| 100% | TRACKANDFIELD | 13 | Sport that gives out an annual award named for Jesse Owens, whose 100th birthday will be celebrated on September 12: 3 wds. |
| 27% | NOBELPRIZE | 10 | Annual award given to outstanding achievers, which was presented to Obama, whose birthday it is today, in the Peace category: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BORNTORUN | 9 | Bruce Springsteen's autobiography that was named after an iconic album and song of his, and was released in September 2016: 3 wds. |
| 26% | OSCAR | 5 | Uncle for whom an annual award is supposedly named |
| 25% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 25% | MARKTWAINPRIZE | 14 | Annual award for humor bestowed on six women since 1998, including 12-Across, 26-Across, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018) (3 wds.) |
| 24% | INSIDETHENFL | 12 | Sports show that has been on the air since 1977: 3 wds. |
| 24% | HALLOFFAME | 10 | Sports museum in Springfield, Massachusetts that's named for 33-Across: 3 wds. |
| 24% | MARKTWAINPRIZE | 14 | Annual award for humor bestowed on six women in its history, including 12-Across, 26-Across, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018) (3 wds.) |
| 24% | ADOLPHE | 7 | Luxembourg grand duke in whose name an annual art prize is awarded |
| 24% | RIN | 3 | "Oysters are had on months that have an ___ their names.": 2 wds. |
| 24% | NOMINEE | 7 | One whose name is on an award shortlist |
| 24% | HENRY | 5 | O. ___ Award, an annual American award for short stories which is named after writer William Sydney Porter |
| 23% | THEWRESTLER | 11 | 2008 sports drama for which 18-Across was nominated for an Academy Award: 2 wds. |
| 23% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | 2020 Peacock sci-fi series that was based on an Aldous Huxley novel: 3 wds. |
| 23% | RCADOME | 7 | Indianapolis stadium, named for an electronics giant, that was the home of the Colts until 2008: 2 wds. |
| 23% | DAVINCICODE | 11 | "The ___," 2006 thriller film based on Dan Brown's novel of the same name whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer (birthday today): 3 wds. |
| 23% | SOS | 3 | Plea for help that might be spelled out on an island beach |
| 23% | CHILIPEPPERS | 12 | The Red Hot ___, the funk rock band that Flea - whose birthday it is today - plays bass for: 2 wds. |
| 23% | INTOTHEUNKNOWN | 14 | "Frozen II" song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2019: 3 wds. |
| 23% | CAIMAN | 6 | Reptile whose name is one letter off from that of an island region known for offshore banking |
| 23% | BLURREDLINES | 12 | 2013 Robin Thicke song that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks: 2 wds. |
| 23% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon hit that was #9 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 3 wds. |
| 23% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Comedic actress who was given an AFI Life Achievement Award on June 8: 2 wds. |
| 23% | LILNASX | 7 | Singer whose 2021 hit song "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" is nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 23% | MATTHEWQUIRK | 12 | 30-Across novelist whose first novel, "The 500," was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 23% | IGOTTAFEELING | 13 | 2009 Black Eyed Peas song that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks: 3 wds. |
| 23% | COACHCARTER | 11 | 2005 sports drama for which 34-Across was honored with an NAACP Image Award (2 wds.) |
| 22% | FANTASTIC | 9 | "Captain ___," a 2016 comedy-drama for which Viggo Mortensen - whose birthday it is today - received an Academy Award nomination |