| 100% | SUPREMES | 8 | All-girl-group, once went by the name Primettes |
| 50% | CILANTRO | 8 | Herb that also goes by the name coriander |
| 49% | KANYEWEST | 9 | US rapper who now goes by the name Ye |
| 49% | HOGTOWN | 7 | Toronto goes by the name of this porcine nickname |
| 48% | MOS | 3 | ___ Def (musician/actor who now goes by the name Yasiin Bey) |
| 48% | ALF | 3 | 1980s sitcom title character who also went by the name Gordon Shumway |
| 47% | ODIN | 4 | Ian McShane's character in 31a, who goes by the name "Mr. Wednesday" |
| 45% | SATURDAYS | 9 | Girl group named after part of the weekend, The __ |
| 44% | BLACK | 5 | ___ Widow, Marvel character who goes by the name of Natalia Romanoff and appears in "The Avengers" movies |
| 44% | TLC | 3 | Girl group that's also the name of a cable channel |
| 44% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | DC supervillain who goes by the name of Harleen Frances Quinzel, and appears in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 44% | WITCH | 5 | Scarlet ___, Marvel superheroine who goes by the name of Wanda Maximoff and appears in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" |
| 43% | MEL | 3 | Name shared by two of the five Spice Girls |
| 42% | WONDERWOMAN | 11 | DC superheroine who goes by the name of Princess Diana, and appears in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice": 2 wds. |
| 41% | FRANKENSTEIN | 12 | Instrumental hit song by the Edgar Winter Group named for a literary monster |
| 41% | NEE | 3 | Once going by |
| 41% | GIFTS | 5 | "The Girl with All the ___," zombie movie directed by Colm McCarthy |
| 41% | MEL | 3 | First name shared by two of the five Spice Girls |
| 40% | MONEY | 5 | Non-edible currency that might also go by the edible names at 19a, 43a, 50a, 4d, 22d, and 37d |
| 40% | GOODBYE | 7 | 1998 song by the girl group Spice Girls, and maybe the end of a conversation |
| 40% | DIVE | 4 | Go by the board? |
| 40% | OBEY | 4 | Go by the rules |
| 40% | BAKEOFF | 7 | TV show once judged by the aptly named Mary Berry, familiarly |
| 40% | ALCATRAZ | 8 | Island occupied by the activist group Indians of All Tribes for nineteen months, beginning in 1969 |
| 39% | RAMONES | 7 | Rock group whose members all assumed the same last name, with "the" |
| 39% | NEE | 3 | Who once went by |
| 38% | AKA | 3 | Also called by the name |
| 38% | PURISTS | 7 | They go by the book |
| 38% | STREETSMART | 11 | Not going by the book? |
| 38% | ATVS | 4 | They go by the wayside |