| 100% | MARVIN | 6 | With 59-Across, the other recipient of all five awards |
| 46% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 42% | KODAK | 5 | With 59 Across, the slogan's subject |
| 41% | SKIPPING | 8 | With 59-Across, lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid |
| 41% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 40% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | With 61-Across, follower of the five starred clues |
| 40% | BRAD | 4 | With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | DAILY | 5 | With 72-Across, the end of 20-, 37-, 44- or 59-Across |
| 40% | KEVINLOVE | 9 | Five-time NBA All-Star honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2020 ESPYs (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 39% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 39% | OLLIE | 5 | The other half of 28 Across |
| 39% | RAJON | 5 | With 59-Across, Boston Celtics player with five triple-doubles in the NBA's 2012-2013 regular season |
| 39% | SAM | 3 | With 6-Across, winner of four Grammys at the 2015 Grammy Awards |
| 39% | LAYER | 5 | With 67-Across, what five pairs of answers in the circles represent |
| 38% | SWEET | 5 | With 59-Down, staple beverage of the South |
| 38% | ONTOP | 5 | Ahead of all the other competitors |
| 37% | OSCARDELAHOYA | 13 | Recipient of the Award for Best Live Action Short, maybe? |
| 37% | OTIS | 4 | With 72 Across, the King of Elevator Music? |
| 37% | THINK | 5 | With 19-Across, reconsider ... or a hint to the starts of the five starred clues |
| 37% | ZIP | 3 | With 14-Across, five or nine digits at the end of a snail mail address |
| 37% | CARLOS | 6 | With 34-Across, Astros shortstop who won the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year Award |
| 37% | CHANNELSURF | 11 | With 59-Down, means of riding the waves off of Brighton? |
| 37% | OSCARDELARENTA | 14 | Worthy recipient of the Award for best costume design? |
| 37% | OSCARPETERSON | 13 | Apt recipient of the Award for best original score? |
| 37% | SNEAD | 5 | 1998 recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 37% | IRON | 4 | With 21 Across, one of the Avengers |
| 37% | GEORGE | 6 | With 39 Across, coiner of the slogan |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | Recipient of the inaugural A.T.P. Player of the Year award |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | First recipient of the ATP Player of the Year award |