| 100% | NON | 3 | 4 ___ Blondes (1990s band) |
| 69% | NON | 3 | "What's Up?" band 4 ___ Blondes |
| 60% | WHATSUP | 7 | 1993 song by rock band 4 Non Blondes, and maybe a response to 13a: 2 wds. |
| 55% | SKA | 3 | Genre for the 1990s band Sublime |
| 54% | INXS | 4 | "Suicide Blonde" band |
| 50% | INXS | 4 | Band with the 1990 hit "Suicide Blonde" |
| 50% | BAND | 4 | Blondie or 4 Non Blondes |
| 50% | INXS | 4 | "Suicide Blonde" band, 1990 |
| 47% | WHATS | 5 | "__ Up?" ('90s hit by 4 Non Blondes) |
| 46% | NSYNC | 5 | Justin Timberlake's boy band of the 1990s |
| 45% | TEST | 4 | Crash ___ Dummies (1990s band) |
| 43% | FATHERTED | 9 | 1990s Channel 4 television sitcom starring Dermot Morgan in the title role |
| 43% | SUGARRAY | 8 | Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning" |
| 42% | THEWARONDRUGS | 13 | Band which won the Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2018: 4 wds. |
| 42% | WHATS | 5 | "___ Up?" questioned posed by 4 Non Blondes in a 1993 song |
| 42% | HOW | 3 | "___ Bizarre" (late 1990s hit single by the New Zealand band OMC) |
| 42% | MANIACS | 7 | 10,000 ___ (alt-rock band that was big in the 1990s) |
| 40% | JANES | 5 | With 21-Across, 1990s alt rock band whose lead singer founded Lollapalooza |
| 40% | SYSTEMOFADOWN | 13 | Grammy-winning metal band whose lead singer is Serj Tankian: 4 wds. |
| 39% | ACCORDION | 9 | Band member's main squeeze? [4] |
| 39% | KEEPMEINMIND | 12 | Zac Brown Band's remembrance-titled #1 country hit of 2011: 4 wds. |
| 39% | THATTHINGYOUDO | 14 | 1996 comedy about a fictional 1960s one-hit wonder pop band: 4 wds. |
| 38% | BEN | 3 | ___ Folds Five (1990s rock band) |
| 36% | WICKS | 5 | Victoria —, actress who played Sally Smedley in 1990s Channel 4 sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey |
| 35% | JAM | 3 | ___ band |
| 35% | ONEMAN | 6 | ___ band |
| 35% | SYSTEMOFADOWN | 13 | "B.Y.O.B" heavy metal band that had two #1 albums in 2005: 4 wds. |
| 35% | PEARSON | 7 | Neil —, actor who played Dave Charnley in 1990s Channel 4 comedy series Drop the Dead Donkey |
| 34% | SMASH | 5 | ___ Mouth (1990s band with two songs on the "Shrek" soundtrack) |
| 34% | GANG | 4 | Band |