| 100% | TATUM | 5 | "Paper Moon" Oscar winner, with 64-Across |
| 60% | LIGHT | 5 | With 29 Across, 2016 Oscar winner |
| 59% | ALAN | 4 | With 55 Across, ''Little Miss Sunshine'' Oscar winner |
| 58% | TATUMONEAL | 10 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Paper Moon |
| 57% | TATUMOAL | 8 | "Paper Moon" Oscar winner |
| 57% | ONEAL | 5 | "Paper Moon" Oscar winner |
| 57% | ONEAL | 5 | Tatum —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Paper Moon |
| 57% | TATUM | 5 | & 19A Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Paper Moon |
| 56% | ONEAL | 5 | "Paper Moon" Oscar winner Tatum |
| 56% | TATUM | 5 | "Paper Moon" Oscar winner O'Neal |
| 53% | ONEAL | 5 | 10-year-old Oscar winner for "Paper Moon" |
| 53% | ONEAL | 5 | “Paper Moon” Oscar winner Tatum |
| 53% | LAKE | 4 | With 64 Across, water bordering Cleveland |
| 53% | ABEAUTIFULDAYIN | 15 | With 64 Across, 2019 Hanks film |
| 52% | CHER | 4 | Oscar winner with four #1 Billboard hits |
| 52% | STAR | 4 | With 23-Across, winner of seven Oscars |
| 52% | FRANZ | 5 | With 64 Across, Hungarian composer/piano virtuoso |
| 52% | LILIESOF | 8 | With 64-Across, film for which 47-Across won an Oscar for Best Actor |
| 49% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Two-time Oscar winner who starred with 44-Across in "Gravity" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | GODFATHER | 9 | 1972 Best Picture Oscar winner, with "The" |
| 47% | MATRIX | 6 | 1999 Best Visual Effects Oscar winner, with "The" |
| 47% | LAURADERN | 9 | "Marriage Story" Oscar winner who wrote 30-Across with her mother, 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | Two-time Oscar winner who starred with 44-Across in "Ocean's 8" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | PARASITE | 8 | 2020 Oscar winner with the tagline "Act like you own the place" |
| 45% | BROWN | 5 | With 5 Across, paper lunch holder |
| 45% | BARACK | 6 | With 9 Across, winner of 2008 |
| 45% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | INONEEARAND | 11 | With 64-Across, ignored |
| 45% | COSTNER | 7 | Kevin —, Best Director Oscar winner for Dances With Wolves |