| 100% | HORSERACING | 11 | Sport in which 26-Across won the 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 64% | HAPPYGILMORE | 12 | 1996 sports comedy in which 29-Across played the title role: 2 wds. |
| 61% | GREENBOOK | 9 | Film for which 32-Across won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 57% | PALMEDOR | 8 | Top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which was won unanimously by 47-Across in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 55% | NORDICSKIING | 12 | Winter Olympic sport in which the athletes are free to rise on their toes: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SUPERBOWLXLIV | 13 | 2009 game in which 15-Across won the MVP award: 3 wds. |
| 55% | BILLYMADISON | 12 | 1995 classroom comedy in which 29-Across played the title role: 2 wds. |
| 54% | HELLODOLLY | 10 | Broadway show for which 30-Across won the 1964 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 54% | FINDINGNEMO | 11 | 2003 Pixar film in which 30-Across voiced Peach the starfish: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JOHNNYMANZIEL | 13 | First freshman to win the 15-Across, in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | "The Godfather" costar who starred as Mac Sledge in 28-Across, for which he won an Oscar: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | 18-Across creator who wrote the episode in which 32-Across died: 2 wds |
| 53% | ATLANTABRAVES | 13 | Team with which 18-Across won the 1995 World Series: 2 wds. |
| 53% | TARONEGERTON | 12 | "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" actor who stars in 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | MIGUELCABRERA | 13 | Slugger who won the 34-Across in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 53% | DEBRAMESSING | 12 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BOSTONREDSOX | 12 | Team with which 30-Across won the World Series in 2004: 3 wds. |
| 52% | OHGOD | 5 | 1977 comedy in which George Burns plays the Lord: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MANU | 4 | English football club which won the inaugural Laureus team of the year in 2000, for short: 2 wds. |
| 52% | IWANTED | 7 | "Everything ___," song by Billie Eilish which won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 52% | COMICBOOK | 9 | Setting for each of the places in 15-, 21-, and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ACTORSGUILD | 11 | Screen ___ Awards, presented by the SAG-AFTRA, which Nicholson won for his role in "As Good As It Gets": 2 wds. |
| 52% | STRESSEDOUT | 11 | Song for which Twenty One Pilots won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TRACKANDFIELD | 13 | Sport also known as Athletics in which Team USA won seven gold medals, 12 silver medals, and seven bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics (3 wds.) |
| 51% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer/pianist who's the subject of 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | THESIMPSONS | 11 | Fox animated sitcom in which 17-Across voices the recurring character Fat Tony: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BASKETBALL | 10 | Sport in which Team USA won three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 51% | BATMANRETURNS | 13 | 1992 film in which 47-Across faces off against the Penguin: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LEEMERIWETHER | 13 | "Barnaby Jones" actress who won the Miss America title in 1955, following which she joined "The Today Show": 2 wds. |
| 51% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | Novel written by Ralph Waldo Ellison (birthday today) which won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953: 2 wds. |