| 100% | RAREEARTH | 9 | "I Just Want to Celebrate" soul band whose name contains a planet (2 wds.) |
| 50% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | "That's What I Like" singer whose name contains a planet (2 wds.) |
| 48% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | Five-time Wimbledon champion whose name contains a planet (2 wds.) |
| 44% | IRONBUTTERFLY | 13 | "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" band whose name refers to a winged creature: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CHEEZWHIZ | 9 | Yellow Kraft spread whose name contains a misspelled dairy product: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | "Radioactive" band whose name refers to winged creatures: 2 wds. |
| 42% | COUNTINGCROWS | 13 | "Mr. Jones" band whose name refers to winged creatures: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANNIELEIBOVITZ | 14 | Celebrity photographer whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Yankees infielder whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 39% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Mr. Mercedes" Edgar Award winner whose name contains a chess piece (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ALEJANDROSANZ | 13 | Grammy-winning Spanish singer whose name goes from A to Z: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MICHAELBISHOP | 13 | "No Enemy But Time" Nebula Award winner whose name contains a chess piece (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CUBALIBRE | 9 | Rum and Coke cocktail whose name dates to a Caribbean nation's independence (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THEPOLICE | 9 | Band whose 1980 "Zenyatta Mondatta" album includes the Top 10 song "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DOYOU | 5 | "___ Want to Build A Snowman?" song from "Frozen": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELCAMINO | 8 | Classic Chevy whose name translates to "the way": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LETSGROOVE | 10 | Top 20 song by the band whose name includes the first words of the answers to 18-Across, 26-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | NSYNC | 5 | Boy band whose only #1 hit is "It's Gonna Be Me": 2 wds. |
| 33% | NNEKAOGWUMIKE | 13 | 2016 WNBA MVP whose name starts with a double letter: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TOLET | 5 | "I just wanted ___ you know ...": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit whose name contains a cedilla |
| 32% | LLEYTONHEWITT | 13 | 2002 Wimbledon men's singles winner whose name starts with a double letter: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CHEAPTRICK | 10 | "I Want You to Want Me" band with an underhanded-sounding name |
| 32% | MACYGRAY | 8 | "I Try" singer, whose last name is a color: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" singer who received the Billboard Women in Music Icon Award in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company whose name contains a diphthong |
| 31% | LANDONDONOVAN | 13 | US soccer great whose name was added to the MLS MVP Award in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BEA | 3 | "I want to ___ millionaire": 2 wds. |
| 31% | CHICAGOBULLS | 12 | NBA team whose name includes the symbol of a sign of the zodiac (Taurus): 2 wds. |
| 31% | MINNESOTATWINS | 14 | MLB team whose name includes the symbol of a sign of the zodiac (Gemini): 2 wds. |