| 100% | KENNYCHESNEY | 12 | Country star known for such songs as "Come Over" and "The Boys of Fall": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JACKSONBROWNE | 13 | 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known for such songs as "Doctor My Eyes": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BRYANADAMS | 10 | Canadian singer known for the hit songs "Summer of '69" and "Heaven" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JAKEOWEN | 8 | Country star known for singin' "Beachin'": 2 wds. |
| 38% | RANDYHOUSER | 11 | Country star known for singin' "Runnin' Outta Moonlight": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JASONALDEAN | 11 | Country star known for singin' "Burnin' It Down": 2 wds. |
| 38% | DAVIDBLAINE | 11 | Popular magician known for such stunts as being frozen in a block of ice: 2 wds. |
| 38% | KIPMOORE | 8 | Country star known for singin' "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck": 2 wds. |
| 36% | UMATHURMAN | 10 | Fall Out Boy song about the star of the "Kill Bill" movies: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JIMTAYLOR | 9 | Former Green Bay Packers NFL player, known for his aggression, and is considered one of the greatest running backs ever: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Reggae star known for "Redemption Song": 2 wds. |
| 36% | MARLOTHOMAS | 11 | Actress nominated for four Emmys as the star of "That Girl": 2 wds |
| 35% | PAULANKA | 8 | Canadian singer/songwriter known for the hit songs "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | PAULSIMON | 9 | One of the singers of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," the 1972 campaign song for George McGovern: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ZAYNMALIK | 9 | Former member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his lead single "Pillowtalk": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ASONE | 5 | "... and the world will live ___" (end of the song "Imagine"): 2 wds. |
| 34% | TRACYCHEVALIER | 14 | Bestselling writer known for historical fiction such as "Girl With a Pearl Earring," 19-Across, and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MOBY | 4 | Electronic musician known for the song "We Are All Made of Stars" |
| 33% | BARTBAKER | 9 | YouTuber known for his parodies of hit songs like "Wrecking Ball": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | Musician known as the King of Rock and Roll (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | First Lady known for her support of military families and healthy eating: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GEORGIAOKEEFFE | 14 | American modernist painter known for her paintings of flowers, bones, and deserts: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HOMER | 5 | Ancient Greek poet known for his epic poems such as the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
| 33% | TSELIOT | 7 | Writer and poet, known for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": 3 wds. |
| 33% | LANACONDOR | 10 | "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" actress who guest-starred as Gregory's date on season 3 of "Abbott Elementary": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DIANAROSS | 9 | American singer who was the lead singer of "The Supremes" and is known for her solo songs like "Upside Down": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BYSSHESHELLEY | 13 | Romantic poet Percy, the writer of classic poems such as "Ozymandias", "Ode to the West Wind" and "To a Skylark": 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | American author regarded as "the father of American literature," and is known for creating Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RECYCLEDMATERIALS | 17 | Parts used over and over again, such as the letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | BETTEMIDLER | 11 | Star of stage and screen known as "The Divine Miss M" who turns 75 today (2 wds.) |