| 100% | VEINED | 6 | Describes the patterns of mold in blue cheese |
| 43% | WIRING | 6 | Describes the network of electricity in a house |
| 42% | LONELY | 6 | Describes the goatherd in The Sound of Music |
| 41% | THEMANOFSTEEL | 13 | Moniker suggested by the pattern of white squares in this grid |
| 41% | MOLD | 4 | The blue in blue cheese, e.g. |
| 40% | WONDERFUL | 9 | Word describing the Wizard of Oz in the title |
| 39% | EDAM | 4 | Type of cheese originated in the Netherlands |
| 38% | ETTA | 4 | James in the Blues Hall of Fame |
| 38% | ELVIN | 5 | Bishop in the Blues Hall of Fame |
| 38% | BASIE | 5 | Count in the Blues Hall of Fame |
| 38% | BASIE | 5 | "Count" in the Blues Hall of Fame |
| 38% | OTIS | 4 | Singer Clay in the Blues Hall of Fame |
| 37% | MOLD | 4 | It puts the blue in blue cheese |
| 37% | JAY | 3 | Leader of the Blues, in the Angry Birds universe |
| 37% | BESSIESMITH | 11 | ''Empress of the Blues'' who first recorded in 1923 |
| 37% | MYCELLA | 7 | Cheese with blue-green mould described as a Danish version of Gorgonzola |
| 37% | WHALE | 5 | Big blue creature in the American Museum of Natural History |
| 37% | MOLD | 4 | What the blue stuff in blue cheese is |
| 37% | EXODUS | 6 | Book of the Bible or an event described in it |
| 37% | DELLA | 5 | Reese in the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame |
| 37% | MOLD | 4 | The blue part of blue cheese |
| 36% | MANIC | 5 | Type of Monday that The Bangles described in a 1986 hit |
| 36% | SNL | 3 | Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief |
| 36% | EDAM | 4 | One of the cheeses "Mythbusters" tested as ammunition in October 2009 |
| 36% | TABBENOIT | 9 | Grammy-nominated blues guitarist in the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame |
| 36% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Blues and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame |
| 36% | MOLDYGOODNESS | 13 | Description of the flavor of blue cheese? |
| 36% | DOORS | 5 | The ___, "Roadhouse Blues" band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 |
| 36% | ANOA | 4 | Small Asian bovine that often appears out of the blue in crosswords |
| 36% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Blues and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame |