| 100% | OBITS | 5 | Horror short story by Stephen King that was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2016 |
| 49% | SALEMS | 6 | "___ Lot," 1975 novel by Stephen King that was nominated for the World Fantasy Award |
| 48% | INN | 3 | "On Slide ___ Road," short story by Stephen King that was published in Esquire magazine in 2020 |
| 48% | BLEEDS | 6 | "If It ___," collection of four novellas by Stephen King that was nominated for a Locus Award in 2021 |
| 47% | ALIVE | 5 | "Herman Wouk Is Still ___," short story by Stephen King that won the Bram Stoker Award in 2012 |
| 42% | MATTHEWQUIRK | 12 | 30-Across novelist whose first novel, "The 500," was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HERO | 4 | 2016 album by 44-Across that was nominated for a Best Country Album Grammy Award |
| 36% | WORK | 4 | 2016 song by Rihanna featuring Drake that was nominated for two Grammy Awards |
| 35% | HOWFARILLGO | 11 | "Moana" song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2016: 4 wds. |
| 33% | THEGOLDBUG | 10 | Short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843 whose central character is William Legrand |
| 32% | SUNDAYMORNING | 13 | CBS weekly television newsmagazine that's been hosted by 2007 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism honoree Jane Pauley since 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MATATA | 6 | "Hakuna ___," song from "The Lion King" that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1995 |
| 32% | SKELETONCREW | 12 | 1985 volume of short stories by Stephen King |
| 32% | THEPITANDTHE | 12 | & 1D 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 |
| 31% | POLE | 4 | "The Captain of the ___-Star," short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that was published in the Temple Bar |
| 31% | BIRDS | 5 | "The ___," 1963 horror movie by Alfred Hitchcock with no soundtrack that was nominated for an Oscar |
| 31% | ECG | 3 | Test that can be performed by an Apple Watch, for short |
| 31% | ROAR | 4 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2014 |
| 31% | FIREWORK | 8 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2012 |
| 31% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MIDDLECHILD | 11 | J. Cole single from the album "Revenge of the Dreamers III" that was nominated for a Best Rap Performance Grammy Award in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | VOYAGE | 6 | 2021 studio album by ABBA that was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards |
| 30% | CHOCOLAT | 8 | 2000 film set in France that was nominated for five Academy Awards |
| 30% | HERO | 4 | Hit song by Mariah Carey that was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1995 |
| 30% | NIECYNASH | 9 | "Claws" actress who is nominated for an Emmy Award for playing Delores Wise in 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | FORTUNESMILES | 13 | Adam Johnson short story collection that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LUKASGRAHAM | 11 | Danish pop and soul band with the hit single "7 Years", that was nominated for Record of the Year in the 2017 Grammy Awards : 2 wds. |
| 30% | NIGHTFALL | 9 | 2020 album by 33-Across that was nominated for a Best Country Album Grammy Award |
| 30% | DHS | 3 | Those who receive the Edgar Martinez Award, presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, for short |