| 100% | SHOHEI | 6 | With 45-Across, designated hitter-pitcher with the Angels (2018-present) |
| 51% | SHOHEIOHTANI | 12 | Los Angeles Angels pitcher, outfielder, and designated hitter who won the 2021 American League Most Valuable Player Award (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SHOHEI | 6 | With 35-Across, pitcher for the Angels who won the American League MVP award in 2021 |
| 45% | DAVID | 5 | With 34-Across, Red Sox pitcher who won the MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2018 |
| 44% | ALBERTPUJOLS | 12 | Los Angeles Angels infielder/designated hitter who is the only active player with over 3,000 hits (2 wds.) |
| 43% | PRO | 3 | With 45-Across, for the time being |
| 43% | DONTBIGEMPTY | 12 | With 45 Across, a query put to Bob Hope in 1939's The Cat and the Canary |
| 42% | UPTO | 4 | With 45-Across, informed on the latest |
| 41% | BENEATH | 7 | With 45-Across, where you might find a present |
| 41% | TREVORHOFFMAN | 13 | Relief pitcher with the Marlins, Padres, and Brewers, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHEESE | 6 | With 45-Across, savory topping found in tubs ... and the circled squares? |
| 39% | PRIDE | 5 | With 10-Across, period designated for celebrating the LGBTQ community |
| 38% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 45-Across, actress who played Catwoman in the 1992 film "Batman Returns" |
| 38% | JORDAN | 6 | With 45-Across, golfer who won the 2015 Masters Tournament by four strokes |
| 38% | AUGUSTA | 7 | With 45-Across, city where the Masters Tournament has been played since 1934 |
| 38% | NORTH | 5 | WIth 8-Across, diplomatically negotiated participant in the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 38% | EDGARMARTINEZ | 13 | Hall of Famer with the Mariners who played 68% of his games as a designated hitter: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ENOUGHTO | 8 | With 45 Across, sufficient quantity for everybody |
| 38% | UTAH | 4 | State with the Angels Landing |
| 37% | ARAL | 4 | With 45-Across, what was once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water |
| 37% | NOLANRYAN | 9 | Pitcher who threw no-hitters for the Angels, Astros, and Rangers: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LIBERATION | 10 | 2018 Christina Aguilera album with the lead singles 18-Across and 25-Across |
| 37% | OLIVIA | 6 | With 33-Across, Best Actress Oscar winner for the 2018 film "The Favourite" |
| 37% | MAE | 3 | West with the classic movie line "I'm no 45-Across ..." |
| 37% | SIGNALING | 9 | . . . on a football field, with 45 Across |
| 37% | DEL | 3 | With 100 Across, Spanish ''of the sun'' |
| 37% | MYSTERIOUS | 10 | With 19 Across, the Orient |
| 37% | CORED | 5 | With the 1 Across removed |
| 36% | SMASHING | 8 | With 45-Across, "Does the name contain a vegetable?" YES. "Is it a band fronted by Billy Corgan?" YES! |
| 36% | DIZZYDEAN | 9 | *Hall of Fame pitcher with the 1930s Cardinals |