| 100% | BRUCE | 5 | "Dancing in the Dark" singer ___ Springsteen whose memoir is titled "Born to Run" |
| 41% | FLORIDA | 7 | Rapper and singer whose name comes from the state he was born in: 2 wds. |
| 40% | UPFOR | 5 | In the running to be |
| 40% | ELIWALLACH | 10 | Hollywood star whose memoir was titled "The Good, the Bad, and Me" |
| 40% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer-songwriter whose song "Shallow" from the movie "A Star Is Born" won her an Oscar in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MUDD | 4 | Roger whose 2008 memoir is titled "The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News" |
| 37% | TAKEI | 5 | Actor whose autobiography is titled To the Stars |
| 37% | BRUCE | 5 | "Born to Run" singer Springsteen |
| 37% | TONESANDI | 9 | Australian singer whose "Dance Monkey" was the #2 song on Spotify in 2020: 3 wds. |
| 37% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 37% | USA | 3 | "Born in the ___" (Springsteen song whose lyrics are often ignored) |
| 36% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 36% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 35% | JUAN | 4 | San ___ Mountains, mountain range in the USA that is home to the Black Bear Road |
| 35% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom a fish native to the Orinoco was named in 2017 |
| 35% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "9 to 5" actress/singer whose "The Grass Is Blue" won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JONBATISTE | 10 | Singer whose album "We Are" won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2022 |
| 34% | ADELE | 5 | British singer whose albums are titled for her age at the time |
| 34% | HOYTAXTON | 9 | "Joy to the World" country singer born in Duncan, Oklahoma (2 wds.) |
| 34% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "Songs in the Key of Life" singer-songwriter who was born on May 13, 1950 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LOST | 4 | In the dark, so to speak |
| 34% | SAMBAS | 6 | Dances from Brazil that were added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2005 |
| 34% | OLDBROWNS | 9 | Beatles song whose title is an item the singer is "steppin' out" of |
| 34% | WADE | 4 | — Wilson, whose alter ego is the title character in 2018’s “Deadpool 2” |
| 34% | ROTTENEGG | 9 | What the "last one in" is, when running to the pool: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NONET | 5 | A chamber work by Louis Spohr was the first to bear this title |
| 34% | MADAMSPEAKER | 12 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress |
| 34% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end |
| 34% | MINNELLI | 8 | Singer whose version of “New York, New York” used to be played when the Yankees lost |
| 34% | ADAMS | 5 | The only U.S. president whose vice president ran against him to succeed him was John .... |