| 100% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards that were hosted by Danica Patrick in 2018 |
| 56% | ESPYS | 5 | 2018 awards event hosted by Danica Patrick |
| 51% | TONYS | 5 | Awards show that was hosted three years in a row by Ariana DeBose |
| 47% | ESPYS | 5 | Danica Patrick hosted them in 2018 |
| 43% | SNL | 3 | NBC's sketch comedy show that was hosted by the athletes mentioned in 20a, 31a, 1d, 29d, and 42d: Abbr. |
| 41% | INDIA | 5 | New Delhi's country that was the host nation for the World Environment Day in 2018 |
| 40% | SUNDAYMORNING | 13 | CBS weekly television newsmagazine that's been hosted by 2007 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism honoree Jane Pauley since 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | IDOL | 4 | Show that was hosted by Ryan Seacrest, for short |
| 40% | NEVER | 5 | "___ Be the Same," hit song by Camila Cabello that won an iHeartRadio award in 2019 |
| 39% | NAKED | 5 | "The ___ Chef," TV cooking program that was hosted by Jamie Oliver |
| 39% | TOP | 3 | "___ Chef," reality cooking competition TV series that is hosted by Padma Lakshmi |
| 39% | CHOPPED | 7 | Reality-based cooking TV game show that is hosted by Ted Allen |
| 38% | ALIVE | 5 | "Herman Wouk Is Still ___," short story by Stephen King that won the Bram Stoker Award in 2012 |
| 38% | ANDERSONCOOPER | 14 | CNN host who was honored with the 2018 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2 wds.) |
| 38% | PTL | 3 | "The __ Club" (TV show that was hosted by Jim and Tammy Faye): Abbr. |
| 38% | KITCHEN | 7 | "Hell's ___," reality TV series that is hosted by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay |
| 37% | DIVES | 5 | "Diners, Drive-Ins and ___," food reality TV series that is hosted by Guy Fieri |
| 37% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize that was first awarded in 1901 |
| 37% | SUGAR | 5 | "___ Rush Christmas," holiday-themed season of a reality baking show that is hosted by Hunter March |
| 36% | NAGANO | 6 | Japanese city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1998 |
| 36% | ROMA | 4 | 2018 film directed by the Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuaron that is set in Mexico city |
| 36% | EPA | 3 | Org. that was established in 1970 by Nixon |
| 36% | ILLINOIS | 8 | State that is celebrating its bicentennial in 2018 |
| 36% | OSLO | 4 | Norwegian capital city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1952 |
| 36% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | International exposition that has been hosted by the United States in 18-Across, 28-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TOMTHUMB | 8 | Fairytale that was part-animated by MGM in 1958 |
| 36% | ANDS | 4 | Words that are often represented by logograms in English |
| 35% | ANWARSADAT | 10 | Person that President Trump honored in 2018 by awarding (posthumously) the Congressional Gold Medal |
| 35% | SALT | 4 | ___ Lake City, US city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 2002 |
| 35% | CORTINA | 7 | ___ d'Ampezzo, Italian city that was host to the Winter Olympics held in 1956 |