| 100% | JET | 3 | "___ Airliner" (1977 Steve Miller Band song) |
| 77% | JET | 3 | "___ Airliner" (1977 Steve Miller Band hit) |
| 60% | EAGLE | 5 | "Fly Like an ___" (Steve Miller Band hit song) |
| 59% | ENTER | 5 | Steve Miller Band "___ Maurice" |
| 53% | AIRLINER | 8 | "Jet ___" (Top 10 hit for the Steve Miller Band) |
| 51% | TOKER | 5 | Steve Miller at midnight, in one of his songs |
| 50% | ABRACADABRA | 11 | Steve Miller Band "remake" of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You"? |
| 45% | XXX | 3 | Split ___ (New Zealand band with the 1977 song "Crosswords") |
| 42% | EMI | 3 | Label dissed in a 1977 Sex Pistols song for dropping the band |
| 41% | TAKETHE | 7 | With 62-Across, 1976 Steve Miller Band hit, and what you do to make the answers to the starred clues make sense |
| 40% | THAT | 4 | "___ Smell," 1977 song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that features in the movie "Blow" |
| 39% | MRBOJANGLES | 11 | 1971 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band song |
| 38% | COVER | 5 | Tribute band song |
| 37% | INTO | 4 | "Crash ___ Me" (Dave Matthews Band song) |
| 37% | TOES | 4 | Zac Brown Band song |
| 36% | ANTS | 4 | "___ Marching" (Dave Matthews Band song) |
| 36% | COVERS | 6 | Tribute bands' songs |
| 35% | TUT | 3 | King in a Steve Martin song |
| 35% | TUT | 3 | Subject of a Steve Martin song |
| 35% | LED | 3 | Band ___ Zeppelin of "The Rain Song" |
| 35% | ONEHITWONDER | 12 | Forgettable band with a memorable song |
| 35% | TUT | 3 | Steve Martin song subject |
| 35% | TUT | 3 | Steve Martin song "King _____" |
| 35% | TUT | 3 | Steve Martin song ''King ---'' |
| 35% | ONELOVE | 7 | 1977 Bob Marley song |
| 35% | ALISON | 6 | 1977 Elvis Costello song |
| 35% | CATSCRATCHFEVER | 15 | 1977 Ted Nugent song |
| 34% | SHOES | 5 | "Boogie ___" (KC and the Sunshine Band song) |
| 34% | MAC | 3 | Fleetwood ___ (band whose 1977 song "Dreams" went viral on TikTok in 2020) |
| 34% | WHATSYOUR | 9 | "___ Name," 1977 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that is the opening track on their album "Street Survivors": 2 wds. |