| 100% | HEAD | 4 | *Body part for a hat ... or with "Radio," a band with the hit "Creep" |
| 52% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1979 hit "Shine a Little Love," for short |
| 51% | HEAD | 4 | Body part for a hat |
| 49% | THIRDEYEBLIND | 13 | Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | NICKELBACK | 10 | Band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me" … or a hint to entering 54-Across |
| 47% | HAND | 4 | Body part with fingers or a unit used to measure the height of the animal at 44a |
| 47% | TEARS | 5 | ___ for Fears (1980s band with the hit "Shout") |
| 46% | HANDSOME | 8 | Adjective for a good-looking man, or word that starts with an often-gloved body part |
| 46% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 46% | BRAINSTORM | 10 | Session with a volley of ideas, or word that starts with the body's grey matter part |
| 46% | ELO | 3 | 1970s band with the hit "Strange Magic," for short |
| 46% | EAR | 3 | Pointy body part for an elf or a Vulcan |
| 45% | JUSTTHETWOOFUS | 14 | 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 45% | KNEE | 4 | Body part a doctor might hit with a hammer |
| 45% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1977 hit "Telephone Line," for short |
| 45% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1976 hit "Strange Magic," for short |
| 44% | LEG | 3 | Part of a journey or a part of the body |
| 44% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1977 hit "Turn to Stone," for short |
| 44% | YES | 3 | Band with the 1983 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Band with the 1978 hit "Take a Chance on Me" |
| 44% | ARM | 3 | Body part that might be the place for a vaccination |
| 44% | EVERCLEAR | 9 | 90's band with the hit "I Will Buy You a New Life" |
| 43% | WHIPIT | 6 | 1980 Devo hit with a video in which the band wears red flowerpot-shaped hats called "energy domes" |
| 43% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1979 hit "Don't Bring Me Down," for short |
| 43% | OHIO | 4 | The ___ Express, pop band with the hit "Yummy Yummy Yummy" who share a name with Columbus' state |
| 43% | BON | 3 | With 44-Across, band with the #1 hits "Bad Medicine" and "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 43% | ARM | 3 | Part of the body that is either the handle or the spout when doing the motions for "I'm a Little Teapot" |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band with the 1978 hit "Take a Chance on Me" |
| 43% | BOSTON | 6 | Geographically named band with the 1976 hit "More Than a Feeling" |
| 42% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country music band with the hit "Mountain Music" who share a name with Montgomery's state |