| 100% | LOOP | 4 | "A Strange ___" (Michael R. Jackson musical) |
| 88% | OBIE | 4 | Michael R. Jackson won one for "A Strange Loop" in 2020 |
| 61% | TITO | 4 | A musical Jackson |
| 59% | TITO | 4 | A brother of Michael Jackson |
| 58% | WIZ | 3 | Michael Jackson movie musical, with "The" |
| 58% | AFRO | 4 | A young Michael Jackson had one |
| 57% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit |
| 57% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's ode to a rodent |
| 57% | THRILLER | 8 | Michael Jackson song with a zombie theme |
| 57% | EARTHSONG | 9 | Michael Jackson hit with a global theme |
| 56% | LATOYA | 6 | Michael Jackson's older sister, also a singer |
| 56% | ASTRANGELOOP | 12 | Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Michael R. Jackson, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 55% | BADPENNIES | 10 | Money for a Michael Jackson album? |
| 55% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's first #1 hit (about a rat!) |
| 54% | EATIT | 5 | Yankovic parody of a Michael Jackson hit |
| 54% | AFRO | 4 | Hairdo for a pre-"Thriller" Michael Jackson |
| 54% | JEAN | 4 | Infamous Billie in a Michael Jackson song |
| 53% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | Michael Jackson has a star on the __ Walk of Fame |
| 53% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BEATIT | 6 | Go away as a Michael Jackson impersonator might? |
| 53% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit |
| 53% | MOON | 4 | Prefix with "walk" for a Michael Jackson move |
| 52% | BEN | 3 | A friend to call my own, per a Michael Jackson hit |
| 52% | EATIT | 5 | Weird Al Yankovic parody of a Michael Jackson song |
| 52% | LATOYA | 6 | Jackson with a self-titled R&B album |
| 51% | WIZ | 3 | The —, 1978 musical film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson |
| 51% | BEN | 3 | "A friend to call my own," per a Michael Jackson hit |
| 51% | SLENDERLY | 9 | How Little Susie was fashioned in a Michael Jackson song |
| 51% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit: 2 wds. |
| 51% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit |