| 100% | HIGHEST | 7 | __ bidder; the one who wins an auction |
| 62% | MEDALIST | 8 | One who has won an event at the Olympics |
| 59% | VICTORS | 7 | The ones who win |
| 55% | CONDUCTOR | 9 | The one who directs an orchestra |
| 54% | LIAR | 4 | One who won't tell the truth |
| 54% | BARISTA | 7 | One who won't serve the average joe |
| 52% | ACTOR | 5 | One who may win an Oscar |
| 52% | GAMEBREAKER | 11 | One who helps the team win |
| 52% | POLANSKI | 8 | Exiled director who won an Oscar for The Pianist |
| 52% | ISAAC | 5 | Hayes who won an Oscar for the "Shaft" theme |
| 52% | LEE | 3 | Spike ___ who won an Oscar for the best screenplay |
| 52% | REESE | 5 | Witherspoon who won an Oscar for “Walk the Line” |
| 51% | SAMIAM | 6 | One who won't take no for an answer regarding 38-Across |
| 51% | SIGN | 4 | An auction bidder might give a high one |
| 51% | LILA | 4 | Actress Kedrova who won an Oscar for "Zorba the Greek" |
| 51% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who won an Oscar for the theme to "Skyfall" |
| 51% | INGE | 4 | Playwright who won an Oscar for Splendor in the Grass |
| 50% | LARUE | 5 | Eva who won an Emmy for "The Young and the Restless" |
| 50% | BULLOCK | 7 | Rom-com fave who won an Oscar for The Blind Side |
| 50% | PACEMAKER | 9 | One who sets the speed in an athletics race |
| 50% | DEMME | 5 | Director Jonathan who won an Oscar for "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 50% | AMANDA | 6 | Actress Seyfried who won an Emmy for the Hulu miniseries "The Dropout" |
| 50% | ALEC | 4 | Guinness who won an Oscar for "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| 49% | ACTOR | 5 | One who might win an Oscar for a lead role? |
| 49% | ACTOR | 5 | One who might win an Oscar for a lead role |
| 49% | LUCCI | 5 | Soap star Susan who won an Emmy the 19th time she was nominated |
| 49% | HAWN | 4 | Goldie ___, American actress who won an Oscar for the 1969 film "Cactus Flower" |
| 49% | EVA | 3 | Actress ___ Marie Saint who won an Oscar for 1954's "On the Waterfront" |
| 48% | HUDSON | 6 | Jennifer ___, "Spotlight" singer who won an Emmy award for the daytime program "Baba Yaga" |
| 48% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | Host of "Beat Shazam" who won an Oscar for the film "Ray" (2 wds.) |