| 100% | FOO/XFIGHTER | 12 | [*cross out* Member of a certain 1990s-2000s rock band] Censor unhappy with "Family Guy" and "Glee," maybe? |
| 32% | HEY | 3 | "___, Soul Sister," 2009 song by rock band Train, and maybe the start of a conversation |
| 31% | SOPRANO | 7 | Member of a 2000s TV family |
| 31% | RAMONE | 6 | Surname adopted by all members of a certain punk band |
| 30% | MEGWHITE | 8 | Half of a 1990s-2000s rock duo with six Grammys |
| 30% | RAMONE | 6 | Any member of a classic punk rock band |
| 30% | RANI | 4 | Member of a royal family, and an anagram of 119 Across |
| 30% | SHIRELLE | 8 | Member of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame girl group |
| 29% | ROCK | 4 | "School of ___," 2003 movie that ends with a classroom-turned-band rocking out in a battle of the bands |
| 29% | NEWKIDONTHEBLOCKADE | 19 | Member of a boy band with nine top 10 hits / Supply line cutter |
| 29% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, a band considered to be among the pioneers of metal and hard rock with hits like "Smoke on the Water" |
| 29% | SUGARRAY | 8 | Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning" |
| 28% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of a major-league team with a name that's out of this world? |
| 28% | CYNIC | 5 | Member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers associated with Antisthenes and Diogenes of Sinope |
| 28% | THE | 3 | ___ Traveling Wilburys, only band with all members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, without the band itself having been inducted |
| 28% | ENCRUSTED | 9 | With a hard outer coating, maybe of diamonds |
| 27% | ELECTOR | 7 | Member of a certain college |
| 27% | ANIMAL | 6 | Member of a certain kingdom |
| 27% | ASIA | 4 | Member of a certain septet |
| 27% | ANIMALS | 7 | Members of a certain kingdom |
| 27% | ELECTORS | 8 | Members of a certain college |
| 27% | SCOUTS | 6 | Members of a certain den |
| 27% | ANTS | 4 | Members of a certain colony |
| 27% | PUB | 3 | Place with drinks and a live band, maybe |
| 27% | MOS | 3 | Members of a certain dozen: Abbr. |
| 27% | CREWMATES | 9 | Members of a certain racing team |
| 27% | BLUR | 4 | A rock band with hits like "Song 2" and "Coffee & TV" |
| 27% | TATAR | 5 | Member of a certain Volga ethnic group |
| 27% | TEAMSTER | 8 | Member of a certain American labor union |
| 26% | MAGNOLIA | 8 | Type of flower and a 1990s film with ensemble cast |