| 100% | ZZTOP | 5 | Group whose member with the least-prominent beard is named Frank Beard |
| 49% | RAMONES | 7 | Rock group whose members all assumed the same last name, with "the" |
| 47% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose name is formed from the initials of its members |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band with the song "Chiquitita" whose name is an acronym of the first letters of the members' first names |
| 43% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the song "Bye Bye Bye" whose name is an acronym of the last letters of the members' first names |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose name combines the first letters of its members' names |
| 41% | MOHICANS | 8 | Group whose name means "the people of the waters that are never still" |
| 40% | EAGLE | 5 | Member of the N.F.L. team whose mascot is named Swoop |
| 40% | SEVENDWARFS | 11 | Group whose members were named Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick, and Quee in a 1912 play |
| 40% | GORILLAZ | 8 | Grammy-winning group whose name is an homage to the Monkees |
| 40% | MACH | 4 | Physicist Ernst whose name is associated with the speed of sound |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose name derives from the initials of its members' first names |
| 38% | MGMT | 4 | Rock band with the song "Kids" whose name is short for their original name, "The Management" |
| 38% | FREDBIRD | 8 | Cardinals mascot whose name rhymes with a nickname for a member of the team |
| 38% | FREDDIE | 7 | With 34-Across, Queen lead singer whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Hg |
| 38% | PERRIE | 6 | ___ Edwards, singer and member of the girl group Little Mix, who was born in 1993 |
| 38% | ESK | 3 | Island off Queensland and part of the Palm Islands group whose Aboriginal name is Soopun |
| 38% | ADAMSILVER | 10 | NBA commissioner whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Ag: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SARI | 4 | Garment whose name is often spelled with "ee" at the end |
| 37% | ANNE | 4 | Name which in the UK was for royalty whereas the same name, but with one less letter, was for commoners |
| 37% | RASCALFLATTS | 12 | "Bless the Broken Road" country group whose name's only vowels are A's: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TRACEYGOLD | 10 | "Growing Pains" actress whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Au: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALCAPONE | 8 | Noted criminal whose name starts with the same first four letters as where he was imprisoned |
| 37% | CATS | 4 | Musical whose name is an anagram of the members of a musical |
| 37% | CONSONANTS | 10 | Group whose members are represented completely (with no repeats) in 21-, 26- and 43-Across |
| 36% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 36% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 36% | NBA | 3 | Org. whose only members with nonplural names appear at the ends of 17-, 25-, 41- and 56-Across |
| 36% | ITO | 3 | Judge whose last name, with an added space, can also fill in the blank in "Who am ___ judge?" |
| 36% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with the song "Highway to Hell" whose name is an abbreviation referring to types of electricity |