| 100% | JAI | 3 | World's fastest sport, with 2-Down |
| 53% | RUGBY | 5 | With 2-Down, official name for the All Blacks' sport |
| 52% | PAPA | 4 | With 2 Down, parents |
| 51% | PORES | 5 | With 2 Down, studies closely |
| 50% | LAKE | 4 | With 2 Down, water bordering Cleveland |
| 50% | DOG | 3 | With 2 Down, bookmark of a sort |
| 50% | ISWEAR | 6 | A promise not to, with 2 Down |
| 49% | BEND | 4 | With 2-Down, stoop down |
| 49% | PEEK | 4 | With 2-Down, toddler's game |
| 49% | OPEN | 4 | With 2-Down, dentist's request |
| 47% | ERIC | 4 | With 2-Down, star of 2003's "Hulk" |
| 46% | THANTORECEIVE | 13 | With 2 Down, 36 Across & 43 Across, a Christmas-style maxim |
| 45% | SOUTH | 5 | With 2-Down, country where Netflix's "Squid Game" is set |
| 45% | TOLEDO | 6 | With 2-Down, the oldest sister city in the U.S. |
| 44% | AIRHOCKEY | 9 | Tabletop sport with a puck: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ARCH | 4 | With 47 Down, a sport |
| 43% | ISLAM | 5 | The world's fastest-growing religion, with nearly 350 million new observers in the past decade |
| 43% | ALFA | 4 | With 11 Down, Italian sports carmaker |
| 43% | THEBRICKYARD | 12 | Nickname of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the world's highest-capacity sports venue: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANTE | 4 | With 2-Down, ancients |
| 43% | ALL | 3 | With 2-Down, multipurpose |
| 43% | TAKE | 4 | With 2-Down, dismantle |
| 43% | EVER | 4 | With 2-Down, thenceforth |
| 43% | ATOY | 4 | "Put that down, it's not ___!" ("Don't play with that!"): 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROLL | 4 | With 2-Down, the name of one of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, "___ & ___" |
| 43% | MARC | 4 | With 2-Down, stand-up comic who co-starred on Netflix’s “GLOW” |
| 43% | ALAI | 4 | Jai ___ (activity called "the fastest sport in the world") |
| 43% | WHALE | 5 | With 3-Down, world's largest fish |
| 42% | NOTSO | 5 | "___ fast, buddy!" ("Slow down!"): 2 wds. |
| 42% | TWO | 3 | With 2-Down, certain mismatch |