| 100% | SKA | 3 | Captain ___ (British band with one of its genres in its name) |
| 51% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 50% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 50% | MOTORHEAD | 9 | "Ace of Spades" band with a "metal umlaut" over an O in its name |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind with only one consonant in its name |
| 46% | TALLAHASSEE | 11 | Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Band with a slash in its name |
| 45% | MOBIUSSTRIP | 11 | Band with an umlaut in its name |
| 45% | LATESHOW | 8 | TV program with its time of day in its name |
| 45% | NEWSWEEK | 8 | Magazine launch of 1933 with a hyphen in its name |
| 45% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a lot of vowels in its name |
| 45% | 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" |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Band with a lightning bolt in its name |
| 45% | ORANGE | 6 | With 56-Down, type of black tea with another color in its name |
| 45% | SOAPOPERA | 9 | Genre so named because of its roots in Procter & Gamble-sponsored radio dramas |
| 44% | METGALA | 7 | Big Apple fund-raiser with a kind of apple in its name |
| 44% | REM | 3 | "Shiny Happy People" band with three periods in its name |
| 44% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with a slash in its name |
| 43% | IMPALA | 6 | Tame ___ (psychedelic rock band with a horned animal in its name) |
| 43% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many a film with "star" in its title (Hyph.) |
| 43% | IONIAN | 6 | Greek sea with lots of vowels in its name |
| 43% | ALT | 3 | It means "different from the usual" in the names of music genres |
| 43% | PANICATTHEDISCO | 15 | Emo pop band with an exclamation point in its name |
| 43% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 43% | MIA | 3 | 1980s punk rock band from California with Mike Conley being one of its core members |
| 42% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 42% | MEGAFAN | 7 | One with a tattoo of a band's name, say |
| 41% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 8-Across, comic named one of Time's "100 most influential people" in 2006 |
| 41% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 41% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |