| 100% | AHARDDAYS | 9 | "___ Night," a musical comedy film starring the Beatles that won 31-Across an Academy Award for scoring of music: 3 wds. |
| 38% | HEAT | 4 | "In the ___ of the Night," 1967 film starring Sidney Poitier that won the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 36% | EASY | 4 | "___ A," 2010 film starring Stanley Tucci that won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy |
| 36% | NIGHT | 5 | "A Hard Day's ___," musical comedy film starring The Beatles members with a title track of the same name |
| 36% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | Performer who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Sarah Norman in her film debut, "Children of a Lesser God" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ARABIA | 6 | "Lawrence of ___," 1962 British film starring Alec Guinness that won the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 34% | LITTLEBIGTOWN | 13 | 15-Across and 54-Across band that won the 2017 Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 33% | ABETTERMAN | 10 | #1 song by 45-Across from 35-Across that won the 1989 Single of the Year Academy of Country Music Award (3 wds.) |
| 33% | GREENBOOK | 9 | American comedy-drama film that won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WINGS | 5 | 1927 film starring Clara Bow that won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929 |
| 33% | LAMBS | 5 | "The Silence of the ___," psychological horror film that won an Academy Award for Best Picture in the '90s |
| 33% | ANDTHECITY | 10 | "Sex ___," American television show that won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2001: 3 wds. |
| 33% | THEKARATEKID | 12 | 1984 film starring 14-Across and 31-Across that introduced the main characters of the Netflix series "Cobra Kai" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | VAMPIREWEEKEND | 14 | Indie rock band that won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2020 for "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 32% | APARTMENT | 9 | "The ___," 1960 film starring Jack Lemmon that won the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 32% | MAURICEJARRE | 12 | French conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1984 movie "A Passage to India" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TOPNEWARTIST | 12 | Billboard Music Award for a performer at the beginning of their career: 3 wds. |
| 32% | COWBOY | 6 | "Midnight ___," 1969 film starring Dustin Hoffman that won the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 32% | MYCOUSINVINNY | 13 | 1992 courtroom comedy for which 18-Across won an Academy Award: 3 wds. |
| 32% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Performer who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title character in her film debut, "Mary Poppins" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 film starring Meryl Streep, where she plays a Polish immigrant, a role that won her the Oscar for Best Actress: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CANDICEBERGEN | 13 | Cohost of the 1990 Primetime Emmy Awards, who won an Emmy herself that evening for "Murphy Brown": 2 wds. |
| 31% | RAYMONDBURR | 11 | Host of the 1959 Primetime Emmy Awards, who won an Emmy himself that evening for "Perry Mason": 2 wds. |
| 31% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | 16-Across director who won an Academy Award for Best Director in 2021, becoming the first non-white woman to win a directing Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | Actor who won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, for the film "Vice": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ABOUTDAMNTIME | 13 | 2022 Lizzo hit single that won a Grammy for Record of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 31% | ISAACHAYES | 10 | "Soul Man" singer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work on the film "Shaft": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SEASONS | 7 | "A Man for All ___," 1966 British film starring Paul Scofield that won the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 31% | ONTHEROADAGAIN | 14 | Song by 30-Across/33-Across that won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (4 wds.) |
| 31% | ANGRYMEN | 8 | "12 ___," 1957 film starring Henry Fonda which is about a jury of 12 that deliberates on the trial of an 18-year old: 2 wds. |