| 100% | NEWWAVE | 7 | '70s-'80s genre associated with the Knack's "My Sharona" |
| 56% | DISCO | 5 | Music genre associated with the ’70s |
| 52% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with the All-American Rejects |
| 51% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with the band Jimmy Eat World |
| 50% | EEMO | 4 | Music genre associated with the goth look |
| 49% | EMO | 3 | Music genre associated with the tellum, or reverse mullet |
| 46% | GLAM | 4 | Glittery rock genre associated with David Bowie in the 1970s |
| 45% | THRILLER | 8 | The movie genre associated with Alfred Hitchcock |
| 41% | AXE | 3 | Weapon associated with the film quote "Here's Johnny!" |
| 41% | RCA | 3 | Brand associated with the painting His Master's Voice |
| 40% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with guyliner |
| 40% | UKE | 3 | Instrument associated with the mnemonic "My dog has fleas," for short |
| 40% | GLAM | 4 | ___ rock (genre associated with David Bowie in the 1970s) |
| 39% | MYSTERY | 7 | Genre associated with Agatha Christie |
| 39% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with skinny jeans |
| 39% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with black eyeliner |
| 39% | FANTASY | 7 | Genre associated with science fiction |
| 39% | PTBARNUM | 8 | Showman associated with the quote "There's a sucker born every minute" |
| 39% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 39% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 39% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Character associated with the beverage "shaken" in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | YELLO | 5 | '80s electronic band with the cult hit "Oh, Yeah," most associated with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" |
| 39% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with black nail polish |
| 38% | TACO | 4 | Mexican food associated with the day Juliana Tringali Golden's Vox puzzles appear |
| 38% | RAP | 3 | Music genre associated with sampling |
| 38% | EMO | 3 | Music genre associated with Weezer |
| 38% | DETECTIVESTORY | 14 | Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 38% | RELIC | 5 | Object associated with the past. |
| 38% | TULIP | 5 | Flower associated with the Netherlands |
| 38% | MOPTOPS | 7 | Styles associated with the Beatles |