| 100% | STATUETTE | 9 | Tiny figure, like an Academy Award trophy | 
| 42% | OSCAR | 5 | Another name for an Academy Award | 
| 41% | EMCEED | 6 | Like an awards ceremony | 
| 41% | MAGNANI | 7 | Anna ___, an Academy Award winning Italian actress | 
| 40% | SPACEY | 6 | Croat who won an Academy Award in 1999 | 
| 40% | RENEE | 5 | Zellweger who won an Academy Award for Judy | 
| 40% | OPRAH | 5 | Talk show host nominated for an Academy Award | 
| 40% | MILLAND | 7 | Ray, first Welsh actor to win an Academy Award | 
| 40% | ALLISON | 7 | Janney who won an Academy Award for “I, Tonya” | 
| 40% | KLAUS | 5 | 2019 animated Christmas film nominated for an Academy Award | 
| 39% | MCED | 4 | Hosted, like an awards ceremony | 
| 39% | ANNA | 4 | Actress Paquin who won an Academy Award at age 11 | 
| 39% | LOREN | 5 | Actress with an Academy Award for 1960's "Two Women" | 
| 39% | JOHN | 4 | Actor Wayne who won an Academy Award for "True Grit" | 
| 39% | NOTIMETODIE | 11 | Bond theme song that won an Academy Award in 2022 | 
| 39% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Actress Spencer who won an Academy Award for "The Help" | 
| 39% | FRASER | 6 | Actor Brendan who won an Academy Award for "The Whale" | 
| 39% | MERIT | 5 | Academy Award of ___ (official name for an Oscar) | 
| 38% | FONTAINE | 8 | Joan who won an Academy Award for her performance in “Suspicion” | 
| 38% | DEAN | 4 | James ___, "Giant" actor who was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award | 
| 38% | DYLAN | 5 | Bob who has both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize | 
| 38% | REDS | 4 | Film for which Warren Beatty won an Academy Award for directing | 
| 38% | ESPY | 4 | Award with an appropriately ball-shaped trophy | 
| 37% | JUDY | 4 | ___ Garland, actress who received an Academy Juvenile Award | 
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | "Finding ___," a 2003 animated film about a clownfish which won an Academy Award | 
| 37% | MYCOUSINVINNY | 13 | 1992 courtroom comedy for which 18-Across won an Academy Award: 3 wds. | 
| 37% | LETITGO | 7 | Song from "Frozen", which won a Grammy and an Academy Award: 3 wds. | 
| 37% | CIRCUS | 6 | "The ___," 1928 film for which Charlie Chaplin was nominated for an Academy Award | 
| 37% | HATTIE | 6 | Actress McDaniel who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award | 
| 37% | VIOLA | 5 | Stringed orchestral instrument that shares its name with an Academy Award-winning actress |