| 100% | STATS | 5 | H.R.s and R.B.I.s |
| 69% | STAT | 4 | R.B.I.s or H.R.s |
| 68% | STATS | 5 | R.B.I.'s and such |
| 66% | CUDI | 4 | Rap and R. & B.’s Kid ___ |
| 65% | SHRUB | 5 | Synonym for bush that contains the letters B, U, S, and H |
| 63% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | B C F H I K N O P S U V W Y |
| 60% | STRETCHEDOUT | 12 | T h r e e s t r i k e s ... or a description of the theme clues |
| 58% | ETTAJAMES | 9 | R&B singer of At Last and I'd Rather Go Blind |
| 58% | SPACED | 6 | L i k e t h i s |
| 58% | STAT | 4 | R.B.I. or H.R. |
| 55% | SWEAR | 5 | "I ___" (1993 hit song for both country music's John Michael Montgomery and R&B's All-4-One) |
| 53% | SET | 3 | {T, H, I, S}, in mathematics |
| 53% | SHERIDAN | 8 | R B —, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic |
| 52% | VISAS | 5 | H-1B and B-1, for two |
| 51% | INT | 3 | Info for an I.R.S. Sched. B |
| 51% | COBIE | 5 | Smulders of How I Met Your Mother and Avengers: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 51% | STATS | 5 | R.B.I.s et al. |
| 51% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer with the hit "It's All About Me" |
| 50% | MACY | 4 | ___ Gray, R&B singer of "I Try" and "Still" |
| 50% | SZA | 3 | "Good Days" and "I Hate U" R&B singer |
| 50% | GAMES | 5 | War and H-O-R-S-E, for two |
| 50% | SPACECADETS | 11 | M i l i t a r y t r a i n e e s |
| 50% | ALJARREAU | 9 | Singer who won Grammy Awards in three different categories (jazz, pop, and R. & B.) |
| 50% | NEYO | 4 | R&B singer and judge on NBC's "World of Dance" (Hyph.) |
| 49% | SCHEDULEA | 9 | I.R.S. form with a line for "Casualty and Theft Losses" |
| 49% | DONS | 4 | J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, at Oxford |
| 49% | DITS | 4 | E's, I's and S's, in Morse code |
| 49% | AARON | 5 | All-time leader in r.b.i.'s |
| 49% | MUS | 3 | R&B and C&W: Abbr. |
| 49% | NINA | 4 | Jazz and R&B singer ___ Simone |