| 100% | FAGIN | 5 | Dan, award-winning journalist and 2014 General Nonfiction Pulitzer recipient |
| 37% | ANNE | 4 | 2004 Pulitzer winning journalist and author Applebaum |
| 34% | RESTON | 6 | James, journalist who won the Pulitzer in 1945 and 1957 |
| 33% | AMY | 3 | Actress Adams who won Golden Globe awards in 2014 and 2015 |
| 33% | IRA | 3 | Award-winning journalist and "Science Friday" host Flatow |
| 32% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1963 |
| 32% | RENT | 4 | Jonathan Larson rock musical that won four Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize |
| 32% | ANNE | 4 | Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist Applebaum |
| 32% | ANNA | 4 | Pulitzer-winning journalist and novelist Quindlen |
| 32% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl ___, astrophysicist who was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and multiple Emmy Awards |
| 31% | MIKETROUT | 9 | LA Angel who won the AL MVP award in 2014, 2016, and 2019: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GENE | 4 | Author and Pulitzer-winning WaPo journalist Weingarten |
| 31% | CLAYTONKERSHAW | 14 | Dodgers pitcher who won both the Cy Young Award and MVP honors in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 30% | RONDAROUSEY | 11 | Mixed martial artist who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2014 and 2015: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MARGARET | 8 | ___ Mitchell, novelist whose only novel "Gone with the Wind" won her a Pulitzer and a National Book Award |
| 29% | OHENRY | 6 | Award won by Alice Munro and Stephen King |
| 29% | ESPY | 4 | Award won by Simone Biles and Serena Williams |
| 29% | BESTPOPALBUM | 12 | Award won twice by Adele and Kelly Clarkson |
| 29% | OSCAR | 5 | Award won by Paul Newman and Gary Oldman |
| 29% | EDGARS | 6 | Awards won by Stephen King and Agatha Christie |
| 29% | DORSEYPRIZES | 12 | Awards won by brother bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy? |
| 29% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards won by LeBron James and David Beckham |
| 29% | TONYS | 5 | Awards won by the musicals "Hamilton" and "Hadestown" |
| 29% | EMMY | 4 | Award won for 39- and 41-Across's programs |
| 29% | MVP | 3 | Award won by Breanna Stewart in 2018 and 2023 |
| 28% | OSCAR | 5 | Award won by 19-Across, 33-Across, and 45-Across |
| 28% | EMMYS | 5 | Awards won this week by John Mulaney and Bill Hader |
| 28% | OSCARS | 6 | Awards won by Mahershala Ali for “Moonlight” and “Green Book” |
| 28% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | 44-Across book about the science and history of the ocean that won the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction (4 wds.) |
| 28% | OSCAR | 5 | Award won by Frances McDormand in 2021 (and 2018 and 1997) |