| 100% | CHARLESYU | 9 | 2020 National Book Award winner for “Interior Chinatown,” in which the aspiring actor Willis Wu must contend with Hollywood stereotypes |
| 32% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Author who won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for "Interior Chinatown": 2 wds. |
| 30% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 29% | PERCY | 5 | Walker ___, 1962 National Book Award winner for “The Moviegoer” |
| 29% | BRAD | 4 | ___ Pitt, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor who won the SAG award for Best Supporting Actor in 2020 |
| 28% | OATES | 5 | National Book Award winner for "Them," 1970 |
| 27% | DRLAO | 5 | “The Circus of ___,” 1935 National Book Award winner for Most Original Book |
| 26% | IBRAMXKENDI | 11 | Youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| 25% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | National Book Award winner who wrote the 1963 novel "V.": 2 wds. |
| 24% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | Actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2020 for playing the title role in "Joker" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ROSS | 4 | Actor and adventurer ___ Thomas, 2020 Emmy winner in the category Talent-Program Host/Moderator/Reporter for NBC's "California Live" |
| 24% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 24% | LAST | 4 | "___ Week Tonight With John Oliver," HBO news show which won the Emmy Award for Best Variety Show in 2022 |
| 24% | COUNTRYFOROLD | 13 | "No ___ Men," a movie in which Javier Bardem starred in and won the Best Actor Award at the Oscars for his performance: 3 wds. |
| 24% | MICAH | 5 | Book in which the Israelites are rebuked for idolatry |
| 23% | NEIL | 4 | With 15-Across, "How I Met Your Mother" actor who won a 2014 Tony Award for starring in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" |
| 23% | NATHANLANE | 10 | 2001 Best Actor in a Musical Tony Award winner for The Producers |
| 23% | TERRANCE | 8 | Poet Hayes who won a National Book Award for the collection “Lighthead” |
| 23% | CYNTHIAERIVO | 12 | 2016 Tony Award winner for the lead performance in “A Color Purple” |
| 23% | DANNYBURSTEIN | 13 | "Moulin Rouge!" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 23% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | Novel written by Ralph Waldo Ellison (birthday today) which won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953: 2 wds. |
| 23% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | Louise Erdrich novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012 (3 wds.) |
| 23% | LORDOFMISRULE | 13 | Jaimy Gordon novel that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2010 (3 wds.) |
| 23% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Pulitzer winner for "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| 23% | BRAD | 4 | ___ Pitt, actor who won an award for the Best Supporting Actor for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" at the 92nd Academy Awards |
| 23% | DAVIDALANGRIER | 14 | "A Soldier's Play" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (3 wds.) |
| 23% | BRADPITT | 8 | Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for the 2019 film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood": 2 wds. |
| 23% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 23% | CRANSTON | 8 | Bryan ___, actor from "Breaking Bad" who is a four-time winner of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| 22% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Winner of the 2020 Academy Award for best director |