| 100% | TRIBE | 5 | “The Low End Theory” rap group, to fans |
| 42% | BADGIRLFRIEND | 13 | Theory of a Deadman song with the lyric "She's naughty to the end" |
| 41% | NED | 3 | Groundhog Day character who, according to a fan theory, is actually the devil |
| 41% | BEASTIEBOYS | 11 | Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" … or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? |
| 40% | ORCHESTRA | 9 | Musical group, or a hint to the ends of 20-, 37- and 52-Across |
| 40% | SANTASREINDEER | 14 | Yuletide group with members found at the end of the answers to the starred entries |
| 39% | WNBAFINALS | 10 | Championship series where fans hope to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 39% | BASSIST | 7 | Musician handling the low end of things |
| 38% | CHEAP | 5 | At the low end of the price range |
| 38% | ALGAE | 5 | Low end of the food chain |
| 38% | TALC | 4 | Low end of the Mohs scale |
| 38% | KNEE | 4 | Lower end of the strike zone |
| 38% | LUNG | 4 | Body part at the lower end of the windpipe |
| 38% | PYLORIC | 7 | Sphincter found at the lower end of the stomach |
| 37% | EAST | 4 | Rap group Lil Jon & The ___ Side Boyz |
| 37% | ONYX | 4 | Rap group with the 1993 hit "Slam" |
| 37% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 37% | UNITE | 5 | Join military group to the east |
| 36% | ZED | 3 | The end, to 'Enry |
| 36% | OMEGA | 5 | The end, to Euripides |
| 36% | ZED | 3 | The end, to some |
| 36% | NWA | 3 | Rap group the movie "Straight Outta Compton" was about |
| 36% | PETA | 4 | Group ''working to end speciesism'' |
| 36% | ALFINE | 6 | To the end, to Salieri |
| 36% | NIGH | 4 | The end, according to apocalyptics |
| 36% | BASS | 4 | Word that refers to the lowest range of musical notes and ends with "ss" |
| 36% | APPENDIX | 8 | Vermiform —, pouch extending from the lower end of the caecum in man |
| 36% | ASWAN | 5 | City on the Nile … or a punny end to the joke "When a tight-knit group of cygnets votes, they vote ___" |
| 36% | NWA | 3 | Rap group featured in the film "Straight Outta Compton": Abbr. |
| 35% | NSC | 3 | Advisory group to the U.S. President: Abbr. |