| 100% | USO | 3 | "For the Boys" subj. |
| 87% | STAG | 4 | For the boys |
| 82% | STAG | 4 | Just for the boys |
| 78% | KPOP | 4 | Genre for the boy band sensation BTS |
| 75% | CASE | 4 | Job for the Hardy Boys |
| 74% | AGETEN | 6 | Threshold for the Vienna Boys' Choir |
| 73% | KOKOMO | 6 | 1988 comeback hit for the Beach Boys |
| 73% | USA | 3 | "Surfin' ___" (1963 hit for the Beach Boys) |
| 73% | EMO | 3 | Classification for the band Fall Out Boy |
| 72% | ANI | 3 | The Skywalker boy, for short |
| 72% | ANI | 3 | The boy in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," for short |
| 71% | RAP | 3 | Genre for the Beastie Boys and Nicki Minaj |
| 71% | RHONDA | 6 | "Help Me, ___" (#1 hit for the Beach Boys) |
| 71% | TRIG | 4 | Subj. for those working the angles? |
| 71% | ESL | 3 | Subj. for the foreign-born |
| 70% | INMY | 4 | With 10-Across, 1963 hit for the Beach Boys |
| 70% | SLOOP | 5 | "___ John B" (1966 hit song for the Beach Boys) |
| 70% | USA | 3 | "Surfin' ___" (1963 Top 10 song for the Beach Boys) |
| 70% | IWANT | 5 | "___ It That Way" (signature song for the Backstreet Boys) |
| 69% | OLIVIER | 7 | Laurence —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Boys from Brazil |
| 69% | USO | 3 | "For the Boys" gp. |
| 69% | USO | 3 | "For the Boys" grp. |
| 69% | END | 3 | "West ___ Girls" (1986 #1 hit for the Pet Shop Boys) |
| 68% | USO | 3 | "For the Boys" support grp. |
| 68% | CAAN | 4 | "For the Boys" actor James |
| 67% | TRIO | 4 | The Beastie Boys or the Bee Gees, for example |
| 67% | RIDGE | 5 | The Oak ___ Boys (country band best known for "Elvira") |
| 67% | CAAN | 4 | "For the Boys" co-star, 1991 |
| 67% | MIDLER | 6 | Bette of "For the Boys" |
| 64% | LAB | 3 | Domain of the cartoon boy-genius Dexter, for short |