| 100% | COLLINS | 7 | Bootsy __, funk guitarist with Parliament |
| 40% | ARIAN | 5 | Suffix with parliament |
| 38% | GEORGECLINTON | 13 | Singer with Parliament and Funkadelic |
| 38% | JULIANBREAM | 11 | *Classical guitarist with four Grammys |
| 38% | MAY | 3 | Brian —, lead guitarist with Queen |
| 38% | PATMETHENY | 10 | Jazz guitarist with 20 Grammys |
| 37% | BENSON | 6 | George __, US funk guitarist of Breezin |
| 37% | EDGE | 4 | U2 guitarist, with "the" |
| 36% | LOOPPEDAL | 9 | Guitarist's device with playback |
| 35% | OTTAWA | 6 | With 58-Across, where Parliament sits |
| 35% | SATRIANI | 8 | Guitarist Joe with 15 Grammy nominations |
| 34% | PETER | 5 | With 18-Across, R.E.M. guitarist |
| 34% | BECK | 4 | Guitarist Jeff who played with the Yardbirds |
| 33% | ATHENS | 6 | With 23-Across, where the Hellenic Parliament sits |
| 33% | THE | 3 | With 48-Down, seat of the Dutch parliament |
| 33% | ESTREET | 7 | The ___ Band, with guitarist Little Steven |
| 33% | AMP | 3 | Pam struggled with guitarist’s accessory |
| 32% | SYKES | 5 | Guitarist John who played with Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake |
| 32% | WILDCHERRY | 10 | Band with the 1977 album "Electrified Funk" |
| 31% | THE | 3 | With 35-Across, stage name of U2's lead guitarist |
| 31% | MARR | 4 | Guitarist Johnny who played with The Smiths and Modest Mouse |
| 31% | LYNNE | 5 | Guitarist Jeff who played with ELO and the Traveling Wilburys |
| 31% | MARS | 4 | Bruno who sang "Uptown Funk!" with Mark Ronson |
| 31% | BLUEPERIOD | 10 | Phase associated with Picasso's "The Old Guitarist" |
| 31% | ACDC | 4 | Aussie rockers with a knickers-clad lead guitarist |
| 31% | CREAM | 5 | 60s British rock band with guitarist Eric Clapton |
| 30% | LES | 3 | With 21-Down, guitarist in the National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| 30% | RONSON | 6 | Mark who collaborated with Bruno Mars on "Uptown Funk" |
| 29% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | "Uptown Funk" singer who toured with Janelle Monáe (2 wds.) |
| 29% | TUNE | 4 | What a guitarist would do with the instrument before playing |