| 100% | LES | 3 | ___ Paul, American jazz guitarist who has a guitar model in his name |
| 37% | DONMCLEAN | 9 | Singer who had a hit with American Pie in 1971 |
| 36% | SNOOP | 5 | ___ Dogg, professional name of Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. who is an American rapper and had changed his alias in 2012 |
| 36% | BOBBI | 5 | Brown who has a cosmetics range in her name |
| 36% | PUTIN | 5 | International leader who had a street named after him in Bethlehem in 2012 |
| 35% | RYCOODER | 8 | American guitarist famous for slide guitar work, who was also named in "The 100 Greatest Guitarists": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAGIC | 5 | ___ Johnson, American retired professional basketball player who runs a conglomerate company in his name |
| 35% | DEXTER | 6 | The boy genius who has a hidden lab in his room |
| 35% | LEO | 3 | Character who has his eyebrows singed off in a "Seinfeld" episode |
| 34% | VINDIESEL | 9 | "The Fate of the Furious" actor who has a fraternal twin brother named Paul: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LES | 3 | Paul for whom a guitar is named |
| 33% | STAN | 4 | ___ Smith, tennis player who has lent his name to a shoe made by Adidas |
| 33% | RODSTEWART | 10 | British singer/songwriter who had a Top 20 hit with his version of "Forever Young" in 1988 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ERICCLAPTON | 11 | "Layla" guitarist who shares his first name with the prince in "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BERTWEEDON | 10 | London-born guitarist noted for his Play in a Day guitar tutorial guide |
| 32% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 32% | PLUTO | 5 | Disney character who may have been named in 1931 for a newly discovered planet |
| 32% | BRIANMAY | 8 | Lead guitarist of Queen, who has a Ph.D. in astrophysics |
| 32% | PLANCK | 6 | Max who lent his name to a constant in physics |
| 31% | GRACEHOPPER | 11 | Pioneer in computer science who has a college at Yale named after her |
| 31% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer who gave his name to a "fever" in the 2010s |
| 31% | MYA | 3 | Single-named singer who had a role in the movie "Chicago" |
| 31% | GRANDMAMOSES | 12 | American folk artist who started painting at age 78 and has a "family" name: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BOJACKSON | 9 | American athlete who has been named All-Star in baseball as well as football: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ASHLEY | 6 | With 30-Across, plus-sized model who was named a Revlon Global Brand Ambassador in 2018 |
| 31% | KURTANGLE | 9 | American retired professional wrestler whose ring name is "The Conquistador" who began his wrestling career in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 31% | ADOLPHCOORS | 11 | American Beer maker who in 1873 founded a brewery in Golden, Co & later leaped to his death |
| 31% | HUGH | 4 | ___ Grant, "Love Actually" actor who learned to play the guitar for his role in "About a Boy" |
| 31% | DAD | 3 | Family member who has a holiday in June |