| 100% | MEDALOFFREEDOM | 14 | Honor bestowed on 19-Across by Barack Obama in 2009 (3 wds.) |
| 78% | MEDALOFFREEDOM | 14 | Honor bestowed on 31-Across by Barack Obama in 2011 (3 wds.) |
| 51% | MEDALOFFREEDOM | 14 | Presidential honor awarded to 18-Across in 2012 by Barack Obama: 3 wds. |
| 39% | EMMYAWARD | 9 | Honor won twice by 18-Across in the 1950s for playing Schultzy on "The Bob Cummings Show": 2 wds. |
| 38% | NOBELIST | 8 | Barack Obama, in 2009 |
| 35% | SRI | 3 | Tan ___ (Malaysian honor bestowed on Michelle Yeoh in 2013) |
| 34% | VINCENTVANGOGH | 14 | Painter played by 46-Across in 19-Across: 3 wds. |
| 33% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | He played 46-Across in 2009 and 2011 movies: 3 wds. |
| 32% | SIR | 3 | Title bestowed on Mick Jagger in 2003 by Prince Charles |
| 32% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Quotable Yankees catcher posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HOTELFORDOGS | 12 | Lois Duncan children's book that was turned into a film in 2009: 3 wds. |
| 31% | SHAMROCKSHAKE | 13 | Green frozen treat offered by McDonald's every March in honor of 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Title TV novelist/sleuth played by 51-Across on ABC from 2009 to 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CHICAGORIVER | 12 | Midwest body of water traditionally dyed green on March 17 in honor of 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 31% | MVP | 3 | Honor bestowed on 34-Across after the 2024 Super Bowl (Abbr.) |
| 30% | ADDEA | 5 | Honor received by the Hyatt Regency on Peachtree Street in 2012 (abbr.) |
| 30% | DOWNTONABBEY | 12 | PBS historical drama created by 32-Across set on a Yorkshire estate in the early 20th century (2 wds.) |
| 30% | OTFAGBENLE | 10 | "The Handmaid's Tale" actor who plays President Obama in "The First Lady": 3 wds. |
| 30% | ICON | 4 | Billboard ___ Award (honor bestowed on Mariah Carey in 2019) |
| 30% | ICON | 4 | Billboard ___ Award (honor bestowed on singer Pink in 2021) |
| 29% | MICHAELCHALL | 12 | 19-Across and 33-Across actor who played John F. Kennedy on "The Crown" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | CHRISELLIOTT | 12 | "Groundhog Day" actor who plays the mayor on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CATHERINEOHARA | 14 | "Beetlejuice" actress who plays actress Moira Rose on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EARTHSEACYCLE | 13 | Series of high fantasy novels and stories by 44-Across set on an otherworldly archipelago in an uncharted ocean (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BLACKEYEDPEAS | 13 | Hip-hop group whose songs "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" were simultaneously #1 and #2 in 2009: 3 wds. |
| 29% | SHERLOCKHOLMES | 14 | Jonny Lee Miller's role on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SARAHCHALKE | 11 | "Scrubs" actress who plays Kate Mularkey on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | KATHERINEHEIGL | 14 | "Suits" actress who plays Tully Hart on 19-Across: 2 wds. |