| 100% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 movie musical nominated for a record-tying 14 Oscars (3 wds.) |
| 50% | GOINGMYWAY | 10 | 1944 movie musical about a young parish priest that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 50% | MYFAIRLADY | 10 | 1964 movie musical about a Cockney flower girl that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 44% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | 1979 movie musical that earned Bob Fosse an Oscar nomination for Best Director: 3 wds. |
| 43% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 1961 movie musical about rival street gangs that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 41% | THEBIGSHORT | 11 | 2015 financial dramedy starring 20-Across that was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (3 wds.) |
| 40% | GAGA | 4 | Lady ___ (singer who was nominated for a 2016 Oscar) |
| 40% | KERR | 4 | Deborah who was nominated for a record six Best Actress Oscars without ever winning |
| 40% | ANADEARMAS | 10 | "Knives Out" actress nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy (3 wds.) |
| 40% | MYSTERYOFLOVE | 13 | Song from 23-Across/37-Across written by 49-Across nominated for a 2018 Best Original Song Oscar (3 wds.) |
| 38% | JANECAMPION | 11 | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 1993's "The Piano": 2 wds. |
| 38% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 2017's "Lady Bird": 2 wds. |
| 38% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress with a record 21 Oscar nominations for acting (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | Actor with a record 12 Oscar nominations for acting (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 movie musical whose songs' lyrics were written by the same composing team as 16-Across: 3 wds. |
| 37% | ELLIEKEMPER | 11 | "The Office" actress who was nominated for a 2016 Emmy for playing 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | "Lady Bird" director who was the fifth woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JANECAMPION | 11 | "The Piano" director who was the second woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HOTNCOLD | 8 | 2008 #3 Katy Perry hit nominated for a 2010 Grammy: 3 wds. |
| 37% | LITTLELIONMAN | 13 | Mumford & Sons song nominated for a Grammy in 2011: 3 wds. |
| 37% | SEEYOUAGAIN | 11 | 2015 Wiz Khalifa rap song that topped the Hot 100 for a record-tying 12 weeks: 3 wds. |
| 37% | AVADUVERNAY | 11 | "Selma" director who was the first African-American woman nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | "Lost in Translation" director who was the third woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and 43-Across (3 wds.) |
| 36% | BOOGIENIGHTS | 12 | 1997 movie for which 14-Across got an Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BOOMBOOMPOW | 11 | 2009 Black Eyed Peas rap song that topped the Hot 100 for a record-tying 12 weeks: 3 wds. |
| 36% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | Singer who was nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2000 but lost to Cher: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | Actor nominated for an Oscar for playing a history teacher in "Half Nelson": 2 wds. |
| 36% | VINCENTVANGOGH | 14 | Dutch artist whose "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold at auction for a record $82.5 million in 1990: 3 wds. |
| 36% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | 2016 movie based on a Rudyard Kipling classic: 3 wds. |