| 100% | ERTE | 4 | Artist's name formed phonetically from his initials |
| 58% | ERTE | 4 | Artist's pseudonym formed from the French pronunciation of his initials |
| 36% | REO | 3 | Car named from its creator's initials |
| 34% | SHAG | 4 | Nickname for the artist Josh Agle (it's hidden in his name) |
| 33% | ACRONYM | 7 | Word formed from initials |
| 33% | LIL | 3 | Word rapper Bow Wow dropped from his stage name |
| 32% | CARPACCIO | 9 | Artist gave his name to thinly sliced meat |
| 31% | RIDA | 4 | Hip-hop artist Flo ___, who's named after his home state |
| 31% | OBAMA | 5 | President whose initials were also his dog's name |
| 31% | ACRONYM | 7 | Word formed from initials: scuba, Nasa, Unicef |
| 31% | LEAR | 4 | Artist Edward ___ (1812-88), after whom an endangered, all-blue macaw from Brazil's Bahia state is named |
| 31% | ESTEE | 5 | Girl's name that phonetically provides the initials to the answers to the asterisked clues |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | Muslim WWE wrestler who dropped "Mustafa" from his ring name in 2019 |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | Actor who shortened his first name from Mahershalalhashbaz |
| 31% | ZEDD | 4 | Pop d.j. named for his last initial |
| 31% | GAUGUIN | 7 | Paul __ Cruises from Tahiti are named after artist |
| 30% | BBKING | 6 | Blues royalty with two initials as his first name |
| 30% | ARG | 3 | S. American country whose name comes from the Latin for "silver" |
| 30% | MICHELANGELO | 12 | Italian Renaissance artist known primarily by his first name |
| 30% | CAGE | 4 | Actor Nicolas who changed his last name from Coppola |
| 30% | SUNRA | 5 | Jazz great who took his name from Egyptian mythology |
| 29% | CHRISTO | 7 | 20th- and 21st-century artist known by his first name |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Oscar-winning actor who shortened his first name from Mahershalalhashbaz |
| 29% | DEE | 3 | When repeated, bassist from the Ramones who shares his name with the trouble-making sister from "Dexter's Laboratory" |
| 29% | HEREANDNOW | 10 | Title song from 30-Across's 2020 album that was also the name of his 2022 tour (3 wds.) |
| 29% | BIL | 3 | Cartoonist Keane who dropped the second “L” from his first name “just to be different” |
| 29% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose name is formed from the initials of its members |
| 29% | DALI | 4 | Artist given the derisive nickname "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his full name |
| 29% | GAY | 3 | Writer Talese whose given name derives from that of his grandfather |
| 29% | ENES | 4 | Basketballer Freedom who changed his last name from Kanter in 2021 |