| 100% | HOME | 4 | With 69-Across, advantage in sports |
| 59% | MONO | 4 | With 69-Across, what each set of letters in parentheses represents |
| 58% | GETTINGONESDUCKS | 16 | With 69-Across, organizational process implied by eight answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | AID | 3 | Verb associated with 69 Across |
| 55% | EDGE | 4 | Advantage, in sports |
| 55% | TOMORROWISALONG | 15 | With 69 Across, Bob Dylan song about the future |
| 54% | TAN | 3 | With 69-Across, beach markings ... 14 of which are hidden vertically and horizontally elsewhere in this puzzle |
| 54% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | YIPS | 4 | Involuntary spasms in sports, with the |
| 50% | GEN | 3 | With 69-Down, V.I.P. in the 30-Down |
| 50% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 50% | CHIA | 4 | With 65 Across, morsel in a smoothie |
| 50% | DOESNTKNOW | 10 | With 73 Across, is in ignorance regarding |
| 49% | SKIP | 4 | With 69-Across, split |
| 49% | ADIDAS | 6 | Sports brand with three stripes in logo |
| 49% | FISHOUT | 7 | With 49 Across, person in an unaccustomed environment |
| 49% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | EPEE | 4 | Sport with two diacritics in its name |
| 48% | DIES | 4 | With 69-Across, Requiem hymn |
| 48% | TEENY | 5 | With 69-Across, really small |
| 48% | HEX | 3 | With 69-Across, metal fastener |
| 48% | PELE | 4 | Sports star with an accent in his name |
| 48% | EPEE | 4 | Sports event with two diacritics in its name |
| 48% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 48% | DERRY | 5 | With 11 Across, sitcom set in Northern Ireland |
| 48% | WATERPOLO | 9 | Sport played in swimming pools with a ball |
| 47% | FRENCH | 6 | With 69-Across, burger go-with |
| 47% | MABELL | 6 | With 69-Across, bygone phone message |
| 47% | SAMMY | 5 | With 69-Across, 1930s-'50s bandleader |
| 47% | BIG | 3 | With 69-Across, V.I.P. |