| 100% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual event held at the Kodak Theater, with "the" |
| 52% | EMMYS | 5 | Annual event first held at the Hollywood Athletic Club |
| 49% | OKTOBERFEST | 11 | Annual event held in the Theresienwiese |
| 47% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual Kodak Theatre events, with "the" |
| 45% | MAN | 3 | Burning ___, annual event held in the Black Rock Desert since 1986 |
| 44% | JAZZFEST | 8 | Annual music celebration held at the Fair Grounds Race Course |
| 44% | ACADEMY | 7 | With 16-Across, yearly ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre |
| 43% | OPEN | 4 | India ___ (badminton event held at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi) |
| 42% | LATESHOW | 8 | Production at the Ed Sullivan Theater, with The |
| 42% | COACHELLA | 9 | Annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in California |
| 41% | TOURDEFRANCE | 12 | Annual July sports event with the world's largest live audience |
| 41% | PRO | 3 | ___ Bowl, prestigious annual event held by the NFL to which Vinny Testaverde was invited in 1996 and 1998 |
| 40% | BREWERS | 7 | Oregon ___ Festival, annual craft beer festival held at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland |
| 39% | LEASHES | 7 | Bunch held at intersections on outings with pets ... or in the intersections of the shaded words |
| 39% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | Annual event at Churchill Downs known as "The Run for the Roses" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual event since 1929, with "the" |
| 38% | POLAR | 5 | The ___ Circle Marathon, annual running event that is held in Greenland |
| 38% | EMMYS | 5 | Annual September event, with "The" |
| 38% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual TV event, with "the" |
| 38% | SERIES | 6 | Annual October event, with "the" |
| 38% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual Sunday event, with "the" |
| 38% | MASTERS | 7 | Annual sporting event, with "the" |
| 38% | SERIES | 6 | Annual October event, with 'the' |
| 38% | METGALA | 7 | Star-studded event held annually at the Anna Wintour Costume Center in New York |
| 37% | OSCARS | 6 | Annual Sunday night event, with "the" |
| 37% | BLUE | 4 | The Foot Levelers ___ Ridge Marathon, annual running event that is held in Virginia |
| 37% | MANACLED | 8 | Held at the wrist |
| 37% | LEE | 3 | Sunisa ___, American gymnast who won the all-around event at the Olympic Games held in 2021 |
| 37% | ONION | 5 | Source of the headline "World Death Rate Holding Steady at 100 Percent," with "The" |
| 35% | MASS | 4 | Event held at midnight on Christmas Eve |