| 100% | SARA | 4 | Country singer Evans with the song "A Little Bit Stronger" |
| 61% | SARA | 4 | "A Little Bit Stronger" country singer Evans |
| 54% | AVENUEQ | 7 | Musical with the song "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" |
| 45% | MATTEA | 6 | Country singer Kathy with the #1 "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
| 45% | MAME | 4 | Broadway musical with the song "We Need a Little Christmas" |
| 45% | EVANS | 5 | "A Little Bit Stronger" singer Sara |
| 43% | BRANDYCLARK | 11 | Country singer with the 2016 album “Big Day in a Small Town” |
| 43% | ONEAL | 5 | Singer Jamie with the 2001 #1 country song "When I Think About Angels" |
| 41% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | Country singer who had a crossover hit with her 2008 pop song "Love Story" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BOB | 3 | ___ Evans Restaurants, popular breakfast chain in the USA with a country-living theme |
| 40% | KIDROCK | 7 | Rap and country singer with the song "Bawitdaba": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DOLLY | 5 | ___ Parton, country singer with the hit song "Jolene" who has performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade |
| 40% | SALE | 4 | A little bit off the top? |
| 39% | FREDDY | 6 | Singer Fender with a 1975 hit that went to #1 on both the pop and country charts |
| 38% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Country singer with the 1969 crossover hit "A Boy Named Sue": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TANYATUCKER | 11 | "Delta Dawn" country singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HUNTER | 6 | Country singer Hayes with the hit "I Want Crazy" |
| 38% | REBA | 4 | Country singer McEntire with the 1984 hit "How Blue" |
| 38% | DOLLYPARTONS | 12 | With 27-Across, Netflix anthology series dramatizing the stories behind some of a singer's songs: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LETSDOITAGAIN | 13 | 1975 movie starring 51-Across with a #1 title song by the Staple Singers: 4 wds. |
| 38% | OTISSTAPLESSOLO | 15 | *Soul musician Redding attaches the pages for a song with no parts for his backup singers? |
| 38% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Musical with the song "I Dreamed a Dream" which was also the name of Scottish singer Susan Boyle's (birthday today) debut album: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NOWHEREMAN | 10 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
| 38% | JEANNIECRILEY | 13 | Country singer with the 1968 crossover hit "Harper Valley P.T.A.": 3 wds. |
| 38% | TIM | 3 | Country singer McGraw with the 2020 album "Here on Earth" |
| 37% | TRIM | 4 | Cut the hair a little bit |
| 37% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Country singer with a hit sitcom |
| 37% | URBAN | 5 | Country singer with a cityish name |
| 37% | LEE | 3 | Country singer Brice with the #5 hit "I Don't Dance" |
| 37% | REBA | 4 | Country singer McEntire with the hit "I Keep On Loving You" |