| 100% | JIMMYEATWORLD | 13 | "The Middle" emo band: 3 wds. |
| 53% | INTWO | 5 | Divided down the middle (2 wds.) |
| 51% | OPENSEA | 7 | Middle of the ocean (2 wds.) |
| 51% | FALLOUTBOY | 10 | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" emo band: 3 wds. |
| 50% | ZZTOP | 5 | "Legs" band: 3 wds. |
| 50% | LITTLEBIGTOWN | 13 | Country band with the single "Tornado": 3 wds. |
| 49% | BLANCA | 6 | Like the middle band of the flag of México |
| 49% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ZZTOP | 5 | "Sharp Dressed Man" band: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ATOZ | 4 | The entire alphabet: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ATOZ | 4 | The whole enchilada: 3 wds. |
| 48% | TOMANDDICK | 10 | The Smothers Brothers: 3 wds. |
| 48% | DUANEANDGREGG | 13 | The Allman Brothers: 3 wds. |
| 48% | PHILANDDON | 10 | The Everly Brothers: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ATOZ | 4 | The full alphabet: 3 wds. |
| 48% | FRONTPAGENEWS | 13 | The biggest stories: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | The 18th President: 3 wds. |
| 48% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Run away in the middle of the night (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALLNIGHTTRAIN | 13 | The Allman Brothers Band single with the lyric "Ride, let the passenger ride" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | ATOZ | 4 | The whole nine yards: 3 wds. |
| 47% | DOREMI | 6 | The first three notes: 3 wds. |
| 47% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | Band with the 1965 No. 3 Billboard hit "California Girls" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | LITTLEBIGTOWN | 13 | Band with the No. 1 country single "Pontoon" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | HUMPDAY | 7 | The exact middle of the workweek, informally: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BEEGEES | 7 | Band with the 1978 hit "Stayin' Alive": 2 wds. |
| 46% | COUNTONME | 9 | Hit single by 45-Across that begins, "If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | CENTERFIELDER | 13 | "Up the middle" position for MLB All-Star Mike Trout (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SECONDBASEMAN | 13 | "Up the middle" position for MLB All-Star José Altuve (2 wds.) |
| 46% | PLAINWHITETS | 12 | Band with the 2007 hit "Hey There Delilah": 3 wds. |
| 46% | GOONTOUR | 8 | Hit the road, as a band (3 wds.) |