| 100% | HART | 4 | Trophy won by 10-Down, 1967 and 1968 |
| 51% | HEISMAN | 7 | Trophy won by Dorsett and Staubach |
| 51% | HEISMAN | 7 | Trophy won by Tebow and Manziel |
| 37% | STANLEYCUP | 10 | Large silver trophy won by the Penguins: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize won by Einstein and Yeats |
| 36% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize won by Obama and Carter |
| 35% | PAN | 3 | Word defined by 17- and 59-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 35% | GERM | 4 | Bug "caught" by 17- and 59-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 35% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 35% | OHENRY | 6 | Award won by Alice Munro and Stephen King |
| 35% | EDGARS | 6 | Awards won by Stephen King and Agatha Christie |
| 35% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards won by LeBron James and David Beckham |
| 35% | ESPY | 4 | Award won by Simone Biles and Serena Williams |
| 35% | OSCAR | 5 | Award won by Paul Newman and Gary Oldman |
| 34% | THEBANDSVISIT | 13 | Broadway show by 40-Across starring 18-Across and Tony Shalhoub that won 10 2018 Tony Awards, including Best Musical (3 wds.) |
| 34% | DAYTIME | 7 | ___ Emmy Awards (honors won by soaps and talk shows) |
| 34% | ROSETTE | 7 | Ribbony badge won by ponies, and dogs at Crufts |
| 34% | MVP | 3 | Award won by Breanna Stewart in 2018 and 2023 |
| 34% | PEACE | 5 | Nobel Prize won by Al Gore and Barack Obama |
| 33% | VMA | 3 | Prize won by Rihanna and One Direction in 2012: Abbr. |
| 33% | OSCAR | 5 | Award won by 19-Across, 33-Across, and 45-Across |
| 33% | OSCARS | 6 | Awards won by Mahershala Ali for “Moonlight” and “Green Book” |
| 33% | SLAM | 4 | Grand ___, tennis achievement won by Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams |
| 33% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize won by Obama, Roosevelt and Carter |
| 33% | OPEN | 4 | Tournament won by Strange: 1988 and 1989 |
| 33% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize won by Einstein, Curie and Fleming |
| 33% | TWOVIRGINS | 10 | 1968 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 33% | POGOS | 5 | Dances by jumping up and down |
| 33% | JULIO | 5 | "Me and ___ Down by the Schoolyard" |
| 33% | POGOES | 6 | Dances by hopping up and down |