| 100% | WILL | 4 | With 47-Down, Oscar nominee for "Ali" |
| 67% | PAY | 3 | With 47 Down, scales for staff |
| 60% | SCOTT | 5 | Ridley —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down |
| 58% | ELLIOTT | 7 | Denholm —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for A Room with a View |
| 58% | WOOD | 4 | Natalie —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Love with the Proper Stranger |
| 57% | MARA | 4 | Rooney —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| 57% | TENNIS | 6 | With 47-Down, title for this puzzle |
| 56% | BASSETT | 7 | Angela —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for What's Love Got to Do With It |
| 55% | IVORY | 5 | James —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day |
| 55% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | One of three nominees for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CHER | 4 | Oscar nominee for "Silkwood" |
| 54% | NOLTE | 5 | Oscar nominee for "Affliction" |
| 54% | MINEO | 5 | Oscar nominee for "Exodus" |
| 54% | CARELL | 6 | Oscar nominee for "Foxcatcher" |
| 54% | STALLONE | 8 | Oscar nominee for "Creed" |
| 54% | TERIGARR | 8 | Oscar nominee for "Tootsie" |
| 54% | GARR | 4 | Oscar nominee for "Tootsie" |
| 54% | ARKIN | 5 | Oscar nominee for "Argo" |
| 54% | SPACEK | 6 | Oscar nominee for "Carrie" |
| 54% | CROWE | 5 | Oscar nominee for "The Insider" |
| 54% | DIANELANE | 9 | Oscar nominee for "Unfaithful," 2002 |
| 54% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Oscar nominee for "Pinky," 1949 |
| 54% | ROURKE | 6 | Oscar nominee for "The Wrestler" |
| 54% | ANNEARCHER | 10 | Oscar nominee for ''Fatal Attraction'' |
| 54% | ALDA | 4 | Oscar nominee for "The Aviator" |
| 54% | PITT | 4 | Oscar nominee for "12 Monkeys" |
| 54% | DERN | 4 | Oscar nominee for "Coming Home" |
| 54% | PATEL | 5 | Oscar nominee for "Lion," 2016 |
| 54% | CAROLKANE | 9 | Oscar nominee for "Hester Street" |
| 54% | ALDA | 4 | Oscar nominee for “The Aviator” |