| 100% | GAGA | 4 | "Radio ___," hit by rock band Queen: 2 wds. |
| 59% | BLACKSABBATH | 12 | English rock band formed in 1968 and led by Ozzy Osbourne, who gave us hits like "Paranoid" and "Iron Man": 2 wds. |
| 59% | THEBEATLES | 10 | English rock band formed in 1960 and led by John Lennon, who gave us hits like "Hey Jude" and "Yellow Submarine": 2 wds. |
| 57% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 57% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | English rock band formed in 1968 and led by Ian Gillan, who gave us hits like "Soldier of Fortune" and "Smoke on the Water": 2 wds. |
| 56% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the 1980s hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 55% | THECARDIGANS | 12 | "Top" Swedish rock band with the 1997 hit "Lovefool": 2 wds. |
| 55% | THECRANBERRIES | 14 | "Fruity" Irish rock band with the 1993 hit "Linger": 2 wds. |
| 55% | WHATSUP | 7 | 1993 song by rock band 4 Non Blondes, and maybe a response to 13a: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ABOMB | 5 | "You Dropped ___ on Me" (1982 funk hit by the Gap Band): 2 wds. |
| 53% | UNDERPRESSURE | 13 | Hit song from the British rock band "Queen" that featured David Bowie: 2 wds. |
| 52% | THEYMIGHT | 9 | With 43-Across, alternative rock band led by John Flansburgh and John Linnell: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SECONDSTO | 9 | Thirty ___ Mars, rock band formed in 1998 by Jared Leto and his brother: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BRIANMAY | 8 | Lead guitarist for rock band Queen, he also holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Imperial College London: 2 wds. |
| 52% | TOMPETTY | 8 | ___ and the Heartbreakers, rock band with the hit song "Mary Jane's Last Dance": 2 wds. |
| 52% | DOIT | 4 | "___ Again," a hit song by jazz rock band Steely Dan: 2 wds. |
| 51% | WHATSYOUR | 9 | "___ Name," 1977 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that is the opening track on their album "Street Survivors": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SWEETHOME | 9 | "___ Alabama," 1974 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that inspired the title of a rom-com starring Reese Witherspoon: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LEDZEPPELIN | 11 | Rock band with the 1969 hit "Whole Lotta Love" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | THEEAGLES | 9 | Rock band founded by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner that had hits in the 1970s with 15-Across, 28-Across, and 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SWEET | 5 | "___ Child o' Mine," hit by rock band Guns n Roses |
| 50% | ROLLINGSTONES | 13 | English rock band formed in 1962 in London by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards among others, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GLASSANIMALS | 12 | British indie rock band fronted by Dave Bayley and nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 49% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | American rock band with hits like "Radioactive" and "Demons," who will release their third album "Evolve" this year: 2 wds. |
| 49% | GAGA | 4 | Radio ___ (1984 song by Queen): 2 wds. |
| 49% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | An 80s hit by American rock band "Survivor" which was also the theme song for the film "Rocky III": 4 wds. |
| 47% | THEBEATLES | 10 | British rock band formed by John Lennon and 19-Across in 1960 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ONME | 4 | "Rain ___" (2020 hit by Lady Gaga): 2 wds. |
| 47% | BLINDMELON | 10 | "Fruity" alternative rock band with the 1993 hit "No Rain": 2 wds. |
| 46% | THESTONES | 9 | Aptly named rock band, informally: 2 wds. |