| 100% | ENA | 3 | Artist displayed in the Guggenheim, that named a Mark Kostabi painting "Use Your Illusion", which became the name for GNR albums |
| 30% | 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" |
| 29% | SATAN | 5 | Whom Lil Nas X gives a lap dance, in the music video for “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” |
| 28% | ECTOR | 5 | Name in Arthurian legend that becomes a name in Greek myth if you add H to the start |
| 28% | MALIBU | 6 | Hit song by American artist Miley Cyrus which depicts a city in California that is known for its celebrity homes and the sandy Zuma Beach |
| 28% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 28% | COLORITO | 8 | Italian term used for the colors in a painting |
| 28% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 28% | COPPER | 6 | Term for dark reddish-brown hair that resembles a metal of the same name |
| 28% | WHITE | 5 | ___ House, residence of the POTUS in Washington, D.C. that has a colorful name |
| 27% | AMAZON | 6 | ___ River, waterbody in South America that is central to a rainforest of the same name |
| 27% | RAKE | 4 | Long-handled tool that a gardener would use for cleaning up leaves in the fall |
| 27% | SPINALTAP | 9 | Fictional band that uses an umlaut on the "n" in its name |
| 27% | BASTILLE | 8 | Band with the album "Bad Blood" that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 27% | DUNKIRK | 7 | English name for the port in Nord, France, that saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 |
| 27% | CARDIO | 6 | Informal name for a hospital department related to the heart that is featured in "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 27% | OSU | 3 | Sch. that has a "the" in its official name |
| 27% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 26% | SACHA | 5 | ___ Jafri, British artist who created the world's largest canvas painting that was sold for $62 million in 2021 |
| 26% | NOEL | 4 | (2/3) Pere ___ is the name he goes by in France, which is also a word for a carol |
| 26% | ALAR | 4 | Alternate name for the chemical Daminozide, used as a pesticide on fruit until banned by the EPA in 1989 |
| 26% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 26% | HANSON | 6 | Group that made up the word "MMMBop" in a 1997 song of the same name |
| 26% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 26% | STARBOY | 7 | The Weeknd's 2016 album, that has a single by the same name, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 26% | TAKECARE | 8 | 2011 album by Drake (birthday tomorrow), that included a single by the same name, featuring Rihanna in it: 2 wds. |
| 26% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," a hit single from Michael Jackson's album in 16a that won a Grammy for "Record of the Year" |
| 26% | VAMPIREWEEKEND | 14 | Indie rock band that won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2020 for "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 26% | KESHA | 5 | Pop singer who used to use a dollar sign for the third letter of her name |
| 26% | IRE | 3 | Word for "anger" that becomes a country's name when "land" is added to the end |