| 100% | INDUCTEE | 8 | Guest of honor at a hall-of-fame ceremony |
| 61% | INDUCTEE | 8 | Hall of Fame guest of honor |
| 56% | HIDE | 4 | Cry just before the guest of honor arrives at a surprise party |
| 56% | INSURANCE | 9 | Focus of a business-related hall of fame at the University of Alabama |
| 54% | JOHNWOODEN | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame coach honored on a 2024 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 53% | HANKAARON | 9 | Hall of Fame Braves slugger with 755 home runs who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JOANBENOIT | 10 | US Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame runner who won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 52% | INSIDESTUFF | 11 | Familiar name of a long-running NBA series honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 52% | EARNED | 6 | Deserved the Hall of Fame ceremony |
| 51% | INDUCTEE | 8 | Someone entering into a Hall of Fame |
| 51% | INDUCT | 6 | Admit, as to a Hall of Fame |
| 51% | ENSHRINES | 9 | Puts in a Hall of Fame, say |
| 51% | ENSHRINE | 8 | Induct into a Hall of Fame, perhaps |
| 51% | DAIS | 4 | Place of honor at a wedding reception |
| 51% | SANTA | 5 | Guest of honor at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 50% | BUST | 4 | Many a sculpture in a hall of fame |
| 50% | ROCK | 4 | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Ohio |
| 50% | WRAY | 4 | Guest of honor at the Empire State Building's 60th anniversary |
| 50% | PINBALL | 7 | Game with a Hall of Fame in Las Vegas |
| 50% | WEDDINGCLASHERS | 15 | Guests at a Hatfield/McCoy marriage ceremony? |
| 49% | BOBUECKER | 9 | Longtime baseball announcer at 42-Across who was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award by the Baseball Hall of Fame (2 wds.) |
| 49% | INDUCTS | 7 | Formally makes a member, as a Hall of Fame honoree |
| 49% | POLKA | 5 | Dance style with a Hall of Fame in Euclid, Ohio |
| 49% | LASORDA | 7 | Hall of Fame manager at the 2000 Olympics |
| 49% | DAIS | 4 | Platform for a guest of honor |
| 49% | ROAST | 5 | Event at which the guest of honor is made fun of |
| 48% | ETCH | 4 | ___ A Sketch (National Toy Hall of Fame inductee) |
| 48% | NHL | 3 | Focus of a Toronto hall of fame |
| 48% | ROCKMUSIC | 9 | *Focus of a Cleveland hall of fame |
| 48% | NEIMAN | 6 | Artist in a Boxing Hall of Fame |