| 100% | PAPAS | 5 | John and Denny, in a 1960s group |
| 60% | PAPAS | 5 | John Phillips and Denny Doherty, in a band |
| 58% | MAMAS | 5 | 111-Down and Phillips, in a 1960s pop group |
| 56% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 56% | MAMAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 56% | PAPAS | 5 | Mamas' partners in a 1960s pop group |
| 50% | MAMAS | 5 | Michelle and Cass, in a pop group |
| 48% | WILD | 4 | Word repeated before "West" in a film and 1960s TV series |
| 48% | TESS | 4 | Eldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, in a Thomas Hardy novel |
| 48% | GLUTEN | 6 | A group of proteins found in wheat, barley and rye |
| 47% | COLUMN | 6 | Fifth __, a secret and subversive group in wartime |
| 46% | STOW | 4 | John —, chronicler and antiquary who published a Survey of London in 1598 |
| 46% | STOW | 4 | John -, chronicler and antiquary who published a Survey of London in 1598 |
| 46% | DEPUTYDAWG | 10 | Title character in a 1960s US television cartoon series whose supporting cast included Muskie Muskrat and Vincent van Gopher |
| 45% | HATARI | 6 | John Wayne romantic comedy film about a group of professional game catchers in Africa |
| 44% | CENA | 4 | John who plays a mercenary in "Peacemaker," and whose name can be found in "mercenary" |
| 44% | TRAVOLTA | 8 | John ___, winner of a 2000 Razzie for his roles in "Battlefield Earth" and "Lucky Numbers" |
| 44% | MAMAS | 5 | Half a 1960s group |
| 43% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 43% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Pop group who starred in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! |
| 43% | MOD | 3 | Chic, in a 1960s way |
| 43% | NOTALONE | 8 | In a group |
| 43% | TOGETHER | 8 | In a group |
| 43% | STIRUPDRAMA | 11 | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| 43% | CASS | 4 | Bandmate of Michelle, John and Denny |
| 43% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with a TV variety show in the 1970s and 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 42% | AMID | 4 | In a group of |
| 42% | AMONG | 5 | In a group of |
| 42% | AMID | 4 | In a group with |
| 42% | DIVINEJUSTICE | 13 | Fourth novel in a series featuring Oliver Stone and his group of political watchdogs called the Camel Club (2 wds.) |