| 100% | START | 5 | With 39-Across, advice from 29-Across on how to win a lifetime achievement award |
| 42% | BETTYWHITE | 10 | Actress honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award who turned 99 on January 17, 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GLADYSKNIGHT | 12 | Grammy-winning singer honored by the 50-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Oscar-winning actor honored by the 50-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Blues singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SHIRLEYCAESAR | 13 | Gospel singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 38% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Blues singer honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SHIRLEYCAESAR | 13 | Gospel singer honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 37% | DEBBIEALLEN | 11 | Dancer/choreographer/actress honored by the 32-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GARTHBROOKS | 11 | Country music star honored by the 32-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ALDA | 4 | Alan with a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 36% | ETTA | 4 | James with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 36% | ROSS | 4 | Diana with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 36% | AFI | 3 | Group that just awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award to Julie Andrews: Abbr. |
| 35% | PAXTON | 6 | Folk singer Tom with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 35% | ANGELALANSBURY | 14 | Actress and singer who won six Tony Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ETTA | 4 | R. & B. singer James with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 35% | EARL | 4 | Banjo player Scruggs honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 35% | YOUR | 4 | With 37- and 39-Across, book and TV series on human evolution, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 34% | ETTA | 4 | Singer James honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 |
| 34% | EARL | 4 | Banjo player Scruggs honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 |
| 34% | MAHALIAJACKSON | 14 | Gospel singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972 whose last name is a city in Mississippi (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HORNE | 5 | Lena who won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 34% | ZAPPA | 5 | Frank who was honored with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 |
| 34% | PULLITTOGETHER | 14 | Tip from a gym teacher about how to win at tug-of-war? |
| 33% | KENNEDYCENTER | 13 | Where Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) was honored with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 33% | ONEFLEW | 7 | With 23-Across, second film to win all five major Academy Awards (1975) |