| 100% | FIVESATINS | 10 | "In the Still of the Nite" doo-wop group, with "the" |
| 83% | THEFIVESATINS | 13 | "In the Still of the Nite" doo-wop group that originally had six members (3 wds.) |
| 58% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with a TV variety show in the 1970s and 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 53% | EARLS | 5 | Doo-wop group with the 1963 hit "Remember Then," with "the" |
| 51% | INKSPOTS | 8 | Vocal group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with "The" |
| 51% | HOP | 3 | Dance in the days of doo-wop |
| 50% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with six songs on the "Grease" soundtrack |
| 50% | BOOZE | 5 | Something made in the still of the night? |
| 49% | HEARTBEATS | 10 | 1950's doo-wop group with the hit "A Thousand Miles Away," with "the" |
| 48% | AMONG | 5 | In the group of |
| 48% | HAMSTRING | 9 | Group of muscles in the back of the thigh |
| 47% | HAMSTRING | 9 | Group of three muscles in the back of the thigh |
| 46% | TUT | 3 | Boy with a tomb in the Valley of the Kings |
| 46% | REM | 3 | Group with the #1 album "Out of Time" |
| 46% | AMISH | 5 | Group with the adolescent rite of passage rumspringa |
| 46% | DRUMSET | 7 | Group beaten in a battle of the bands? |
| 46% | ISAAC | 5 | Biblical figure with a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs |
| 45% | REDAS | 5 | Trio in the logo of a national motorists' group |
| 45% | CEL | 3 | Still filling in the blanks of "_ind_re_la" |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Group with the 22x platinum album "Back in Black" |
| 45% | REM | 3 | Group with the No. 1 album "Out of Time" |
| 45% | EPHESIANS | 9 | Group in the name of a New Testament epistle |
| 45% | LIVE | 4 | With 7-Across, be in the lap of luxury |
| 45% | ONBOARD | 7 | In agreement with the group |
| 45% | SEAN | 4 | With 8-Down, Samwise Gamgee player in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 45% | STEP | 4 | "15 ___," the opening track from Radiohead's album in 18a, which was recorded with the help of a group of children |
| 45% | SADE | 4 | Group with the 2010 chart-topping album "Soldier of Love" |
| 45% | SEVENWONDERS | 12 | With 51-Across and 15-Down, group in which [see circled letters] is the only one still largely intact |
| 45% | ALAND | 5 | Finnish island group in the Gulf of Bothnia |
| 45% | ATMS | 4 | Devices tampered with in the crime of "jackpotting" |