| 100% | MAFIA | 5 | Group in "GoodFellas" and "The Godfather" |
| 74% | GALPALS | 7 | Group in "Sex and the City," e.g. |
| 68% | CAAN | 4 | Actor James, in Misery and The Godfather |
| 65% | ABBA | 4 | Alphabetically first group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 64% | INKSPOTS | 8 | Vocal group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with "The" |
| 64% | ARAB | 4 | ___ League (international group in Africa and the Middle East) |
| 63% | PACK | 4 | Rat ___, group of actors in the '40s and '50s |
| 63% | GALAXY | 6 | Groups of stars and matter found in the universe |
| 62% | LEEWARD | 7 | — Islands, group in French Polynesia in the South Pacific including Bora Bora and Tahaa |
| 62% | LEEWARD | 7 | - Islands, group in French Polynesia in the South Pacific including Bora Bora and Tahaa |
| 62% | RUN | 3 | ___-D.M.C. (hip-hop group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) |
| 62% | ANTILLES | 8 | Group of islands in the Caribbean consisting of the Greater — and Lesser — |
| 62% | MAFIA | 5 | Criminal group in "The Godfather" films |
| 61% | ABBA | 4 | First group alphabetically in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 61% | IRA | 3 | Group in "Michael Collins" and "The Crying Game" (Abbr.) |
| 61% | BTS | 3 | K-pop group in the documentaries Burn the Stage, Bring the Soul, and Break the Silence |
| 60% | THE | 3 | With 35- and 36-Across, second-largest galaxy in the Local Group |
| 59% | NWA | 3 | Rap group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 |
| 59% | TRISTAN | 7 | & 21A Group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic including Inaccessible and Nightingale |
| 59% | DUVALL | 6 | Robert, actor in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now |
| 58% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 |
| 58% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Pop group who starred in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! |
| 57% | SPIKE | 5 | & 26A US musician and bandleader born in 1911 who fronted the group the City Slickers |
| 57% | PERRIE | 6 | ___ Edwards, singer and member of the girl group Little Mix, who was born in 1993 |
| 57% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with a TV variety show in the 1970s and 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 57% | CAST | 4 | Group in the credits |
| 57% | AATEAM | 6 | Group in the minors |
| 56% | DONS | 4 | Barzini and others, in "The Godfather" |
| 56% | DONS | 4 | Tattaglia and Barzini, in "The Godfather" |