| 100% | STARMISSINGTHEVERDICT | 21 | Result of an Oscar nominee's disappearance at an awards ceremony? [releases of 1968, 1982 and 1982] |
| 30% | SPEECH | 6 | Cry at an awards ceremony |
| 30% | LIMO | 4 | Long car at an awards ceremony |
| 30% | TUX | 3 | Duds at an awards ceremony, maybe |
| 30% | TUX | 3 | Duds at an award ceremony, perhaps |
| 28% | GOLD | 4 | Color of an Oscar award |
| 28% | EMMY | 4 | Television award equivalent of an Oscar |
| 28% | HOOD | 4 | Bit of attire at an initiation ceremony |
| 28% | THUD | 4 | Bad result of an attempt at humor |
| 27% | PLAQUELISTS | 11 | Results of inventories at the Employee of the Month Award factory? |
| 27% | FOSSE | 5 | Winner of an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in 1973 |
| 26% | INMEMORIAM | 10 | Solemn portion of an awards ceremony |
| 26% | SNUB | 4 | Lack of an expected nomination, as at the Oscars |
| 26% | MERIT | 5 | Academy Award of ___ (official name for an Oscar) |
| 26% | GRANDJURY | 9 | The name of an award given at Sundance |
| 25% | ROBINYOUNT | 10 | Brewer Hall of Famer who won MVP awards as a shortstop (1982) and an outfielder (1989): 2 wds. |
| 25% | EMBRYO | 6 | Result of an egg's successful fertilization |
| 25% | ANNEX | 5 | Result of an architect's winging it? |
| 25% | CSI | 3 | TV show that spawned an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry |
| 25% | CSI | 3 | TV series that spawned an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry |
| 25% | CHER | 4 | Winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and three Golden Globes |
| 25% | NCAA | 4 | Org. with an Inspiration Award and an Award of Valor |
| 25% | LIMO | 4 | Celeb's ride to an awards ceremony, often |
| 25% | ATEENHOLES | 10 | Result of an excellent high schooler's digging? |
| 25% | REMICK | 6 | Lee —, Best Actress Oscar nominee for Days of Wine and Roses |
| 25% | VANESSA | 7 | Redgrave with an Oscar, a Tony and a pair of Emmys |
| 24% | GLORILLA | 8 | "F.N.F (Let's Go)" rapper and first-time nominee at the 2023 Grammy Awards |
| 24% | CYNTHIAERIVO | 12 | Two-time Oscar nominee who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony (2 wds.) |
| 24% | FRUITBISCUIT | 12 | Result of an orchard's promotional deal with a bakery? |
| 24% | MOMA | 4 | N.Y.C. institution awarded an honorary Oscar for changing the public's perception of movies (1979) |