| 100% | NOTORIOUSBIG | 12 | Noted artist on Bad Boy Records, with "the" |
| 43% | ABBEY | 5 | "___ Road" (1969 Beatles record with "Here Comes the Sun" on it) |
| 40% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Baseball player with the record for the highest on-base percentage, at .482: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TUPAC | 5 | Artist with whom Kendrick Lamar stages a posthumous conversation on the song “Mortal Man” |
| 39% | EBAY | 4 | "Weird Al" Yankovic song with the lyrics "Tell me why I bid on Shatner's old toupée" |
| 39% | BURT | 4 | With 8-Across, the Boy Wonder's portrayer on TV's "Batman" (1966-1968 show) |
| 39% | ESTELLE | 7 | British singer who collaborated with Kanye West on the 2008 hit "American Boy" |
| 39% | TINASHE | 7 | R&B artist with the breakout single "2 On" |
| 38% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Iconic Beach Boys LP with goats on the cover |
| 38% | RAP | 3 | Specialty of Bad Boy Records |
| 38% | SEANPAUL | 8 | Rapper who collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2003 #1 hit "Baby Boy": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARVINGAYE | 10 | Motown artist with the 1973 hit "Let's Get It On": 2 wds. |
| 37% | FATALLY | 7 | With the worst consequences |
| 37% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Brown, "The Original Disco Man" artist with 17 No. 1s on the Billboard R&B charts |
| 37% | LOUD | 4 | With the volume on 10 |
| 36% | JAMESHOLZHAUER | 14 | Record-setting contestant competing with Ken Jennings and 16-Across on "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BRADRUTTER | 10 | Record-setting contestant competing with Ken Jennings and 34-Across on "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HANSON | 6 | Boy band with the hit "MMMBop" |
| 36% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, on a score |
| 36% | BUNNY | 5 | Bad ___, the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2020 |
| 36% | NEAT | 4 | *"Dimple Pinch, ___," Walter White's go-to order of whiskey with no mixer on the show "Breaking Bad" |
| 36% | NIGHTSINWHITESATIN | 18 | 1972 rock hit recorded with the London Festival Orchestra |
| 36% | OTOWN | 5 | Boy band with the hit "Liquid Dreams" |
| 36% | ACHILLES | 8 | Guy with the bad heel |
| 35% | ADELE | 5 | Artist with two Record of the Year and two Album of the Year Grammys |
| 35% | IDLE | 4 | Sitting with the engine on |
| 35% | IDLES | 5 | Waits with the engine on |
| 35% | OTOWN | 5 | Boy band with the song “All or Nothing” |
| 35% | ALBUM | 5 | Recording with a collection of songs on it |
| 35% | YANKEES | 7 | "Gone With the Wind" bad guys |