| 100% | OSCARPETERSON | 13 | Apt recipient of the Award for best original score? |
| 64% | OSCARDELAHOYA | 13 | Recipient of the Award for Best Live Action Short, maybe? |
| 63% | OSCARDELARENTA | 14 | Worthy recipient of the Award for best costume design? |
| 62% | OSCARTHEGROUCH | 14 | Somewhat argumentative recipient of the Award for Best Visual Effects, perhaps? |
| 55% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | American bandleader and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1986 movie "Round Midnight" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | MAURICEJARRE | 12 | French conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1984 movie "A Passage to India" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | American conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | EMINEM | 6 | Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| 48% | TONY | 4 | Broadway award that Elton John won for Best Original Score for the musical "Aida" |
| 45% | DAVIDYAZBEK | 11 | 30-Across writer/composer who won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Original Score (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TONY | 4 | ___ Awards (honors for the best of Broadway) |
| 44% | ENNIO | 5 | & 12D Best Music, Original Score Oscar nominee for The Untouchables, Bugsy, Days of Heaven, The Mission and Malena |
| 44% | ISAACHAYES | 10 | "Soul Man" singer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work on the film "Shaft": 2 wds. |
| 43% | HER | 3 | Recipient of Grammy's 2020 Song of the Year award for "I Can't Breathe" |
| 42% | RANDYNEWMAN | 11 | Recipient of 22 Oscar nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Score, including songs and scores from 15-Across, 24-Across, and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SCORE | 5 | Best Original ___ (award for the film with [circled letters]) |
| 42% | OSCAR | 5 | Prize for Best Original Score, e.g. |
| 41% | ALEXANDRE | 9 | ___ Desplat, French composer who won the 2018 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film "The Shape of Water" |
| 41% | ALAN | 4 | Composer ___ Menken, winner of the 1990 Golden Globe for Best Original Score for his work in "The Little Mermaid" |
| 41% | EMIL | 4 | Actor ___ Jannings (recipient of the first Oscar for Best Actor) |
| 41% | LUDOVICBOURCE | 13 | French composer who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for 2011's "The Artist" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SPINNINGSILVER | 14 | 2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel winner by 27-Across that's loosely based on the tale of "Rumpelstiltskin" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | JUNO | 4 | 2007 film that won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay |
| 41% | ENNIOMORRICONE | 14 | Italian composer who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for 2015's "The Hateful Eight" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Winner of the 2020 Academy Award for best director |
| 41% | AVENUEQ | 7 | Winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical |
| 40% | INCIDENT | 8 | "The Curious ___ of the Dog in the Night-Time" (2015 Tony Award winner for Best Play) |
| 40% | DILLANE | 7 | Stephen —, 2009 BAFTA TV Best Actor Award winner for The Shooting Of Thomas Hurndall |
| 40% | RAINMAN | 7 | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1988: 2 wds. |