| 100% | NOMINEE | 7 | Performer in the running for an Oscar |
| 83% | NOMINEE | 7 | Person in the running for an Oscar |
| 63% | NOMINEE | 7 | One in the running for Oscars, say |
| 59% | ARLEN | 5 | Composer nominated for an Oscar for "Blues in the Night" |
| 56% | TESS | 4 | ___ Harper, actress nominated for an Oscar for her role in Crimes of the Heart |
| 56% | INGE | 4 | Playwright who won an Oscar for Splendor in the Grass |
| 55% | ADELE | 5 | "Rolling in the Deep" singer who won an Oscar for "Skyfall" |
| 54% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress nominated for an Oscar for playing a music teacher in "Music of the Heart": 2 wds. |
| 53% | HA-OTAT | 7 | Was in the running for |
| 53% | INGE | 4 | William who won an Oscar in '61 for Best Screenplay for "Splendor in the Grass" |
| 53% | CARLY | 5 | Singer/songwriter Simon who won a Grammy and an Oscar for "Let the River Run" |
| 53% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title nanny in "Mary Poppins" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "Spider-Man" actress who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in "The Power of the Dog" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | LONGLISTS | 9 | Puts in the running for a prize |
| 52% | KODISMITMCPHEE | 14 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" actor who is nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Power of the Dog" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ROURKE | 6 | Mickey who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Wrestler" |
| 51% | EMMA | 4 | Stone who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in "The Favourite" |
| 49% | LEO | 3 | Actress Melissa who won an Oscar for her performance in "The Fighter" |
| 48% | EDMUNDGWENN | 11 | "Mister 880" actor who won an Oscar for playing Kris Kringle in the 1947 Christmas classic "Miracle on 34th Street" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JESSEPLEMONS | 12 | "The Irishman" actor who is nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Power of the Dog" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | CANVASSER | 9 | Door-knocker in the run-up to an election |
| 48% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | New Hollywood director who won an Oscar for "The Departed," and is the most-nominated director alive in terms of Oscars: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RENEE | 5 | Zellweger nominated for an Oscar for her role in "Chicago" |
| 47% | NOLTE | 5 | Nick nominated for an Oscar for the 1997 film “Affliction” |
| 47% | WINTERSBONE | 11 | 2010 film set in the Ozarks for which 15-/48-Across received an Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Performer who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title character in her film debut, "Mary Poppins" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DEE | 3 | Director/screenwriter ___ Rees who was nominated for an Oscar in 2018 |
| 47% | DICAPRIO | 8 | Leonardo __, won an Oscar for The Revenant |
| 46% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer nominated for an Oscar for "The Lord of the Rings" |