| 100% | MERYL | 5 | With 18-Across, a two-time Oscar winner |
| 60% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Two-time Oscar winner who starred with 44-Across in "Gravity" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | Two-time Oscar winner who starred with 44-Across in "Ocean's 8" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | LUPITA | 6 | With 18-Across, Kenyan-Mexican actress who won an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave" |
| 53% | LEONARDO | 8 | With 52-Across, "The Revenant" Oscar winner who plays actor Rick Dalton in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" |
| 53% | EMMY | 4 | With 18 Across, one up for a prestigious television honor |
| 52% | MISS | 4 | With 19 Across, a certain pageant winner |
| 52% | ANG | 3 | With 63-Across, two-time Best Director Oscar winner |
| 51% | BRADPITT | 8 | Oscar winner for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" |
| 51% | ALAN | 4 | With 55 Across, ''Little Miss Sunshine'' Oscar winner |
| 51% | GUESSWHOSCOMING | 15 | With 28 Across, a Kate Oscar film |
| 50% | LIGHT | 5 | With 29 Across, 2016 Oscar winner |
| 48% | ISTHERE | 7 | With 18-Across, start of a query |
| 47% | CODA | 4 | 2022 Best Picture Oscar winner about a singer with a deaf family |
| 47% | TOMHANKSGIVING | 14 | Charity from a two-time Best Actor winner? |
| 47% | SWANK | 5 | Two-time Oscar winner Hilary |
| 47% | WIEST | 5 | Two-time Oscar winner Dianne |
| 47% | RAINER | 6 | Two-time Oscar winner Luise |
| 47% | CAINE | 5 | Two-time Oscar winner Michael |
| 47% | GENE | 4 | Two-time Oscar winner Hackman |
| 47% | ROBARDS | 7 | Two-time Oscar winner Jason |
| 47% | JANE | 4 | Two-time Oscar winner Fonda |
| 47% | CATE | 4 | Two-time Oscar winner Blanchett |
| 47% | PENN | 4 | Two-time Oscar winner Sean |
| 47% | TOM | 3 | Two-time Oscar winner Hanks |
| 47% | EMMA | 4 | Two-time Oscar winner Thompson |
| 47% | HILARY | 6 | Two-time Oscar winner Swank |
| 47% | BEN | 3 | Two-time Oscar winner Affleck |
| 47% | SEAN | 4 | Two-time Oscar winner Penn |
| 47% | ALI | 3 | Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala |