| 100% | MENACE | 6 | An ill-intentioned person; Dennis the __ |
| 48% | RECIPIENT | 9 | The person given an award |
| 46% | NOMINEE | 7 | Person in the running for an Oscar |
| 45% | AMBULANCEDRIVER | 15 | Person at the wheel of an emergency vehicle |
| 45% | NOMINEES | 8 | The people or movies competing for an award |
| 44% | ANALYST | 7 | Person who's an expert on the stock market |
| 44% | CAREGIVER | 9 | Person helping an ill family member, say |
| 44% | PRIZESLIPUP | 11 | Giving an award to the wrong person? |
| 44% | CPA | 3 | Person who's an expert on the tax code: Abbr. |
| 44% | TARGET | 6 | Person or place that is the aim of an attack |
| 44% | GAWK | 4 | People often do this at the scene of an accident |
| 43% | SPIN | 4 | Something the PR person puts on an announcement |
| 43% | ARIENS | 6 | People born under the sign of the ram (with an E) |
| 43% | CYNIC | 5 | Jaded person who's the opposite of an idealist |
| 43% | ERR | 3 | Send an email to the wrong person, e.g. |
| 43% | ERR | 3 | Text an embarrassing screenshot to the wrong person, say |
| 42% | ANTS | 4 | Insects proverbially residing in the pants of an impatient person |
| 40% | SURPRISE | 8 | An event where the main person is kept in the dark about the party |
| 40% | GUESTLIST | 9 | Written-down names of the people invited to an event: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HEYYOU | 6 | What to yell to get the attention of an unknown person: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WONDER | 6 | ___Woman, famous DC comic superheroine who is an ambassador of the Amazon People |
| 39% | OLMEC | 5 | Member of an indigenous people that inhabited the Southern Gulf Coast of Mexico |
| 38% | IBSEN | 5 | "An Enemy of the People" playwright |
| 38% | FOSSE | 5 | Only person to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in the same year (1973) |
| 38% | FOX | 3 | "___ in the henhouse," phrase for an untrustworthy person with a "sly" animal in it |
| 38% | MUSE | 4 | Term for one of the Greek goddesses who were an inspiration for creative people |
| 37% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile |
| 37% | SIDNEY | 6 | Actor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor |
| 37% | TELLMEABOUTYOURSELF | 19 | ___? pron. a form of the second person singular, used as an intensive or a reflexive |
| 37% | ENEMY | 5 | Ibsen's "An ___ of the People" |