| 100% | NEBULAAWARD | 11 | Honor for "Dune" and "American Gods" |
| 56% | OSCAR | 5 | Honor for Newman and Oldman |
| 55% | SAINTHOOD | 9 | Honor for Peter, Paul and Mary |
| 53% | GOLDGLOVEAWARD | 14 | Honor for 35-Down in 1991 and 1992 |
| 53% | OBES | 4 | Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr. |
| 52% | MYTHS | 5 | Tales of Native American gods, for example |
| 52% | OHARE | 5 | Hub for United and American |
| 50% | ESPYAWARDS | 10 | Honors for athletes, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | MVP | 3 | WNBA honor for A'ja Wilson in 2020 and 2022 |
| 49% | DOLLS | 5 | American Girl's Gabriela and Tenney, for two |
| 49% | STARS | 5 | ___ and Stripes (nickname for the American flag) |
| 49% | PRIMARYCOLORS | 13 | Red, white and blue, for Americans? |
| 48% | ARAB | 4 | ___ American (ethnicity for DJ Khaled and Rami Malek) |
| 48% | ASIAN | 5 | ___ American and Pacific Islanders (what AAPI stands for) |
| 48% | SEXIESTMANALIVE | 15 | Honor for Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan, but not Roger Moore or Daniel Craig |
| 48% | DESK | 4 | Drama ___ Award, honor for which Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus were nominated |
| 47% | TESLA | 5 | American auto and energy company known for their electric cars |
| 47% | EMMY | 4 | Top American honor for TV shows |
| 47% | TICTACTOE | 9 | American name for noughts and crosses |
| 46% | COLEPORTER | 10 | American composer known for 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DONNE | 5 | For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love poet |
| 45% | BING | 4 | ___ Crosby, American singer and actor known for his Christmas carols |
| 45% | ARP | 3 | Bill ___, pen-name for American writer and politician, Charles Smith |
| 45% | APOLLO | 6 | Greek and Roman god known for his beauty |
| 45% | OSCAR | 5 | ___ Isaac (actor in Dune and Star Wars ... or an award he might be nominated for?) |
| 45% | SPACEOPERA | 10 | Genre for "Dune" and "Flash Gordon" |
| 45% | NORMANROCKWELL | 14 | American illustrator and painter known for his Saturday Evening Post covers: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ODE | 3 | International honor society for economics that publishes "The American Economist" (abbr.) |
| 44% | LOUISIANA | 9 | American state known for jambalaya and beignet |
| 44% | IBIS | 4 | "American Gods" role for Demore Barnes |