| 100% | EDSELS | 6 | 1960s doo-wop group with an automotive name, with "the" |
| 53% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with six songs on the "Grease" soundtrack |
| 52% | EARLS | 5 | Doo-wop group with the 1963 hit "Remember Then," with "the" |
| 52% | NSYNC | 5 | Group with an aptly named bass singer |
| 51% | ORLONS | 6 | 1960s group with a fabric-related name, with "the" |
| 51% | TBIRDS | 6 | Gang in "Grease" with an automotive name |
| 50% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with a TV variety show in the 1970s and 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 50% | FIVESATINS | 10 | "In the Still of the Nite" doo-wop group, with "the" |
| 49% | HEARTBEATS | 10 | 1950's doo-wop group with the hit "A Thousand Miles Away," with "the" |
| 47% | SUPREMES | 8 | 1960s girl group with Diana Ross: The __ |
| 46% | CURLY | 5 | Bald member of the Three Stooges with an ironic name |
| 46% | STYX | 4 | Rock group with the same name as a mythical river |
| 46% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group whose name comes from the nonsense syllables repeated in "Get a Job" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | British girl group that shares its name with an Egyptian queen |
| 45% | PREGO | 5 | Brand name with an accent at the end |
| 44% | TOAD | 4 | ___ the Wet Sprocket (band with an amphibian in its name) |
| 44% | LEEMAYE | 7 | Former MLB player who was also the lead singer for an LA-based doo-wop group: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TOMAHAWK | 8 | US missile with the name of an Algonquin chopper |
| 43% | XENON | 5 | The only chemical element with a name that begins with an x |
| 43% | ZZTOP | 5 | Group whose member with the least-prominent beard is named Frank Beard |
| 43% | WAILERS | 7 | 1960s-'70s group originally known as the Teenagers, with "the" |
| 43% | BALI | 4 | Lingerie company with the same name as an Indonesian island |
| 43% | RAPA | 4 | Half of the name of an island associated with heads |
| 43% | BLACK | 5 | "___ Ice," 2008 hit song by AC/DC with an album that has the same name |
| 43% | GRAND | 5 | The ___ Canyon, Arizona's rocky attraction with an "enormous" synonym in its name |
| 43% | TALIBAN | 7 | Afghan jihadist group that recently signed an agreement with the US |
| 43% | BALI | 4 | Intimate apparel brand with the same name as an Indonesian island |
| 43% | YALE | 4 | Lock company with the same name as an Ivy League university |
| 42% | RAMONES | 7 | Rock group whose members all assumed the same last name, with "the" |
| 42% | ELMS | 4 | With "the," rock band with an arboreal name |