| 100% | 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 |
| 45% | BOBSLEIGH | 9 | Winter Olympic sport in which teams of two race on narrow iced tracks and was first played in the 1870s |
| 44% | ICE | 3 | ___ hockey, Winter Olympic sport in which two teams use sticks to shoot a rubber puck and was first played in the 19th century |
| 37% | SNOWBOARDING | 12 | Winter Olympic sport inspired by skiing which involves descending down the white winter blanket without poles and was first played in 1965 |
| 31% | HOCKEY | 6 | Winter Olympic sport Ice ___ which is a contact team sport played with sticks |
| 31% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 29% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 28% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 28% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 28% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics and involves riding and performing tricks on a narrow board with wheels |
| 28% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 28% | REEL | 4 | Highlight ___, compilation of best plays from the season or game which is a popular break-time sight in most stadium sports |
| 27% | SLAMBALL | 8 | Sport which is a variant of basketball that's played with trampolines |
| 27% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 27% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SWAB | 4 | The Q-tip that you shove in your ear is a small one |
| 27% | ONEMORE | 7 | "___ Time," 2023 movie about a person stuck in the same day ... which is also a hint for 18a, 30a, 35a, 4d, and 39d: 2 wds. |
| 27% | WHO | 3 | (4/6) Stop the next person who asks "Doctor ___?" or everyone in the TARDIS will be stuck in a loop with that mysterious question again! |
| 27% | DIET | 4 | "Ola! I'm ___ Rite, a dupe of cola! I was introduced in the late 1950s and was one of the first colas with zero calories!" |
| 27% | SOFTBALL | 8 | Sport which is a variant of baseball that's played with a larger ball |
| 27% | SPADE | 5 | A tool which is also one of the black suits in a deck of cards |
| 27% | POLO | 4 | Water ___, team sport played in the water that is a popular summer activity |
| 27% | SAYONARA | 8 | Song played in the first and last episodes of "M*A*S*H" that's also called the "Japanese 32-Across Song" |
| 27% | MALAPHOR | 8 | Informal term for a sentence that mixes two idioms or cliches, like the ones found in 20a, 42a, 58a, 24d, and 25d |
| 27% | NORDICSKIING | 12 | Winter Olympic sport in which the athletes are free to rise on their toes: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NUTS | 4 | Small crunchy treats like almonds or cashews that boost your immunity and are a great winter snack |
| 26% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | Tennis player who is the only player (man or woman) to win a Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal in one year: 2 wds. |
| 26% | SKAT | 4 | Activity in which people are not playing with a full deck |
| 26% | FIRE | 4 | "___ and Ice," Robert Frost poem that discusses whether the world will face a fiery end or a frozen one |
| 26% | CAPSULE | 7 | Type of hotel that was first developed in Japan and which offer small boxy rooms for overnight accommodation |