| 100% | GLAM | 4 | ___ rock (genre associated with David Bowie in the 1970s) |
| 100% | GLAM | 4 | Glittery rock genre associated with David Bowie in the 1970s |
| 61% | GLAM | 4 | Rock genre associated with Gary Glitter and David Bowie |
| 57% | GLAM | 4 | ___ rock (glittery genre associated with David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust persona) |
| 54% | GLAM | 4 | Rock subgenre associated with David Bowie |
| 52% | GLAM | 4 | Rock subgenre associated with David Bowie and Elton John |
| 49% | ZIGGYSTARDUST | 13 | David Bowie persona in 1970s glam rock |
| 46% | MULLETS | 7 | Rod Stewart and David Bowie rocked them in the '70s |
| 44% | MARS | 4 | "Life on ___?", 1971 song by David Bowie with the Red Planet in its title |
| 42% | GLAM | 4 | Glitzy rock genre associated with Queen and Kiss |
| 42% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with the All-American Rejects |
| 41% | EMO | 3 | Genre associated with the band Jimmy Eat World |
| 41% | DISCO | 5 | Music genre associated with the ’70s |
| 41% | TESLA | 5 | Real-life scientist played by David Bowie in The Prestige (2006) |
| 40% | EEMO | 4 | Music genre associated with the goth look |
| 40% | GLAM | 4 | David Bowie's rock genre |
| 40% | CHAMELEON | 9 | David Bowie, the __ of rock |
| 40% | GLAM | 4 | David Bowie's rock genre, informally |
| 39% | EMO | 3 | Music genre associated with the tellum, or reverse mullet |
| 39% | GLAM | 4 | Gender-bending rock genre of the 1970s |
| 39% | DETECTIVESTORY | 14 | Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 39% | OJAYS | 5 | 1970s R&B trio in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with "the" |
| 39% | NEWWAVE | 7 | '70s-'80s genre associated with the Knack's "My Sharona" |
| 39% | GLAM | 4 | Rock genre of David Bowie, for a time |
| 39% | PUNK | 4 | Rock genre for the Ramones (rhymes with "dunk") |
| 39% | GLAM | 4 | Early rock genre for David Bowie |
| 39% | EMO | 3 | Rock genre that originated in the mid-1980s |
| 39% | GLAM | 4 | Glitzy rock genre of the 1970s |
| 38% | EMO | 3 | Rock genre that took off in the early 2000s |
| 38% | THRILLER | 8 | The movie genre associated with Alfred Hitchcock |