| 100% | BILLHALEY | 9 | ___ and His Comets ("Rock Around the Clock" band): 2 wds. |
| 46% | RIBCAGE | 7 | Protective structure around the heart and lungs: 2 wds. |
| 45% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 45% | COMETS | 6 | Bill Haley & His __, rocked around the clock |
| 43% | JUNGLE | 6 | Blackboard __, film featured Rock Around the Clock |
| 42% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the 1980s hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BAYCITYROLLERS | 14 | Pop rock band with the hit songs "Money Honey" and "Saturday Night" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | ESTREET | 7 | Bruce Springsteen and the ___ Band: 2 wds. |
| 40% | INAND | 5 | ___ around the area (nearby): 2 wds. |
| 39% | MOPES | 5 | The rock band "Say Hi" released albums "Numbers & Mumbles" in '04 and "Impeccable Blahs" in '06 with "Ferocious ___" in between |
| 39% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | The King of Rock and Roll: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SIDEB | 5 | "Rock Around the Clock," originally |
| 39% | BILLHALEY | 9 | "Rock Around the Clock" singer |
| 39% | HALEY | 5 | "Rock Around the Clock" guy |
| 38% | REOSPEEDWAGON | 13 | Illinois rock band with the #1 album "Hi Infidelity" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TOMPETTY | 8 | ___ and the Heartbreakers ("Don't Come Around Here No More" band): 2 wds. |
| 38% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | American rock band formed in 1961 that still performs live and inspired the "California Sound" with their surf music: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ROUNDTABLE | 10 | Meeting place of 18-Across and his knights: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TOURED | 6 | Went around the world with a rock band |
| 38% | THEZOMBIES | 10 | English rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | English rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ROXYMUSIC | 9 | English rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SECONDSTO | 9 | Thirty ___ Mars, rock band formed in 1998 by Jared Leto and his brother: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GENX | 4 | Those born around the 1970s: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TED | 3 | Rock band ___ Leo and the Pharmacists |
| 37% | HUEY | 4 | Rock band ___ Lewis and the News |
| 37% | MENATWORK | 9 | Australian rock band who sang 15-Across and 33-Across and won Best New Artist at the 1983 Grammy Awards (3 wds.) |
| 37% | STEELYDAN | 9 | "Reelin' in the Years" yacht rock band: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Sign of the Times": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ASIA | 4 | Rock band with the albums "Aqua" and "Aria" |