| 100% | TOURS | 5 | Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres" and Metallica's "M72," e.g. |
| 45% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Singer whose "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour is the third highest-grossing concert tour of all time, after Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres": 2 wds. |
| 45% | BRITPOP | 7 | Music of Oasis and Radiohead, e.g. |
| 44% | RRS | 3 | Properties at the midpoints of the N, E, S, and W sides of Monopoly boards |
| 44% | SEPTETS | 7 | The colors of the rainbow and the days of the week, e.g. |
| 43% | ERA | 3 | The time of soul music, e.g |
| 43% | ETS | 3 | Administer of the G.R.E. and TOEFL |
| 43% | MYTH | 4 | The tale of Echo and Narcissus, e.g. |
| 43% | SERBS | 5 | Jokic and Jovic of the NBA, e.g. |
| 43% | DALIS | 5 | "Galatea of the Spheres" and others |
| 43% | OPENCASES | 9 | The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., e.g. |
| 42% | GANGS | 5 | The Sharks and the Jets of "West Side Story," e.g. |
| 42% | TESLAS | 6 | The Model S and the Model Y, e.g. |
| 42% | KOREANS | 7 | The stars of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden,” e.g. |
| 42% | SYZYGY | 6 | Alignment of the sun, earth and moon, e.g. |
| 42% | NOVEL | 5 | "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," e.g. |
| 42% | FREDROSE | 8 | Country music giant of the 40's and 50's |
| 42% | BALLADS | 7 | "Yesterday" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," e.g. |
| 42% | PMS | 3 | The leaders of Thailand and Malaysia, e.g., for short |
| 42% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Envoy and Yukon S.U.V.'s |
| 42% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Yukon and Acadia S.U.V.s |
| 42% | CDS | 3 | Music purchases of the 1990s and early 2000s |
| 41% | OVERTURE | 8 | The opening to a piece of music, e.g. The 1812 __ |
| 41% | ACAPPELLAGROUPS | 15 | The Barden Bellas and the Treblemakers of “Pitch Perfect,” e.g. |
| 41% | SLAVEREBELLIONS | 15 | The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. |
| 41% | LORE | 4 | Romulus, Remus and the founding of Rome, e.g. |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | Number that's the title of hit songs by Metallica and U2 |
| 41% | MUPPET | 6 | Member of the band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, e.g. |
| 41% | INITS | 5 | The "F" and "B" of Samuel F. B. Morse, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 41% | GENX | 4 | Like high school and college students of the '80s-'90s, e.g. |