| 100% | VELVET | 6 | ___ Revolver, hard rock supergroup co-founded by Slash in 2002 |
| 39% | EDS | 3 | Co. founded by H. Ross Perot in 1962 |
| 35% | TWISTEDSISTER | 13 | '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 35% | VELVETREVOLVER | 14 | American hard rock supergroup that had Slash as a member and which produced the hit single "Slither": 2 wds. |
| 35% | TSR | 3 | Game publishing co. founded by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye in 1973 |
| 34% | IMG | 3 | NYC sports and talent management co. founded in Cleveland in 1960 by Mark McCormack |
| 34% | SPACEX | 6 | Rocket company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk |
| 33% | ROCAFELLA | 9 | Record label co-founded by Jay-Z in 1995 |
| 33% | HEBREWU | 7 | School co-founded by Albert Einstein in 1918, informally |
| 33% | POCO | 4 | Country rock band co-founded by Jim Messina |
| 32% | EPICENTER | 9 | Point hit hard by an earthquake... or what's found in this puzzle's themed answers |
| 32% | EDS | 3 | Co. founded by Perot |
| 32% | DEC | 3 | Popular minicomputer co. founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in '57 and acquired by Compaq in '98 |
| 31% | MOTORHEAD | 9 | Hard Rock band led by Lemmy |
| 31% | EDS | 3 | Co. founded by Ross Perot |
| 31% | AOL | 3 | Co. founded by Steve Case |
| 31% | TWITTER | 7 | American online news and social networking service co-founded by Jack Dorsey in 2006 |
| 30% | ELLE | 4 | Magazine co-founded in 1945 by Hélène Gordon Lazareff |
| 30% | UNITA | 5 | Angolan political movement co-founded by Antonio da Costa Fernandes and Jonas Savimbi in 1966 |
| 30% | APPLE | 5 | — Computer Company, manufacturer co-founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak in 1976 |
| 30% | KORAORGANICS | 12 | Natural skincare and cosmetics company co-founded by supermodel Miranda Kerr in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ASTEROID | 8 | Rock found in space |
| 30% | ORES | 4 | Rocks found in mines |
| 30% | ACDC | 4 | Hard rock band formed by Malcolm and Angus Young |
| 30% | ROME | 4 | City founded by a twin, in myth |
| 30% | SAMARITANS | 10 | Charity founded by Chad Varah in 1953 |
| 30% | UPENN | 5 | Institution founded by Benjamin Franklin, in brief |
| 30% | BESTBUY | 7 | American retail giant co-founded by Richard M. Schulze which specializes in consumer electronics: 2 wds. |
| 30% | READERSDIGEST | 13 | General interest magazine co-founded by 14-Across and his wife Lila in 1922 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | RCA | 3 | Media co. founded in 1919 |