| 100% | ELTON | 5 | John with 56 Top 40 singles in the U.S. |
| 47% | ROD | 3 | Rocker Stewart with 16 Top 10 hits in the U.S. |
| 45% | RAITT | 5 | Bonnie with five Top 40 hits in the 1990s |
| 45% | LARGERTHANLIFE | 14 | "Millennium" Top 40 single by 47-Across with the lyrics "There are prices to fame alright / All of our time spent in flashes of light" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | OSAKA | 5 | With 1d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles |
| 43% | IOWA | 4 | Top pork producer in the U.S. |
| 43% | GLEE | 4 | TV show whose cast has had 51 singles in the Top 40 so far |
| 42% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President honored with the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award (2 wds.) |
| 41% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 40% | ANKA | 4 | Pop star with top 40 hits in the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s |
| 40% | YOUSHOULDBESAD | 14 | 2020 Top 40 single by Halsey with the lyric "Just glad I made it out without breakin' down" (4 wds.) |
| 40% | NAOMI | 5 | With 35d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles who defeated Serena Williams in September 2018 |
| 40% | IWANTITTHATWAY | 14 | "Millennium" Top 40 single by 47-Across with the lyrics "Tell me why / Ain't nothin' but a heartache" (5 wds.) |
| 39% | MAINSTREET | 10 | Top 40 song by 46-Across with the lyrics "I drift back in time and I find my feet" |
| 38% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 38% | DUEPROCESS | 10 | Heart of the U.S. legal system, with roots in the 19-Across |
| 38% | YELLOWSTONE | 11 | First national park in the U.S. with parts in Wyoming that was featured in the movie "2012" |
| 37% | LETMEBETHERE | 12 | 1973 Olivia Newton-John hit that was her first top 10 single in the US: 4 wds. |
| 37% | STAR | 4 | With 56-Down, series that's the source of the movie line in the circles |
| 37% | FAKELOVE | 8 | 2018 BTS hit that was their first top 10 single in the US: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HARRYS | 6 | With 40-Across, US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BRENDALEE | 9 | Artist with the third most Top 40 hits in the 1960s, behind Elvis and the Beatles |
| 36% | PAT | 3 | Rafter who won the US Open Men's Singles championship in 1997 and 1998 |
| 36% | LOOK | 4 | "___ Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's" (memoir by John Elder Robison) |
| 36% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Single from Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." |
| 35% | NOROLEMODELZ | 12 | Top 40 single from the J. Cole album "2014 Forest Hills Drive" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | INC | 3 | Ltd., in the U.S. |
| 35% | ATM | 3 | Cashpoint, in the U.S. |
| 35% | AMER | 4 | Made in the U.S. |
| 35% | BEJEWELED | 9 | Top 10 single from 37-Across with the lyrics "Diamonds in my eyes / I polish up ... real nice / ... / Sapphire tears on my face" |