| 100% | CANYON | 6 | "Echo in the ___," 2018 documentary on '60s music and the journey of various music groups such as The Beach Boys |
| 38% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___ Music," hit released by The Beach Boys in 1976 which was a cover of a song by Chuck Berry |
| 35% | TEAMS | 5 | Groups of players in a tourney, such as the LA Lakers |
| 35% | ERAS | 4 | Periods in classical music such as the Romantic and the Baroque |
| 34% | TRIO | 4 | Music group such as the Police |
| 34% | TENACE | 6 | In bridge, a holding of two non-consecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen |
| 33% | ERGOT | 5 | Group of fungi such as that which grows on rye and related plants |
| 33% | TRIO | 4 | Music group such as the Supremes or ZZ Top |
| 32% | CHAMPIGNON | 10 | Any of various edible mushrooms such as the fairy ring — |
| 32% | WHISTLETONE | 11 | Extremely high vocal register, as heard in the music of Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande |
| 32% | TRIO | 4 | Music group such as Jonas Brothers or the Police |
| 31% | THRENODY | 8 | Poem or song of mourning or lamentation such as that written by Ralph Waldo Emerson on the death of his son in 1842 |
| 31% | GALAXY | 6 | Group of stars such as the Milky Way |
| 30% | FRAT | 4 | Campus group such as the Deltas in "Animal House," for short |
| 30% | TRIO | 4 | Musical group such as the Jonas Brothers or Peter, Paul, and Mary |
| 30% | SHOGI | 5 | Two-player game, popular in Japan, also known as the Game of Generals and played on a 9 x 9 board |
| 30% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 30% | ERAS | 4 | Periods in classical music such as the Baroque |
| 30% | HARLANHOWARD | 12 | Songwriter in the Nashville Songwriters, Country Music, and Songwriters Halls of Fame who wrote the songs on 40-Across's 2023 album (2 wds.) |
| 30% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande that won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year in 2020 |
| 30% | OLDDOMINION | 11 | "Written in the Sand" band that won Vocal Group of the Year at the 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SIBYL | 5 | One of a number of prophetesses in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld |
| 29% | GOONIES | 7 | "The ___," 1985 adventure comedy film starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, and an ensemble cast as a group of kids living in the "Goon Docks" |
| 29% | OFFAL | 5 | Edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart and liver |
| 29% | TEAMS | 5 | Sides in a sport, such as the Dodgers and Giants |
| 29% | BISON | 5 | Bovid of North America and Europe such as the wisent |
| 29% | TRITONE | 7 | Interval known as "the devil in music" on account of its unsettling sound |
| 29% | GRUNION | 7 | Fish such as the Gulf — or California — which spawns on beaches |
| 29% | TREEFROG | 8 | Arboreal amphibian such as the gray — of the US and Canada |
| 29% | SYNOD | 5 | Council of a church such as the — of Whitby in 664 |