| 100% | GRACELAND | 9 | Home of Elvis, and a Paul Simon album |
| 69% | GRACELAND | 9 | Paul Simon album of 1986; Elvis's museum home |
| 64% | GRACELAND | 9 | Elvis's home and Paul Simon album |
| 46% | OAKLAND | 7 | Home of the A's and Raiders |
| 44% | IPANEMA | 7 | Home of a "tall and tan and young and lovely" girl |
| 43% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Simon & Garfunkel album, and a hint to what can precede and follow the halves of the starred answers |
| 43% | RAVI | 4 | A teacher of John, Paul and George |
| 42% | IPANEMA | 7 | Home of a "tall and tan and young and lovely" girl of song |
| 41% | ALVIN | 5 | Brother of Simon and Theodore in a 1958 song |
| 41% | PURPLERAIN | 10 | Colorful title track of a Prince album and film |
| 41% | USA | 3 | Home of D.C. and L.A. |
| 40% | ENO | 3 | Composer of “sonic landscapes” on albums by Simon and Bowie |
| 40% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 40% | YEA | 3 | "___! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread," Bob Dylan song from the album "The Basement Tapes" |
| 40% | MEMPHIS | 7 | Home of Elvis Presley |
| 39% | TRE | 3 | Third album of a Green Day trilogy, following "¡Uno!" and "¡Dos!" |
| 39% | SILENCE | 7 | Sounds of __, 1966 Simon and Garfunkel album |
| 39% | LETITBE | 7 | Title of a Beatles song, album and movie |
| 39% | LINCOLNCENTER | 13 | Home of the Metropolitan Opera ... and a hint to the "honest" guy hiding in 20-, 32- and 45-Across |
| 38% | GRACELAND | 9 | 1986 paul simon album |
| 38% | ONES | 4 | "This ___ For You" (title of a hit album and song by Barry Manilow) |
| 38% | SURROUNDSOUND | 13 | Home theater feature, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | UMASS | 5 | Home of the N.C.A.A.’s Minutewomen and Minutemen |
| 38% | YOUCANCALLMEAL | 14 | 1986 hit song for Paul Simon ... or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| 37% | GRACELAND | 9 | Former home of Elvis in Tennessee |
| 37% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Pop star with the 2023 début album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” |
| 37% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Singer with the debut album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess": 2 wds. |
| 37% | KITCHEN | 7 | "Heart of the home," where flames dance and ingredients collide to make a sumptuous meal! |
| 37% | OMAN | 4 | Home of a sultan |
| 37% | STY | 3 | Home of a pig |