| 100% | MOUSEKETEERS | 12 | Group that made their first TV appearance at the opening of 75-Down |
| 36% | CAITLYNJENNER | 13 | TV personality making her first public appearance on the July cover of Vanity Fair: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ARTLINKLETTER | 13 | TV personality who co-hosted the opening of 75-Down |
| 35% | EMOBANDS | 8 | Groups that make a lot of noise about their feelings? |
| 34% | TSA | 3 | Group that pats you down at the airport: Abbr. |
| 34% | SRT | 3 | Group that makes performance versions of cars like the Viper and the Hellcat: Abbr. |
| 33% | HAN | 3 | Ethnic group that makes up about 18% of the world's population |
| 33% | HANSON | 6 | Group that made up the word "MMMBop" in a 1997 song of the same name |
| 33% | SPICEGIRLS | 10 | Group that made up the phrase "zig-a-zig-ah" in their 1997 hit "Wannabe": 2 wds. |
| 32% | REM | 3 | Georgia group that was one of the first alternative rock bands |
| 31% | PIONEER | 7 | — 10, US spacecraft launched in 1972 that made the first fly-by of Jupiter |
| 31% | DONEKONG | 8 | 1981 video game that featured the first appearance of Mario |
| 31% | CAST | 4 | List at the end of a film, that's sometimes ordered by appearance |
| 30% | QUEUE | 5 | Waiting line at the DMV... or a word that sounds like the first letter of 25a |
| 30% | ABC | 3 | TV network that aired the first episode of "Mork & Mindy" on September 14, 1978 |
| 30% | FASTANDFURRYOUS | 15 | 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across |
| 30% | FELIX | 5 | Cartoon character that was one of the first images transmitted on TV |
| 30% | COLD | 4 | ___ open, term and scene that is shown before the title song of a TV show |
| 29% | AERO | 4 | Prefix that's at the start of the first "A" in "NASA" |
| 29% | LOVE | 4 | "Manhattan ___ Story" (ABC series that was the first cancellation of the 2014-2015 TV season) |
| 29% | ETTA | 4 | James who sang at the opening of the 1984 Summer Olympics |
| 29% | APERTURE | 8 | The opening of a camera that adjusts its size |
| 29% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who was the first to discover that the Milky Way was made up of stars |
| 29% | PSA | 3 | Airline HQed in Dayton that made Shantell Pooser the first special needs flight attendant within the American Airline Group in 2018 |
| 28% | BAA | 3 | First word of a nursery rhyme that ends "And one for the little boy who lives down the lane" |
| 28% | ACTII | 5 | When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make their first appearance |
| 28% | OFFTRACKBET | 11 | Wager that's not made at the site of the race |
| 28% | ACLU | 4 | Group that defends the First Amendment: Abbr. |
| 28% | SKODA | 5 | Czech-made auto that's part of the Volkswagen Group |
| 28% | TSA | 3 | Group that checks bags at the airport: Abbr. |