| 100% | VMA | 3 | Any of four won by BTS in 2020 |
| 47% | TONY | 4 | One of four won by "Rent" |
| 45% | EMMY | 4 | Any of 10 won by "Seinfeld" |
| 45% | RAZZIE | 6 | Any of nine won by Madonna |
| 45% | TONY | 4 | Any of several won by "The Producers" |
| 45% | EMMY | 4 | Any of seven won by Betty White |
| 45% | EON | 3 | Any of four in Earth's history |
| 44% | EMMY | 4 | Any of dozens won by "SNL" through 2016 |
| 44% | ARROWKEY | 8 | Any of four buttons arranged in an inverted T |
| 41% | PRINCESS | 8 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle |
| 41% | EMMY | 4 | Any of nine awards recently won by "Schitt's Creek" |
| 40% | CLONE | 5 | Any of the characters played by Tatiana Maslany in "Orphan Black" |
| 40% | IDOL | 4 | Reality show title won by Just Sam in 2020 |
| 40% | TONY | 4 | One of eight won by "Hadestown" in 2019 |
| 40% | TEDDYROOSEVELT | 14 | Mascot in jersey #26 who has the least overall wins (138 as of 2020) of the four main 16-Across competitors: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Mascot in jersey #16 who has the most overall wins (371 as of 2020) of the four main 16-Across competitors: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AWARD | 5 | Any one of the four in an EGOT |
| 39% | GRAMMY | 6 | Award notably won in each of the "big four" categories by this puzzle's honoree |
| 38% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 38% | GRAMMY | 6 | Award won by "DAMN." in the category of Best Rap Album |
| 38% | CRUCIFER | 8 | Any of various plants of the cabbage family with four petals arranged in a cross |
| 38% | FINN | 4 | Olympic sailing class won by GB’s Giles Scott in 2016 and 2020 |
| 38% | BESTPLAY | 8 | Award won by "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" |
| 38% | GLAADAWARDS | 11 | Honors won by "A League of Their Own" and "Framing Agnes" in 2023 |
| 38% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Tony Award won by the starred answers in the years of their clues |
| 37% | MANBOOKERPRIZE | 14 | Award won by Marlon James, in 2015, for “A Brief History of Seven Killings” |
| 37% | NIT | 3 | Event won by the Univ. of North Texas men's basketball team in 2023 |
| 36% | TRIATHLON | 9 | Event. won by Canada's Simon Whitfield, that debuted at the Olympics in summer of 2000 |
| 36% | DAYTIMEMEAWARDS | 15 | Prizes won by Acadia National Park for the first sight of sunrise in the U.S.? |
| 36% | NINJA | 5 | Any of four turtle toons |