| 100% | BECK | 4 | One-named alternative rock star since the 1990s |
| 63% | BECK | 4 | One-named rock star of the 1990s-2000s |
| 55% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Rock star since the '70s |
| 43% | AOL | 3 | Gmail alternative providing email service since the 1990s |
| 41% | BONO | 4 | One-named rock star |
| 41% | RINGO | 5 | Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across |
| 40% | ALANIS | 6 | First name in 1990s alternative rock |
| 40% | JAGGEDLITTLEPILL | 16 | 1995 alternative rock album by 59-Across that is one of the best-selling albums of all time |
| 40% | EBERT | 5 | Annual "Movie Yearbook" author since the 1990s |
| 40% | CHER | 4 | Singing star since the '60s |
| 40% | SHARE | 5 | Singing star since the '60s* |
| 40% | SEDAKA | 6 | Pop star since the '50s |
| 40% | TAEBO | 5 | Exercise program since the 1990s |
| 39% | ADELE | 5 | One-named pop star who sang the Bond theme "Skyfall" |
| 39% | RIHANNA | 7 | One-named star with the 2016 #1 album "Anti" |
| 39% | EBAY | 4 | Online auction site since the 1990s |
| 39% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 38% | ESTREATS | 8 | Latino star once named one of "The 10 sexiest bachelors in the world" by People magazine |
| 38% | INHD | 4 | Like many TV broadcasts since the 1990s |
| 38% | GEO | 3 | The 1990s Metro, for one |
| 38% | SZA | 3 | One-named rapper who collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on "All the Stars" |
| 38% | SADE | 4 | One-named singer with the album "Lovers Rock" |
| 38% | BONO | 4 | Knighted, one-named rock star |
| 37% | LORDE | 5 | One-named New Zealand pop star who debuted with the megahit single "Royals" |
| 37% | EMME | 4 | One-named model who was a spokesperson for Revlon in the late 1990s |
| 37% | ALOHASTATE | 10 | With "The," one of 50 since 8/21/1959, as hinted at by the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | SABU | 4 | One-named film star of the 1930s-'60s |
| 37% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singing star with the surname Adkins |
| 37% | TEDNUGENT | 9 | Rock star called the "Motor City Madman" |
| 37% | PELE | 4 | One-named sports star who was once the highest-paid athlete in the world |