| 100% | EPS | 3 | "Chronic Town" by R.E.M. and "The Blue Room" by Coldplay, e.g. |
| 42% | EPS | 3 | Shorter albums, such as "The Blue Room" by Coldplay: Abbr. |
| 41% | DUOS | 4 | The Blues Brothers and Indigo Girls, e.g. |
| 40% | TALE | 4 | "Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox," e.g. |
| 39% | TOURS | 5 | Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres" and Metallica's "M72," e.g. |
| 37% | RATINGS | 7 | R and G, e.g. |
| 37% | PERFORMER | 9 | Contortionist, e.g., and, read syllable by syllable, a hint to the starred answers |
| 37% | EBBTIDE | 7 | The —, 1894 story by R L Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne |
| 37% | WRONGBOX | 8 | The —, 1889 novel by R L Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne |
| 35% | IRON | 4 | & 7A The —, 1871 novel by R M Ballantyne |
| 35% | AUNTS | 5 | Dahlia and Agatha, in the Jeeves novels by P. G. Wodehouse |
| 35% | DEREK | 5 | ___ and the Dominos, blues-rock band formed by Eric Clapton |
| 35% | MOLD | 4 | The blue in blue cheese, e.g. |
| 35% | THEWORLD | 8 | & 2D 1860 novel by R M Ballantyne subtitled The Whaling Cruise of The Dolphin |
| 35% | ZEN | 3 | "___ and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," book by Robert M. Pirsig |
| 34% | ETS | 3 | Administer of the G.R.E. and TOEFL |
| 34% | FORSTER | 7 | E M —, author of novels Howards End and A Room with a View |
| 34% | BALLANTYNE | 10 | R M —, author of adventure novels The Young Fur Traders and The Coral Island |
| 34% | SEA | 3 | "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue ___," novel by April Genevieve Tucholke |
| 34% | APASSAGE | 8 | & 14D 1924 novel by E M Forster featuring the character Adela Quested |
| 33% | FABLE | 5 | ''The Fox and the Stork,'' e.g. |
| 33% | ACAPPELLAGROUPS | 15 | The Barden Bellas and the Treblemakers of “Pitch Perfect,” e.g. |
| 33% | SLAVEREBELLIONS | 15 | The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. |
| 33% | TALE | 4 | "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl," e.g. |
| 33% | PROS | 4 | The Pirates and the Buccaneers, e.g. |
| 33% | IRONSIDES | 9 | The Virginia and the Monitor, e.g. |
| 33% | GANGS | 5 | The Sharks and the Jets, e.g. |
| 33% | FOES | 4 | The Jedi and the Sith, e.g. |
| 33% | FOES | 4 | The Hatfields and the McCoys, e.g. |