| 100% | CREE | 4 | Northern tribe whose name is one letter short of a rock band |
| 48% | BLENDE | 6 | Name for zinc sulfide that is one letter short of a kitchen appliance |
| 48% | POE | 3 | Literary figure whose name is a letter short of something he wrote |
| 47% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |
| 44% | FIJI | 4 | Country whose name is one letter different from a mountain |
| 43% | WES | 3 | Name that's one letter short of a direction |
| 43% | PET | 3 | Creature whose name is one letter off from the type of doctor who takes care of it |
| 43% | CAIMAN | 6 | Reptile whose name is one letter off from that of an island region known for offshore banking |
| 42% | APPLEMARTIN | 11 | Celebrity scion whose name is one letter away from a cocktail's |
| 40% | OKGO | 4 | Rock band whose name is two letters off from their 2005 album "Oh No" |
| 39% | SEGA | 4 | Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter |
| 39% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 39% | EMF | 3 | British rock band whose name is also a circuitry term |
| 39% | DAHL | 4 | Author whose name is one letter off from 31-Down |
| 38% | KISS | 4 | Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio |
| 38% | ALASKA | 6 | Only U.S. state whose name can be typed on one row of a keyboard |
| 38% | EOS | 3 | Greek goddess whose name is one letter off from 69-Down |
| 38% | EROS | 4 | Greek god whose name is one letter off from 118-Down |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name is one letter off from its neighbor, Iraq |
| 38% | SCREAMO | 7 | '90s musical subgenre whose name is a portmanteau of the volume of the vocals and an angsty style of rock |
| 38% | POE | 3 | His name is a letter short of his description |
| 38% | ENESCO | 6 | Composer whose name is one letter off from an international peace grp. |
| 37% | YALU | 4 | Asian river whose name is one letter away from an Ivy League college |
| 37% | ESPY | 4 | Award whose name is one letter different from the channel that originated it |
| 37% | NIRVANA | 7 | Rock band whose performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 37% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 37% | BACKUPSINGER | 12 | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 37% | ERAGON | 6 | Fantasy title character whose name is one letter different from the creature he rides |
| 37% | IMPALA | 6 | African creature whose name is one letter away from what its horns might do |
| 37% | RINGO | 5 | Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across |