| 100% | ONTOUR | 6 | In a bus with the band |
| 62% | ACDC | 4 | Band name often styled with a lightning bolt in the center |
| 60% | MONKEES | 7 | Band that originated in a 1960s sitcom, with The |
| 58% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 56% | BLUEOYSTERCULT | 14 | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" band with a "metal umlaut" over an O in its name: 3 wds. |
| 55% | THEWHO | 6 | With Yes and the Band, band in an “SCTV” parody of a classic Abbott and Costello bit |
| 55% | HEARTWOOD | 9 | In a trunk, part with the hardest timber |
| 54% | GOESSOLO | 8 | Leaves the band, in a way |
| 54% | SAIL | 4 | Go with the wind, in a way |
| 54% | JAMS | 4 | Sits in with the band |
| 53% | SANTANA | 7 | Starting in 1999, rock band with a song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 42 consecutive weeks |
| 53% | SAILING | 7 | Moving in a boat with the aid of the wind |
| 53% | SIGN | 4 | Communicate with the hearing-impaired, in a way |
| 53% | DISH | 4 | It fled with the spoon, in a rhyme |
| 53% | LOOTS | 5 | Makes off with the goods, in a way |
| 53% | LEADS | 5 | Performers with the biggest roles in a movie |
| 53% | ABBA | 4 | Band with a museum in Stockholm |
| 53% | PREGO | 5 | With a bun in the oven |
| 52% | AOL | 3 | Company in a 2011 merger with the Huffington Post |
| 52% | FLOORPLAN | 9 | Diagram with the layout of rooms in a building |
| 52% | SIGN | 4 | Communicate with the hard of hearing, in a way |
| 52% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with the letter A in two corners |
| 52% | ISOMER | 6 | Compound with the same atoms in a different arrangement |
| 52% | ACDC | 4 | Band with a slash in its name |
| 52% | ACDC | 4 | Band with a thunderbolt in its logo |
| 52% | MONKEES | 7 | The __, band created for a TV show in the 1960s |
| 52% | ADAM | 4 | Driver who played a bus driver in the film "Paterson" |
| 52% | DISH | 4 | It ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 52% | ACE | 3 | Card with the highest or lowest value in a suit |
| 52% | HOLDER | 6 | One kneeling with the ball in a field goal attempt |