| 100% | BETTY | 5 | ___ Boo, musician whose name and debut album, "Boomania" are packed with spooky boos! |
| 38% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | 15-Across, 28-Across, and 35-Across singer whose solo studio albums are all named with mathematical symbols (2 wds.) |
| 37% | PUSHAT | 6 | Rapper with the debut album My Name Is My Name |
| 37% | CALVIN | 6 | With 32-Across, Scottish singer/DJ whose debut album was "I Created Disco" |
| 37% | ETERNAL | 7 | British girl group whose 1993 debut album was Always and Forever |
| 35% | DELASOUL | 8 | US hip hop group whose 1989 debut album was 3 Feet High and Rising |
| 35% | CHIC | 4 | US group founded by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards whose self-titled debut album was released in 1977 |
| 34% | MITSKI | 6 | Mononymic indie musician with the albums Puberty 2 and Be the Cowboy |
| 34% | TOURISTS | 8 | The —, rock band featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart whose eponymous debut album was released in 1979 |
| 33% | ENO | 3 | Musician whose name is a number in reverse |
| 33% | EMMYLOU | 7 | Country singer Harris whose "Trio" album is a collaboration with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt |
| 33% | BACKSTREETBOYS | 14 | Boy band formed in 1993 with a popular eponymous debut album and are famous for their song "I Want It That Way": 2 wds. |
| 33% | KATE | 4 | Singer and actress whose 2007 debut solo album, Made of Bricks, was a UK no 1 |
| 32% | SKUNK | 5 | Animal associated with (and whose name is two letters away from) stink |
| 32% | OLIVIARODRIGO | 13 | "Bizaardvark" star whose hit songs 14-Across, 18-Across, and 43-Across/52-Across are on her debut album "Sour" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | YOYOMA | 6 | Musician whose first name is a toy |
| 31% | MOBY | 4 | One-named musician with the hit albums "18" and "Hotel" |
| 31% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 31% | AJANAOMIKING | 12 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 3 wds. |
| 31% | NAS | 3 | Rapper whose debut album was "Illmatic" |
| 31% | GEORGEBERKELEY | 14 | Scientist and philosopher whose name inspired the name of the city after which the element Bk with atomic number 97 is named: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ARLOPARKS | 9 | Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter whose songs 15-Across, 9-Down, and 27-Down are featured on her debut album, "Collapsed in Sunbeams" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SARI | 4 | First name that socialite and actress Zsa Zsa was born with |
| 31% | LLAMA | 5 | Pack animal whose name starts with a double letter |
| 31% | AKON | 4 | Rapper/singer whose debut album was "Trouble" |
| 31% | TSO | 3 | General whose name is associated with chicken |
| 31% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Musical with the song "I Dreamed a Dream" which was also the name of Scottish singer Susan Boyle's (birthday today) debut album: 2 wds. |