| 100% | ALMOND | 6 | Nut with the prized Nonpareil variety |
| 42% | LEI | 3 | Necklace with a kukui nut variety |
| 42% | CHEERIOS | 8 | Cereal with a Honey Nut variety |
| 40% | ALLAN | 5 | Sherman with the album "My Son, the Nut" |
| 40% | LEN | 3 | ___ Goodman Mirrorball Trophy ("Dancing With the Stars" prize) |
| 39% | XRAYS | 5 | Discovery honored with the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 39% | CAME | 4 | With 125-Across, got the booby prize |
| 38% | RESSA | 5 | Journalist Maria who was honored with the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 38% | NILE | 4 | The ___ Award (Egyptian cultural prize with a toponymic name) |
| 37% | ANWAR | 5 | Menachem shared the Peace Prize with him |
| 37% | ALMONDJOY | 9 | Product once pitched with the line "Sometimes you feel like a nut" |
| 37% | PECAN | 5 | With 47-Down, nut-filled dessert popular in the South |
| 36% | CHEX | 4 | Cereal with rice, corn, wheat and honey nut varieties |
| 36% | PECAN | 5 | Hickory tree of the southern US with edible nuts |
| 36% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "Superstition" singer/songwriter honored with the 2009 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TONYAWARD | 9 | Broadway prize with the full name Antoinette Perry |
| 35% | SADAT | 5 | Anwar who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem Begin |
| 35% | DIRAC | 5 | Paul who shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Schrödinger |
| 34% | DAVIDLETTERMAN | 14 | Former "Late Show" host who presented Conan O'Brien with the 2025 Twain Prize: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AMAS | 4 | Prizes with Artist of the Year and Song of the Year categories, for short |
| 34% | SPICEOFLIFE | 11 | Variety, idiomatically, with "the" |
| 34% | ALICE | 5 | With 7-Across, short story writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 34% | CHEX | 4 | ___ Mix (cereal-based snack food with Chipotle Cheddar and Honey Nut varieties) |
| 34% | HIGGS | 5 | Peter —, 2013 winner, with Francois Englert, of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 34% | LED | 3 | You could win the DOE's L Prize with one of these |
| 34% | TRIMBLE | 7 | David —, politician who shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume |
| 34% | HUME | 4 | John —, co-recipient with David Trimble of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | & 10A Co-recipient with David Trimble of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 33% | PAINTBALL | 9 | Sport with a "capture the flag" variety |