100% | DISCO | 5 | Grammy category whose first and last year was 1979 |
46% | REGINAKING | 10 | Acting royalty whose first and last names are both royalty-related |
46% | RUBEGO/IDLDBERG | 15 | Only person whose first and last name together is listed as an adjective in Merriam-Webster |
41% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
39% | JUNECARTERCASH | 14 | "Ring of Fire" songwriter and five-time Grammy winner whose first name is a month of the year (2 wds.) |
38% | SEANBEAN | 8 | Actor whose first and last names look like they rhyme, but don't |
38% | YIPES | 5 | Milwaukee band whose first album (named after themselves) was in 1979 and their most recent album (named after themselves!) was in 2018 |
38% | SEAANIMAL | 9 | Category whose name becomes that of an example of the category when you combine the first word and the last letter of the second word |
38% | MARYBERRY | 9 | Former "Great British Bake Off" host whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |
37% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
37% | ALDA | 4 | Multi-Emmy-winning actor whose first and last names start with the same two letters |
37% | INDIAARIE | 9 | Grammy winner whose first name is also a country |
36% | RENATASCO | 9 | Both her first and last performances at the Met were "Madama Butterfly" |
36% | RONDELET | 8 | Poem whose first, third and seventh lines are identical |
35% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
35% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | 2005-2010 "Doctor Who" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
34% | LADO | 4 | Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name |
34% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "Love Me Like You Do" singer whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
34% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
34% | GRANTGUSTIN | 11 | "The Flash" star whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
34% | ESPN | 4 | Cable channel whose first telecast, in 1979, was the debut episode of "SportsCenter" |
33% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | "Shake It Off" singer whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
33% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Former James Bond portrayer whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
33% | PLEASEMRPLEASE | 14 | 1975 Olivia Newton-John hit whose title's first and last words are the same: 3 wds. |
33% | AUGUSTWILSON | 12 | "Fences" Tony-winning playwright whose first name is a month of the year (2 wds.) |
33% | JANUARYJONES | 12 | "Mad Men" Emmy nominee whose first name is a month of the year (2 wds.) |
32% | ENYA | 4 | Multiple Grammy winner whose given first name is Eithne |
32% | ANAIVANOVIC | 11 | Retired Serbian tennis player whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
32% | JOCKJAMS | 8 | Compilation-album series whose first edition included "Whoomp! (There It Is)" and "Y.M.C.A." |