| 100% | CYNICS | 6 | People who know "the price of everything, and the value of nothing," according to an Oscar Wilde play |
| 36% | NFT | 3 | Collectible targeted at people "who have met all their material needs and still can't fill that empty hole inside of them," according to an explainer by The Onion |
| 33% | EARNEST | 7 | "The Importance of Being ___" (Rupert Everett/Colin Firth comedy based on an Oscar Wilde play) |
| 33% | SHELLEYWINTERS | 14 | "A Patch of Blue" and "The Diary of Anne Frank" Oscar winner who was nominated for an Oscar for playing the swimmer Belle Rosen in the 1972 film "The Poseidon Adventure" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | IVANI | 5 | Person who built the first stone Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow and was also the first person to be buried there |
| 32% | TENANTS | 7 | People who live on land and pay rent to the owner of that land. |
| 32% | FOSSE | 5 | Only person to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in the same year (1973) |
| 31% | SONIA | 5 | Sotomayor who said, "You cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true" |
| 31% | SIDNEY | 6 | Actor and director Poitier, the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor |
| 31% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | "The Sound of Music" actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MALEK | 5 | Rami ___, actor who plays Safin, an adversary of 8a in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 31% | PUNS | 4 | “To the person who invented zero: thanks for nothing,” and others |
| 31% | TIDALFLOW | 9 | To and fro motion of seas according to the moon |
| 31% | ERNEST | 6 | Companion of Algernon in an Oscar Wilde play |
| 31% | COINDEALER | 10 | One who knows the value of a dollar |
| 31% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" Oscar winner who plays the father of 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 30% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Rodgers, composer with works like "Oklahoma!' and "The Sound of Music" who was the first person to win the EGOT |
| 30% | CYNIC | 5 | Jaded person who's the opposite of an idealist |
| 30% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 30% | EARNEST | 7 | Oscar Wilde play, The Importance of Being __ |
| 30% | COMEONDOWN | 10 | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | CONMEN | 6 | People who target the starts of 17-, 30-, 40- and 57-Across |
| 30% | COUSTEAU | 8 | French Explorer Jacques, who is known to be the inventor of the Aqua-lung and pioneer of marine conservation |
| 30% | CHUCKCONNORS | 12 | Actor who was one of only 13 athletes to play in both the NBA and the MLB (2 wds.) |
| 30% | WALT | 4 | ___ Disney, founder of Disney who received an honorary Oscar and seven little Oscars for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" |
| 30% | TUAREG | 6 | Muslim who might wander all over North Africa and is member of a group sometimes known as the "Blue People" |
| 30% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who became the first one of Egyptian heritage to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BIBI | 4 | & 1D Swedish actress who played Catherine Stockmann in 1978 film drama An Enemy of the People |
| 30% | GLENDA | 6 | Jackson who was the latest person to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting" (Oscar, Emmy, Tony) |