| 100% | PETETOWNSHEND | 13 | Lead guitarist for 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | MICKMARS | 8 | Lead guitarist for the band Mötley Crüe: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BRIANMAY | 8 | Lead guitarist for rock band Queen, he also holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Imperial College London: 2 wds. |
| 53% | CHRISSIEHYNDE | 13 | Lead singer for 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | THEMISSILE | 10 | "Ballistic" nickname for 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | FEELSOCLOSE | 11 | 2011 song for 30-/32-Across: 3 wds. |
| 50% | ACEFREHLEY | 10 | Original Kiss lead guitarist: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HIGHERLOVE | 10 | 1986 #1 hit for 30-Across, which won the Grammy for Record of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 48% | FATHERFIGURE | 12 | 1988 #1 hit for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THEMIRACLES | 11 | Motown group led by 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | HANKMOODY | 9 | "Californication" role for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | GREENBOOK | 9 | Film for which 32-Across won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 46% | VINCENEIL | 9 | Lead singer for the band Mötley Crüe: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IWANTYOURSEX | 12 | 1987 #2 hit for 32-Across: 4 wds. |
| 45% | JULIAROBERTS | 12 | Best Actress Oscar winner for 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Singer and bass guitarist for the Beatles who was knighted in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THEEDGE | 7 | Lead guitarist for U2 |
| 44% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MICKJONES | 9 | Lead guitarist for The Clash |
| 43% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TITO | 4 | Lead guitarist for the Jackson 5 |
| 42% | TOBOUNTIFUL | 11 | See 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GOTTAGIVE | 9 | See 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DRAGRACE | 8 | See 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JULIANLENNON | 12 | Famous son for whom 32-Across wrote "Hey Jude" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | FOXMULDER | 9 | "The X-Files" role for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BRIANMAY | 8 | Lead guitarist for Queen, also an astrophysicist |
| 42% | MAY | 3 | Brian ___, lead guitarist for Queen |
| 40% | JENNYHAN | 8 | Author of 14-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TOMBRADY | 8 | MVP quarterback for the 15-Across in 30-Across (2 wds.) |