| 100% | GORILLAZ | 8 | Grammy-winning group whose name is an homage to the Monkees |
| 47% | AHA | 3 | Pop group whose name is an exclamation |
| 45% | MOTHERSOFINVENTION | 18 | Rock group whose name is an appropriate alternative title for this puzzle |
| 45% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 44% | SUNBELT | 7 | Geographical region whose name is lent to an NCAA Division-1 conference that contains the USA...the University of South Alabama, of course! |
| 44% | AARP | 4 | Seniors' lobbying group whose name is no longer an abbreviation |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose name is formed from the initials of its members |
| 42% | THEWEEKND | 9 | Singer with an oddly spelled name whose "Starboy" won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "9 to 5" actress/singer whose "The Grass Is Blue" won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MEGRYAN | 7 | Actress whose name is an anagram of the word "Germany": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 41% | EDASNER | 7 | Actor whose name is an anagram of the word "endears": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CATS | 4 | Musical whose name is an anagram of the members of a musical |
| 41% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint |
| 41% | PEZ | 3 | Candy whose name is an abbreviation of the German word for "peppermint" |
| 41% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow" |
| 40% | TIDAL | 5 | Streaming service whose name is also an adjective describing the motion of the ocean |
| 40% | APRIL | 5 | Month whose name is said to be derived from the Latin for "to open" |
| 40% | FIDELIO | 7 | Opera whose name is the password to the secret party in Eyes Wide Shut |
| 40% | TARTT | 5 | “Ted Lasso” footballer Jamie, whose name is sung to the tune of “Baby Shark” |
| 40% | MOHICANS | 8 | Group whose name means "the people of the waters that are never still" |
| 40% | ZZTOP | 5 | Group whose member with the least-prominent beard is named Frank Beard |
| 40% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word "Presbyterians": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELF | 3 | Cosmetics brand whose name is an acronym for the places it’s used |
| 39% | LANDONDONOVAN | 13 | US soccer great whose name was added to the MLS MVP Award in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ALTJ | 4 | Group whose debut album An Awesome Wave won the 2012 Mercury Prize |
| 39% | GOOGLE | 6 | Company whose name is spelled with up to 10 O's toward the bottom of its webpages |
| 39% | BTS | 3 | Group whose "Butter" video was the fastest to reach 100 million views on YouTube (2021) |
| 39% | HAITI | 5 | Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled |
| 38% | OVO | 3 | Palindromic record label co-founded by Drake whose name is meant to look like an owl's face |