| 100% | AMISH | 5 | Group with the adolescent rite of passage rumspringa |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Group with the #1 album "Out of Time" |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Group with the No. 1 album "Out of Time" |
| 44% | LIONHUNT | 8 | Traditional rite of passage among the Masai |
| 43% | SADE | 4 | Group with the 2010 chart-topping album "Soldier of Love" |
| 42% | MENSA | 5 | Group with a meeting of the minds? |
| 42% | BOYZIIMEN | 9 | Pop group with the #1 hit "End of the Road" |
| 40% | ASIA | 4 | 1980s group with the hit "Heat of the Moment" |
| 40% | AQUA | 4 | European pop group with the 1997 hit "Barbie Girl," or a shade of blue |
| 37% | BARMITZVAHS | 11 | Rites of passage |
| 37% | SANTASREINDEER | 14 | Yuletide group with members found at the end of the answers to the starred entries |
| 36% | WATER | 5 | With 68-Across, what the groups of circled letters are famous examples of |
| 36% | BEASTIEBOYS | 11 | Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" … or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? |
| 36% | BARMITZVAH | 10 | Rite of passage, for some |
| 36% | PLEBE | 5 | Rite of passage participant, often |
| 36% | ABBA | 4 | Group with the hit "Waterloo" |
| 36% | ZOMBIES | 7 | The ___ (British Invasion group with the hit "Time of the Season") |
| 35% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish group with hits like "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen" who defined the "disco-era" of the '70s |
| 35% | FIREWALK | 8 | Rite of passage involving hot embers |
| 35% | REM | 3 | Group with the hit CD "Monster" |
| 35% | ABBA | 4 | Group with the 1976 hit "Fernando" |
| 35% | PEARLJAM | 8 | Group with the #1 album "Vitalogy" |
| 35% | BEATLES | 7 | Group with the four circled members |
| 35% | NSYNC | 5 | Group with the 2002 hit "Girlfriend" |
| 35% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | Group with the 1968 hit "Hush" |
| 35% | BTS | 3 | Group with the 2020 hit “Dynamite” |
| 35% | AHL | 3 | Group with the Calder Cup: Abbr. |
| 35% | WALKABOUT | 9 | Aboriginal rite of passage |
| 35% | LIVING | 6 | With 9-Down, Queen Latifah sitcom from the nineties about a group of unpartnered friends |
| 35% | BATMITZVAH | 10 | Rite of passage for many Jewish girls |