| 100% | AZALEA | 6 | Last name of Iggy, singer of Fancy |
| 66% | ORA | 3 | Last name of Anywhere singer Rita |
| 64% | ADKINS | 6 | Last name of singer Adele |
| 63% | PRESLEY | 7 | Last name of singer Elvis Aaron __ |
| 62% | PAYNE | 5 | Last name of One Direction singer Liam |
| 62% | GIBB | 4 | Last name of the "Night Fever" singers |
| 61% | PARTON | 6 | Last name of Islands in the Stream singer |
| 61% | KEITH | 5 | Last name of country singer Toby or first name of country singer Urban |
| 60% | MAHAL | 5 | Last name of father-daughter singers Taj and Deva |
| 60% | GIBB | 4 | Last name of Bee Gees singers Barry, Maurice, and Robin |
| 60% | OCEAN | 5 | "Watery" last name of singers Frank and Billy |
| 57% | LEFTEYE | 7 | Stage name of late singer Lisa Lopes, one-third of TLC |
| 56% | FIONAAPPLE | 10 | "Criminal" singer whose last name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 55% | MONICA | 6 | "Angel of Mine" singer whose last name is Brown |
| 54% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 52% | COEN | 4 | Last name of the directors of "Fargo" |
| 52% | FREUD | 5 | Last name of the founder of psychology |
| 52% | BJORK | 5 | Academy Award-nominated "All Is Full of Love" singer whose last name is Guðmundsdóttir |
| 51% | HANDLER | 7 | Last name of the host of "Chelsea Lately" |
| 51% | COEN | 4 | Last name of the directors of "Hail, Caesar!" |
| 51% | ALOU | 4 | Last name of a trio of baseball brothers |
| 51% | RAMSAY | 6 | Last name of 29a |
| 51% | DANCE | 5 | Last name of 18a |
| 50% | PRESLEY | 7 | Last name of "the King of Rock and Roll" |
| 50% | BURTON | 6 | Last name of Tim, director of Beetlejuice |
| 50% | DEBBIE | 6 | First name of lead singer of Blondie |
| 50% | ADAMS | 5 | Last name of two presidents |
| 50% | GIBB | 4 | Last name of 60-Across |
| 50% | BUSH | 4 | Last name of two presidents |
| 50% | PARR | 4 | Last name of Incredibles family |