| 100% | THEWHO | 6 | First rock band whose members received Kennedy Center Honors |
| 48% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose members received one of Sweden's highest civilian honors in May |
| 41% | JAMESTAYLOR | 11 | Soft-rock singer who received Kennedy Center Honors in 2016 |
| 38% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose first album was titled, appropriately, "High Voltage" |
| 38% | CLEARWATER | 10 | Creedence ___ Revival, American rock band whose members include brothers John and Tom Fogerty |
| 38% | WEEN | 4 | Rock band whose founding members adopted the names Gene and Dean |
| 38% | JOURNEY | 7 | Rock band whose co-founders include two former members of 27-Across |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first album was "Murmur" in 1983 |
| 37% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 36% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first single was 1981's "Radio Free Europe" |
| 34% | THEPRETENDERS | 13 | "Back on the Chain Gang" rock band whose first album debuted in January 1980 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band whose name comes from the first initials of its four members |
| 33% | LEONTYNEPRICE | 13 | Kennedy Center Honors soprano |
| 32% | ALPACINO | 8 | Kennedy Center Honors actor of 2016 |
| 31% | RITA | 4 | Moreno who received a 2015 Kennedy Center Honors award |
| 31% | RONSTADT | 8 | 11-Grammy winner with Kennedy Center Honors |
| 31% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name includes a slash |
| 31% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Rock band whose début album was “Funeral” |
| 31% | STYX | 4 | Rock band whose name sounds like "sticks" |
| 31% | RAITT | 5 | 2024 Kennedy Center Honors singer |
| 31% | ALEXANDRADANILOVA | 17 | Prima ballerina who received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1989 |
| 31% | BASSIST | 7 | Rock band member |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Rock band whose lead singer was Michael Stipe |
| 31% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name is an electrical term |
| 31% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose lead guitarist is Angus Young |
| 30% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 30% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name came from a sewing machine |
| 30% | HORNE | 5 | Either of two Kennedy Center Honors singers |
| 30% | COLDPLAY | 8 | UK band whose members include Guy Berryman |