | 21 | Long-haul travel perk, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 24% | KYLETURLEY | 10 | Former NFL lineman who played for the St. Louis Rams who went on to form a self-titled band and establish his own record label: 2 wds. |