| 100% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | Baseball great who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 80% | ALEXTREBEK | 10 | "Jeopardy!" host who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 2 wds. |
| 79% | BOBNEWHART | 10 | Sitcom star (he played an innkeeper) who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ERICCHURCH | 10 | "Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| 42% | TIMMCGRAW | 9 | "Shotgun Rider" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Samuel): 2 wds. |
| 41% | JASONSUDEIKIS | 13 | "Horrible Bosses 2" star who goes by his middle name, not his first name, Daniel: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | "War of the Worlds" star who goes by her middle name, not her first name, Hannah: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOBYKEITH | 9 | "Red Solo Cup" singer who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Covel): 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Mission: Impossible" star who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Mapother): 2 wds. |
| 38% | RAYCHARLES | 10 | "Georgia on My Mind" singer who went by his first and middle names, not his last name (Robinson): 2 wds. |
| 38% | LEANNRIMES | 10 | "Something's Gotta Give" singer who goes by her middle name, not first name (Margaret): 2 wds. |
| 36% | WARREN | 6 | With 34-Across, "Dick Tracy" star who goes by his middle name, not his first name, Henry |
| 36% | FAITHHILL | 9 | "Mississippi Girl" singer who goes by her middle name, not first name (Audrey): 2 wds. |
| 34% | DONOVAN | 7 | 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who went by his first name only and had the hit "Mellow Yellow" |
| 33% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" actress who goes by her first and middle names, not her last name (Sarfati): 2 wds. |
| 32% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | Tennis great who was the first person of color to win a Wimbledon championship (2 wds.) |
| 32% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | First overall #1 draft pick to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, an outfielder drafted by the Mariners in 1987: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 31% | TYRA | 4 | First name of the supermodel who now goes by "BanX" |
| 30% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper West who dropped the first three letters of his first name |
| 30% | ZAYNMALIK | 9 | One Direction singer who changed the spelling of his first name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Former NFL player to be named All-Star in both football and baseball who is considered one of the greatest RBs ever: 2 wds. |
| 29% | AMAL | 4 | First name of George Clooney's wife, who delivered twins on June 6 |
| 29% | DRAKE | 5 | Rapper Aubrey Graham, who's known professionally by his middle name |
| 29% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Prolific children's writer and illustrator who used his real middle name as part of his pen name (2 wds.) |
| 29% | JACKDEMPSEY | 11 | Boxing great who won his first world heavyweight title by defeating champion Jess Willard on July 4, 1919 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | JAKEANDELWOOD | 13 | First names of this puzzle's theme duo: 3 wds. |
| 29% | FRANKROBINSON | 13 | Baseball great who was the only player named MVP of both the National League and the American League (2 wds.) |
| 28% | KINGOFCALYPSO | 13 | Nickname earned by 31-Across in the 1950s when his first album became the first long-play record to sell over a million copies (3 wds.) |
| 28% | BIL | 3 | Cartoonist Keane who dropped the second “L” from his first name “just to be different” |
| 28% | JOEJACKSON | 10 | "Steppin' Out" singer who shares a name with a baseball great nicknamed "Shoeless" (2 wds.) |