| 100% | BRITPOP | 7 | Music of Oasis and Radiohead, e.g. |
| 48% | AVOID | 5 | Radiohead's approach to cliche and standard forms of rock music |
| 47% | SENSORY | 7 | Of touch and smell, e.g. |
| 47% | TOURS | 5 | Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres" and Metallica's "M72," e.g. |
| 46% | DUOS | 4 | Music's Outkast and Erasure, e.g. |
| 46% | ARTS | 4 | Music and dance, e.g. |
| 46% | ARTS | 4 | Music and theater, e.g. |
| 45% | NOTES | 5 | In music, they are A, B, C, D, E, F and G |
| 45% | ACT | 3 | Bit of song and dance, e.g. |
| 45% | STATELINE | 9 | Border of Utah and Idaho, e.g. |
| 45% | CELS | 4 | Images of Belle and Sebastian, e.g. |
| 45% | STATELINE | 9 | Border of Ohio and Indiana, e.g. |
| 43% | BRITPOP | 7 | Genre of Oasis and the Verve |
| 42% | ARTS | 4 | Dance and music, e.g. |
| 42% | ETS | 3 | Administer of the G.R.E. and TOEFL |
| 42% | JAZZ | 4 | Music of Mingus, Monk and Metheny |
| 41% | SAGA | 4 | "A Song of Ice and Fire," e.g. |
| 41% | MYTH | 4 | The tale of Echo and Narcissus, e.g. |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | The time of soul music, e.g |
| 41% | DISCO | 5 | Music of ABBA and the Bee Gees |
| 41% | SPICEMIX | 8 | Curry powder, e.g. ... and what each set of puzzle circles contains |
| 41% | FLIPPHONE | 9 | Motorola Razr, e.g., and a hint to each set of circles |
| 40% | ANAGRAMS | 8 | “Start of spring” and “frost’s parting,” e.g. |
| 40% | ODE | 3 | "Bards of Passion and of Mirth," e.g. |
| 40% | TOASTERS | 8 | Maid of honor and best man, e.g. |
| 40% | SECRETRECIPES | 13 | Assets of KFC and Coca-Cola, e.g. |
| 40% | DUO | 3 | Group of two (Batman and Robin, e.g.) |
| 40% | NOVELLA | 7 | ''Of Mice and Men,'' e.g. |
| 40% | CLEFS | 5 | G and bass, e.g. |
| 40% | TRADEBARRIER | 12 | Quota or tariff, e.g., and an alternate description of each starred answer |