| 100% | ROCK | 4 | Winner over scissors |
| 90% | ROCK | 4 | Winner over scissors, loser to paper |
| 86% | ROCK | 4 | Loser to paper and winner over scissors |
| 65% | PAPER | 5 | Loser to scissors, winner over rock |
| 58% | OBAMA | 5 | Winner over McCain in 2008 |
| 55% | SERENA | 6 | Winner over Angelique at Wimbledon in 2016 |
| 54% | PACKERS | 7 | Winner over the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI |
| 54% | ARI | 3 | Winner over NYY in the 2001 World Series |
| 53% | DDE | 3 | Two-time winner over 82-Down |
| 53% | ASHE | 4 | 7/5/75 winner over Connors |
| 53% | ASHE | 4 | 1975 winner over Connors at Wimbledon |
| 52% | DBACKS | 6 | Winners over the Yanks in the 2001 World Series |
| 52% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner over "Life of Pi" |
| 52% | ORIOLES | 7 | 1983 World Series winners over the Phillies |
| 49% | NYTIMES | 7 | Winner of over 100 Pulitzer Prizes, briefly |
| 49% | WIEST | 5 | "Bullets Over Broadway" Oscar winner |
| 48% | ONEFLEW | 7 | 1976 Oscar winner: __ over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 48% | NYT | 3 | Winner of over 125 Pulitzer Prizes, for short |
| 47% | NOTREDAME | 9 | Winner over Ohio State in 1935's so-called "Game of the Century" |
| 42% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | Best Actress Oscar winner over Meryl Streep (for 2013's "Blue Jasmine"): 2 wds. |
| 41% | SUSANSARANDON | 13 | Best Actress Oscar winner over Meryl Streep (for 1995's "Dead Man Walking"): 2 wds. |
| 41% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Best Actress Oscar winner over Meryl Streep (for 2009's "The Blind Side"): 2 wds. |
| 38% | WIEST | 5 | Dianne —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Bullets Over Broadway |
| 36% | DIANNEWIEST | 11 | Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway": 2 wds. |
| 36% | MILOS | 5 | Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus |
| 35% | DIANNEWIEST | 11 | "Bullets Over Broadway" Oscar winner who plays the mother on 29-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SNIP | 4 | Cut with scissors |
| 33% | CUT | 3 | Snip with scissors |
| 33% | SNIP | 4 | Sound from scissors |