| 100% | ERICBURDON | 10 | Front man for the British Invasion group the Animals: 2 wds. |
| 88% | ROGERDALTREY | 12 | Front man for the British Invasion group the Who: 2 wds. |
| 83% | PETERNOONE | 10 | Front man for the British Invasion group Herman's Hermits: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PAULREVERE | 10 | Revolutionary War figure who warned of the British invasion: 2 wds. |
| 42% | THESTONES | 9 | Nickname for the brand fronted by Mick Jagger: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OLDDOMINION | 11 | "One Man Band" quintet who won the 2021 CMA Award for Vocal Group of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 42% | YOURLOVE | 8 | Only top 10 hit for 1980s British band the Outfield: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AFEW | 4 | He gathered ___ men and headed for the field: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RAPMUSIC | 8 | Genre for the British singer M.I.A. (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LOUREED | 7 | Velvet Underground front man with the 1972 song "Walk on the Wild Side": 2 wds. |
| 40% | PEANUTGALLERY | 13 | Group of kids who were the live audience for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | IMA | 3 | "___ rebel just for kicks, now" (Portugal. The Man lyric): 2 wds. |
| 40% | GENZ | 4 | Group born from the mid-1990s to the early 2010s, for short: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LIVTYLER | 8 | Actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's front man: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELEANORCATTON | 13 | Canadian author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Luminaries": 2 wds. |
| 39% | DORISLESSING | 12 | British author of "The Golden Notebook" who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TEDDYBEAR | 9 | Stuffed animal that Seth MacFarlane provided the voice for in a hit 2012 movie: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ICET | 4 | Front man for the heavy-metal band Body Count |
| 38% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | English author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Sense of an Ending": 2 wds. |
| 38% | CHARLESPONZI | 12 | Con man whose 1920 financial fraud became the type of "scheme" named for him: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LORENGRAY | 9 | TikTok star and singer who appeared in the video for Taylor Swift's "The Man": 2 wds. |
| 37% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | African-American author of "Invisible Man," winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JASONROBARDS | 12 | He won two Best Supporting Actor Oscars, for "All the President's Men" and "Julia": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by 33-Across for the first time in 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GLASSANIMALS | 12 | British indie rock band fronted by Dave Bayley and nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LITTLEBIGTOWN | 13 | "Better Man" band nominated for the 2017 Country Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year (3 wds.) |
| 37% | OLDDOMINION | 11 | "One Man Band" country band who won Vocal Group of the Year at the 2020 CMAs: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ETHANHUNT | 9 | A spy and point man for "IMF" in the "Mission: Impossible" series, portrayed by Tom Cruise: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LEEMAYE | 7 | Former MLB player who was also the lead singer for an LA-based doo-wop group: 2 wds. |