| 100% | GRIFFITH | 8 | D. W. ___ Award, honor for 58-/46-Across for lifetime achievement |
| 45% | GRAMMY | 6 | ___ Lifetime Achievement Award, honor given to Bobby McFerrin in 2023 for his outstanding contribution to music |
| 42% | IRA | 3 | George and ___ Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement (honor named after the brothers) |
| 41% | DEMILLE | 7 | Eponym of an annual Golden Globe award for lifetime achievement |
| 39% | ROSS | 4 | Diana ___, American singer who won a Grammy for lifetime achievement award in 2012 |
| 39% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | Academy Award winner for playing 46-Across |
| 39% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | Academy Award winner for playing 46-Across |
| 38% | GRAMMY | 6 | ___ Lifetime Achievement Award, honor given to Janis Joplin posthumously in 2005 |
| 38% | EARL | 4 | Banjo player Scruggs honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 38% | UTA | 3 | Hagen who received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre in 1999 |
| 38% | ETTA | 4 | Singer James honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 |
| 38% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Blues singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SHIRLEYCAESAR | 13 | Gospel singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DEBBIEALLEN | 11 | Dancer/choreographer/actress honored by the 32-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GARTHBROOKS | 11 | Country music star honored by the 32-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GLADYSKNIGHT | 12 | Grammy-winning singer honored by the 50-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Oscar-winning actor honored by the 50-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Blues singer honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SHIRLEYCAESAR | 13 | Gospel singer honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | EARL | 4 | Banjo player Scruggs honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 |
| 37% | ZAPPA | 5 | Frank who was honored with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 |
| 35% | BETTYWHITE | 10 | Actress honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award who turned 99 on January 17, 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ADRIENNERICH | 12 | "Diving Into the Wreck" poet who was honored with the 1999 Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SET | 3 | Workplace for 58-/46-Across |
| 34% | LOT | 3 | Workplace for 58-/46-Across |
| 34% | THEBOOKTHIEF | 12 | 2013 film for which 46-Across won a Grammy Award (3 wds.) |
| 34% | ANGELALANSBURY | 14 | British actress honored with Tony, Oscar, BAFTA, and SAG Lifetime Achievement awards who passed away in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LAUREL | 6 | Honor for an achievement |