| 100% | THINKTANK | 9 | Group that performs research & advocacy |
| 60% | BAND | 4 | Group that performs |
| 59% | DANCETEAMS | 10 | Groups that perform routines |
| 58% | CHOIR | 5 | Group that performs “Jingle Bells” |
| 57% | USO | 3 | Group that performs for troops: Abbr. |
| 56% | TSA | 3 | Group that performs searches at airports: Abbr. |
| 56% | USO | 3 | Group that performs for the troops: Abbr. |
| 56% | TLC | 3 | Group that performed "No Scrubs" and "Waterfalls" |
| 53% | ORATORIOSOCIETY | 15 | Group that might perform 16-Across |
| 52% | THECHIFFONS | 11 | Group that performed Carole King's "One Fine Day": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SHA | 3 | With 29-Down, doo-wop group that performed at Woodstock |
| 51% | EPA | 3 | Government group that researches ecosystems: Abbr. |
| 50% | THEWHO | 6 | Music group that performed at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV in 2010 |
| 49% | AHA | 3 | Pop group that performed the title song of 1987 action The Living Daylights |
| 49% | SANTANA | 7 | Mexican-American rock group that performed "Evil Ways" at Woodstock 50 years ago |
| 48% | HARLEMBOYSCHOIR | 15 | New York singing group that last performed in 2007 |
| 48% | ACLU | 4 | Advocacy group that defends free speech: Abbr. |
| 48% | NRA | 3 | Advocacy group that opposes gun control: Abbr. |
| 48% | AHA | 3 | Pop group that performed the title song of 1987 action film The Living Daylights |
| 48% | AHA | 3 | Pop group that performed the title song of the 1987 action The Living Daylights |
| 48% | USO | 3 | Group that brings singers and comedians to perform for the military: Abbr. |
| 47% | FLASHMOB | 8 | Group of people that suddenly performs in public |
| 45% | ONEDIRECTION | 12 | Group that performed "What Makes 'U' Useful" (a parody of "What Makes You Beautiful") on "Sesame Street": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MOB | 3 | Flash ___ (group that performs a public stunt) |
| 44% | TROIS | 5 | Garage A ___ (jazz group that, despite its name, has often performed as a quartet) |
| 43% | PITORCHESTRA | 12 | Group of musicians that performs beneath a stage |
| 40% | FRAT | 4 | Group that rushes |
| 40% | SLATES | 6 | Groups that run |
| 39% | OLDSCHOOL | 9 | Group that dislikes whippersnappers |
| 39% | DEMOCRATICPARTY | 15 | Group that's left? |