| 100% | EMMY | 4 | Award won by 68 Across Rickman for "Rasputin" (is there an echo in here?) |
| 41% | VIDEOVANGUARD | 13 | Achievement award won by 17-Across in 1987 (it was renamed in 1991 for Michael Jackson): 2 wds. |
| 36% | NEVER | 5 | "___ Be the Same," hit song by Camila Cabello that won an iHeartRadio award in 2019 |
| 36% | OBITS | 5 | Horror short story by Stephen King that was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2016 |
| 34% | ESPY | 4 | Award won by Lance Armstrong in 2005 for the third straight year |
| 34% | OSCAR | 5 | Award won by Kieran Culkin for his role in "A Real Pain" |
| 34% | LUCKY | 5 | "I Should Be So ___," hit song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue which won an ARIA Music Award in 1989 |
| 34% | EDGAR | 5 | Award won by Deepa Anappara in 2021, for “Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line” |
| 34% | MANBOOKERPRIZE | 14 | Award won by Marlon James, in 2015, for “A Brief History of Seven Killings” |
| 34% | IVOR | 4 | ___ Novello, award won by Queen for their track "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1976 |
| 34% | WATER | 5 | "Cold ___," song by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MO which was nominated for an MTV Video Music award in 2017 |
| 33% | MVP | 3 | Award won by 52-Across in 1949 |
| 33% | HEISMAN | 7 | ___ Trophy, award won by Vinny Testaverde in 1986 for outstanding contribution to college football |
| 33% | SQUIDGAME | 9 | Netflix series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk that won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ECHO | 4 | "Is there an ___ in here?" |
| 32% | TONY | 4 | Award won by L Morgan Lee for her performance in “A Strange Loop” |
| 32% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 18-Across for "Beloved" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CMS | 3 | There are 2.54 in an inch, for short |
| 32% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 40-Across for 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | HEISMANTROPHY | 13 | Award won by 15-/18-Across in December 2011: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NIECYNASH | 9 | "Claws" actress who is nominated for an Emmy Award for playing Delores Wise in 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ECHO | 4 | "Is there an ___ in here?" ("Is anyone listening?") |
| 31% | MATTHEWQUIRK | 12 | 30-Across novelist whose first novel, "The 500," was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | PORKANDBEANS | 12 | Single by 42-Across whose video won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video in 2009 (3 wds.) |
| 31% | CRANESINTHESKY | 14 | Song by 49-Across that won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance in 2017 (4 wds.) |
| 31% | EMMY | 4 | TV award won by Jeremy Allen White for his role in "The Bear" |
| 31% | FONTAINE | 8 | Joan who won an Academy Award for her performance in “Suspicion” |
| 31% | GRAMMY | 6 | Song of the Year award won by Lorde for 36-Across |
| 31% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Fiction award won by 18-/42-Across in 2015: 2 wds. |