| 100% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose music is the basis of the "Mamma Mia!" movies |
| 69% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose music was the basis of a hit 2001 Broadway musical |
| 64% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose songs were the basis of the musical "Mamma Mia!" |
| 59% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish group whose songs are featured in the "Mamma Mia!" movies |
| 55% | THOMASHARRIS | 12 | Suspense novelist whose book was the basis for the movie "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ESSENCE | 7 | Magazine whose annual music festival was the setting of the 2017 movie “Girls Trip” |
| 54% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose music is heard in "Mamma Mia!" |
| 54% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose music is featured in "Mamma Mia!" |
| 52% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish group whose songs are in the jukebox musical "Mamma Mia!" |
| 51% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music is featured in "Mamma Mia!" |
| 51% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music inspired the musical "Mamma Mia!" |
| 51% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose music inspired the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 50% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose songs are heard in the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 50% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 50% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ALANIS | 6 | Singer Morissette whose music is the basis for the Broadway musical "Jagged Little Pill" |
| 50% | RINGO | 5 | Johnny —, American outlaw whose life was the basis of the 1950 film The Gunfighter |
| 49% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 49% | CONFUCIUS | 9 | Chinese philosopher whose writings are the basis of a religion |
| 49% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel that was the basis of the movie "Clueless" |
| 49% | AMA | 3 | Physician's group whose symbol is the staff of Asclepius: Abbr. |
| 49% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose songs are in the "Mamma Mia!" movies |
| 48% | OTT | 3 | Fred whose sneeze is the subject of the oldest surviving copyrighted movie |
| 48% | MOHICANS | 8 | Group whose name means "the people of the waters that are never still" |
| 47% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Suspense novelist whose book was the basis for the movie "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ELMORELEONARD | 13 | Suspense novelist whose book was the basis for the movie "Get Shorty": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | ENO | 3 | Brian whose music is the subject of the 168-hour video-art installation Nothing Can Ever Be the Same |
| 47% | PLASTICMAN | 10 | DC Universe hero whose superpower was the basis of that of Marvel’s Mr. Fantastic |
| 47% | MARINECORPS | 11 | Group whose band is the oldest professional music ensemble in the U.S. |