| 100% | ALGREEN | 7 | "Let's Stay Together" soul singer with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 67% | GREEN | 5 | Al ___, "Let's Stay Together" singer with a colorful name |
| 57% | GREENTEA | 8 | Chinese beverage with a colorful name: 2 wds. |
| 56% | JAMES | 5 | With 20-Across, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" soul singer with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 56% | PURPLERAIN | 10 | 1984 Prince power ballad with a colorful name: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BLUECHRISTMAS | 13 | 1957 Elvis Presley holiday song with a colorful name: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BARRY | 5 | With 44-Across, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" soul singer with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 54% | GREENLIGHT | 10 | 2008 John Legend R&B hit with a colorful name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CAMILACABELLO | 13 | "Señorita" singer with a "C.C." name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BADBUNNY | 8 | "Mia" singer with a "B.B." name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "Strong Enough" singer with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOHNNYRIVERS | 12 | "Poor Side of Town" singer with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 50% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Dancing With a Stranger" singer with an "S.S." name: 2 wds. |
| 49% | GEORGESTRAIT | 12 | "Give It All We Got Tonight" singer with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 49% | PEARLJAM | 8 | "Better Man" rock band with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MEREDITHGREY | 12 | ABC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Ellen Pompeo since 2005: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALGREEN | 7 | "Let's Stay Together" singer (2 wds.) |
| 48% | GREENDAY | 8 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" rock band with a colorful name (2 wds.) |
| 48% | RACHELGREEN | 11 | NBC TV character with a colorful last name, played by Jennifer Aniston from 1994 to 2004: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALGREEN | 7 | "Let's Stay Together" soul singer |
| 48% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "9 to 5" singer with a "Dixie Fixin's" cookbook: 2 wds. |
| 46% | GWENSTEFANI | 11 | No Doubt singer with a children's clothing line at Target: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MURPHYBROWN | 11 | CBS TV character with a colorful last name, played by Candice Bergen from 1988 to 1998 and 2018 to 2019: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer with a fashion and bedding line at Kohl's: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer of the 1972 hit "Let's Stay Together": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Country singer with the 1969 crossover hit "A Boy Named Sue": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JONATHANSWIFT | 13 | "Gulliver's Travels" writer with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 43% | INDIAARIE | 9 | "Acoustic Soul" singer with a country in her name |
| 42% | KEITHURBAN | 10 | Singer with the 2009 single "Kiss a Girl": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Comedy film director with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |