| 100% | SCREAMO | 7 | '90s musical subgenre whose name is a portmanteau of the volume of the vocals and an angsty style of rock |
| 44% | WIKIPEDIA | 9 | Online source of information whose name is a portmanteau of the Hawaiian word "wiki" and "encyclopedia" |
| 44% | AMTRAK | 6 | Nationwide rail system whose name is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track" |
| 44% | SPOTIFY | 7 | Music streaming service whose name is a portmanteau of the words "spot" and "identify" |
| 44% | CATS | 4 | Musical whose name is an anagram of the members of a musical |
| 43% | LENOVO | 6 | Chinese tech giant whose name is a portmanteau of the word "legend" and the Latin ablative "novo" |
| 43% | WARIO | 5 | Video-game antagonist whose name is a portmanteau of the protagonist's name and the Japanese word for "bad" |
| 38% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |
| 38% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 37% | GLEE | 4 | TV show whose fandom name is a portmanteau of its title and “geeks” |
| 36% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |
| 36% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "Saving All My Love for You" singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose last name is a city in Texas (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 35% | RINGO | 5 | Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across |
| 34% | TWIX | 4 | Candy whose name is a portmanteau of "twin sticks" |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with the song "Highway to Hell" whose name is an abbreviation referring to types of electricity |
| 34% | OREIDA | 6 | Food brand whose name is a portmanteau of two state names |
| 34% | SLURVE | 6 | Baseball pitch whose name is a portmanteau of two other pitches |
| 34% | SEATAC | 6 | Northwestern city whose name is a portmanteau of two neighboring cities |
| 34% | TAMIAMI | 7 | Florida suburb whose name is a portmanteau of two major cities |
| 33% | JUNECARTERCASH | 14 | "Ring of Fire" songwriter and five-time Grammy winner whose first name is a month of the year (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SMOG | 4 | Pollution whose name is a combination of "smoke" and "fog" |
| 32% | MEGRYAN | 7 | Actress whose name is an anagram of the word "Germany": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 32% | EDASNER | 7 | Actor whose name is an anagram of the word "endears": 2 wds. |
| 32% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint |
| 32% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for "peppermint" |
| 32% | EURYTHMICS | 10 | The name of the rock/pop duo that Annie Lennox - whose birthday it is today - was a part of |
| 32% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 32% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |