| 100% | SPICEGIRLS | 10 | "Wannabe" band whose members included 17- and 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | THELUMINEERS | 12 | 17-Across and 36-Across band whose hit songs include "Ophelia," "Angela," and "Cleopatra" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BTS | 3 | Boy band whose members include Suga, Jimin and Jungkook |
| 47% | BTS | 3 | Korean boy band whose members include Jung Kook and Suga |
| 46% | RAMONES | 7 | With "the," punk band whose members included Joey, Dee Dee, and Johnny |
| 45% | CLEARWATER | 10 | Creedence ___ Revival, American rock band whose members include brothers John and Tom Fogerty |
| 44% | BTS | 3 | K-pop band whose members include Jimin and Jung Kook |
| 42% | BTS | 3 | South Korean boy band whose seven members include Jin, V, and Suga |
| 41% | TEARSFORFEARS | 13 | 19-Across and 31-Across band whose first album in 18 years, "The Tipping Point," will be released tomorrow (3 wds.) |
| 40% | LIMPBIZKIT | 10 | Band whose "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" album went platinum in one week: 2 wds. |
| 40% | COLDPLAY | 8 | UK band whose members include Guy Berryman |
| 38% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Band whose "White Album" and "Yellow Submarine" were Billboard's top two albums on March 1, 1969: 2 wds. |
| 38% | THEKILLERS | 10 | 18-Across and 31-Across rock band that has been nominated for seven Grammys since 2005 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THEBEEGEES | 10 | Trio whose members start 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 37% | JOURNEY | 7 | Rock band whose co-founders include two former members of 27-Across |
| 37% | VANHALEN | 8 | "Jump" rock band whose backstage requests have included a bowl of M&Ms with all the brown ones removed: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARIOKART | 9 | Nintendo racing game series whose drivers include Luigi and Peach: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KINGSDEAD | 9 | Single from the "Black Panther" soundtrack album performed by Jay Rock, Future, James Blake, and 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Band whose albums included "Reckoning" and "Document" |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Band whose albums include "Murmur" and "Document" |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Band whose albums include "Murmur" and "Reckoning" |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Band whose albums include "Reckoning" and "Green" |
| 37% | STYX | 4 | Band whose hits include "Lady" and "Babe" |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Band whose albums include "Document" and "Reckoning" |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Band whose albums include "Reckoning" and "Document" |
| 37% | CFL | 3 | Org. whose members include the Blue Bombers and Alouettes |
| 36% | REOSPEEDWAGON | 13 | Band whose 1980 "Hi Infidelity" album includes the #1 song "Keep On Loving You" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | AKIRAKUROSAWA | 13 | Japanese film director whose movies include "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon": 2 wds. |
| 36% | MENSA | 5 | Elite group whose members include Steve Martin and Geena Davis |
| 36% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | 17-Across and 39-Across singer-songwriter whose seventh studio album, "Eternal Sunshine," was released in 2024 (2 wds.) |