| 100% | MBE | 3 | Royal honor awarded to Adele in 2013 (abbr.) |
| 44% | MEDALOFFREEDOM | 14 | Presidential honor awarded to 18-Across in 2012 by Barack Obama: 3 wds. |
| 36% | LASHANALYNCH | 12 | "No Time to Die" actress honored with a BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | VMA | 3 | MTV honor won by Justin Timberlake in 2013: Abbr. |
| 35% | NOBELPEACEPRIZE | 15 | Honor awarded to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | PHD | 3 | Degree in astrophysics awarded to Brian May from Imperial College of London in 2007: Abbr. |
| 34% | PTS | 3 | What judges award to gymnasts: Abbr. |
| 34% | PDA | 3 | To cuddle in public: Abbr. |
| 34% | ICON | 4 | Billboard ___ Award (honor given to Kylie Minogue in 2024) |
| 34% | MBE | 3 | Adele's UK honor: Abbr. |
| 33% | GOALKICK | 8 | Direct kick awarded to defensive team in soccer |
| 33% | DSC | 3 | Medal awarded to Patton in WWI |
| 33% | GRAMMY | 6 | ___ Lifetime Achievement Award, honor given to Janis Joplin posthumously in 2005 |
| 33% | TDS | 3 | Peyton Manning threw a record 55 of these in 2013: Abbr. |
| 33% | BERTEINSTEINMED | 15 | International prize first awarded to Stephen Hawking in 1979 |
| 32% | NOBELS | 6 | Prizes awarded to Han Kang and Nihon Hidankyo in 2024 |
| 32% | DSCS | 4 | Army awards just below Medals of Honor: Abbr. |
| 32% | IBID | 4 | Abbr. Will Hunting uses in court; "___, your Honor." |
| 32% | ASAP | 4 | Abbreviation to indicate urgency in a text: Abbr. |
| 32% | URL | 3 | What you navigate to in a browser: Abbr. |
| 32% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, in military lingo: Abbr. |
| 32% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, in military terms: Abbr. |
| 32% | AWOL | 4 | Not to be found, in the military: Abbr. |
| 32% | MIA | 3 | "Nowhere to be found," in army lingo: Abbr. |
| 32% | STS | 3 | 1st to 220th, in Manhattan: Abbr. |
| 32% | IMO | 3 | According to me, in textspeak: Abbr. |
| 32% | IMO | 3 | "According to me," in textspeak: Abbr. |
| 32% | BRS | 3 | Places to crash, in classifieds: Abbr. |
| 32% | INRE | 4 | "Pertaining to," in a memo: Abbr. |
| 32% | STS | 3 | 1st to 228th, in Manhattan: Abbr. |