| 100% | MIA | 3 | 1980s punk rock band from California with Mike Conley being one of its core members |
| 30% | OPEC | 4 | Kuwait was one of its founding members |
| 30% | OAS | 3 | Mex. was one of its charter members |
| 30% | EEC | 3 | Lux. was one of its charter members |
| 28% | LONDON | 6 | "___ Calling," song by British punk rock band the Clash which has the name of a city in its title that is known for the clock tower"Big Ben" |
| 28% | REM | 3 | Georgia group that was one of the first alternative rock bands |
| 27% | THE | 3 | ___ Traveling Wilburys, only band with all members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, without the band itself having been inducted |
| 26% | CREE | 4 | Northern tribe whose name is one letter short of a rock band |
| 26% | ROD | 3 | ___ Stewart, one of only three artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame first as a solo artist and then as a member of a band |
| 26% | PUSSYRIOT | 9 | Protest music rock band in the news in 2012 when two of its members were jailed in Russia |
| 25% | SAMOA | 5 | Upolu is one of its islands |
| 25% | ISLAM | 5 | Zakat is one of its pillars |
| 25% | SAMOA | 5 | Fanuatapu is one of its islands |
| 25% | UNITEDARTISTS | 13 | Chaplin was one of its founders |
| 25% | ISLAM | 5 | Hajj is one of its pillars |
| 25% | SAMOA | 5 | Manono is one of its islands |
| 25% | URAL | 4 | The Ilek is one of its tributaries |
| 25% | HIC | 3 | Poppin' Lemonade is one of its flavors |
| 25% | ICEE | 4 | Pepsi Freeze is one of its flavors |
| 25% | PERU | 4 | Quechua is one of its official languages |
| 25% | ANGOLA | 6 | Umbundu is one of its national languages |
| 25% | AUG | 3 | Sardonyx is one of its birthstones: Abbr. |
| 25% | RAMONE | 6 | Any member of a classic punk rock band |
| 25% | SEX | 3 | English punk rock band from the 70s, "___ Pistols" |
| 25% | ALICECOOPER | 11 | American rock band that shares its name with a character from "Mayberry R.F.D.": 2 wds. |
| 25% | OKLA | 4 | The redbud is one of its symbols: Abbr. |
| 25% | NCAR | 4 | Clogging is one of its two st. dances |
| 25% | CUBA | 4 | Ropa vieja is one of its national dishes |
| 25% | USA | 3 | Puerto Rico is one of its territories: Abbr. |
| 25% | DAY | 3 | Green ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |