| ABRAHAMLINCOLN | Mascot in jersey #16 who has the most overall wins (371 as of 2020) of the four main 16-Across competitors: 2 wds. |
| TEDDYROOSEVELT | Mascot in jersey #26 who has the least overall wins (138 as of 2020) of the four main 16-Across competitors: 2 wds. |
| LUDDITES | Members of a movement of British workers (1811-16) who destroyed factory machinery that they saw as a threat to their jobs, especially in the textile industry (8) |
| SNL | Show with the most overall Primetime Emmys, briefly |
| BEARS | N.F.L. franchise with the most overall games played (1,472) |
| VANCLIBURN | Winner of the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Compe-tition, 1958 |
| HIGHJUMP | 2012 Olympics individual field event won by Ivan Ukhov and Anna Chicherova in their respective compe |
| CUP | Regular scrumpy compe tition (3) |
| CRITICALLY | Status in 2020 of the North Atlantic Right Whale which is on the brink of extinction ... |
| ENDANGERED | Status in 2020 of the North Atlantic Right Whale which is on the brink of extinction ... |
| FEDCUP | Name, from 1995-2020, of the Billie Jean King Cup (3,3) |
| HOKKAIDO | The northernmost of the four main islands of Japan. It is bordered by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Sea of Okhotsk to the north, and the Pacific Ocean. (8) |
| SHIKOKU | The smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea (north) and the Kii Strait (east) and from Kyushu by the Bungo Strait (west). (7) |
| SARK | Smallest of the four main Channel Islands, where the head of the island traditionally lives at La Seigneurie (4) |
| LEUCTRA | Commanded by Epaminondas, where, in 371 BC, did the Thebans defeat the Spartans and thus create a new power in the Hellenic world? (7) |
| HONSHU | The largest of the four main islands of Japan. It forms a northeast-southwest arc extending about 800 miles (1,287 km) and varies greatly in width. (6) |
| EMERALD | One of the four main precious gems; a form of beryl traditionally used as a birthstone for May (7) |
| INLANDSEA | Body of water separating three of the four main islands of Japan (6,3) |
| SUDRA | The lowest of the four main Hindu castes, the workers (5) |
| EAST | One of the four main points of the compass |
