| 100% | ONEARMED | 8 | Like the drummer for rock's Def Leppard, amazingly |
| 42% | MEGWHITE | 8 | American musician who was the drummer for rock duo The White Stripes: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WEST | 4 | Sandy ___, American musician who was the drummer for the hard rock band The Runaways |
| 39% | PETERSON | 8 | Debbi ___, American musician who was the drummer for the pop rock band The Bangles |
| 39% | TUCKER | 6 | Moe ___, American musician who was the drummer for the rock band The Velvet Underground |
| 38% | JANETWEISS | 10 | American musician who was the drummer for bands like Sleater-Kinney and Wild Flag: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PEART | 5 | Neil ___, drummer/lyricist for the rock band Rush |
| 36% | WHO | 3 | The ___, a rock band known for hits like "My Generation" and "Pinball Wizard" |
| 35% | HETERONORMATIVE | 15 | Like the clue "Wife's partner" for the word "husband" |
| 34% | OCTAGONAL | 9 | Like Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock |
| 34% | OCTAGONAL | 9 | Like Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock, shapewise |
| 34% | REDSHOES | 8 | The __, like Dorothy's footwear for Kate Bush |
| 34% | HARDROCKBAND | 12 | Def Leppard, for one |
| 34% | KEITHMOON | 9 | Drummer for the Who |
| 34% | ANIMAL | 6 | Drummer for the Muppets |
| 33% | SILKEN | 6 | Like the “fringe of his faint eyes,” in Shelley’s elegy for Keats |
| 33% | DEAF | 4 | Like Tommy, of the Who's 1969 rock opera |
| 33% | DEAF | 4 | Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera |
| 33% | OVERSET | 7 | Like text that's too long for the layout |
| 33% | POSTPUNK | 8 | Like the grunge rock movement |
| 33% | DECO | 4 | Like the 30 Rock building |
| 33% | CLEFT | 5 | Like the Rock of Ages |
| 33% | CATH | 4 | Like the Pope, for short |
| 33% | ARID | 4 | Like the habitat for camels |
| 33% | ARID | 4 | Like the habitat for yuccas |
| 33% | ASAP | 4 | Like the blazes, for short |
| 33% | ASONANT | 7 | Like the s in aisle |
| 33% | NOSY | 4 | Like someone who's angling for all the juicy details |
| 33% | RINGO | 5 | Starr who was the drummer for The Beatles |
| 33% | STARR | 5 | Ringo ___ who was the drummer for The Beatles |