| 100% | COE | 3 | Country singer David Allan ___, writer of "Take This Job and Shove It" |
| 59% | DAVIDALLANCOE | 13 | "Take This Job and Shove It" writer |
| 51% | IRESIGN | 7 | "Take this job and shove it!" |
| 51% | IQUIT | 5 | "Take this job and shove it!" |
| 39% | LUKEBRYAN | 9 | Country singer of Play It Again and Drunk on You |
| 38% | COE | 3 | Country singer David Allan ___ |
| 38% | COE | 3 | Country singer David Allan — |
| 38% | COE | 3 | Country singer David Allan __ |
| 33% | JOB | 3 | "Take This ___ and Shove It" (1977 Johnny Paycheck hit) |
| 33% | FAITHHILL | 9 | Country singer of Mississippi Girl and Breathe |
| 30% | DANLEVY | 7 | Writer and star of Schitt's Creek, plays David |
| 30% | STOREY | 6 | David —, author of novels Radcliffe and This Sporting Life |
| 30% | TRAVIS | 6 | Singer of the #1 country hit "Forever and Ever, Amen" |
| 30% | ENDURANCE | 9 | It takes a lot of this to finish a marathon |
| 29% | SEETO | 5 | "___ it that this child is taken care of": 2 wds. |
| 29% | COE | 3 | Singer David Allan — |
| 29% | BLAKESHELTON | 12 | Country singer and "The Voice" judge who is People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2017: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ALLAN | 5 | Country singer David ___ Coe |
| 28% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer of the #1 hits "Just Dance" and "Born This Way": 2 wds. |
| 28% | MOVINGVAN | 9 | Relocation aid, and a description of its progress through this puzzle |
| 28% | PRIMOLEVI | 9 | Italian chemist and writer of If This is a Man |
| 27% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of short story collections More Than Somewhat and Take It Easy |
| 27% | LUKEBRYAN | 9 | "Strip It Down" singer and 2015 CMA Entertainer of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TOBY | 4 | Country singer Keith who appeared on the finales of "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" and "The Colbert Report" |
| 27% | TINA | 4 | Fey of SNL and who starred in this year's "Wine Country" on Netflix |
| 27% | ROWE | 4 | Host Mike of "Dirty Jobs" and "Somebody's Gotta Do It" |
| 27% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country with a blue Star of David on its flag |
| 27% | GERVAIS | 7 | Ricky —, director, writer and star of 2016 film comedy David Brent: Life on the Road |
| 27% | AGUA | 4 | Liquid at the end of the names of a Central American country and its capital |
| 27% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy |