| 100% | LORDE | 5 | One-named New Zealand pop star who debuted with the megahit single "Royals" |
| 40% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 39% | ADELE | 5 | One-named pop star who sang the Bond theme "Skyfall" |
| 39% | SIA | 3 | One-named pop star with the 2014 hit "Chandelier" |
| 39% | SHAKIRA | 7 | One-named pop star with the 2001 hit "Whenever, Wherever" |
| 36% | SZA | 3 | One-named rapper who collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on "All the Stars" |
| 35% | SOSA | 4 | Future star athlete who debuted with the Rangers in 1989 |
| 35% | PESSIMIST | 9 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Down clues |
| 35% | OPTIMIST | 8 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues |
| 35% | RIHANNA | 7 | Pop star who met with French president Emmanuel Macron to discuss her work with the Clara Lionel Foundation |
| 34% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Pop star who sang a duet with Lady Gaga on his hit "Your Song" at the 2010 Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EDMUNDHILLARY | 13 | New Zealand mountaineer who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LORDE | 5 | Singer from New Zealand who was the youngest solo artist to achieve a number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1987 |
| 33% | CHER | 4 | One-named pop star who sang "Love Hurts" |
| 32% | DIDO | 4 | Singer who debuted with the album "No Angel" |
| 32% | ALFONSORIBEIRO | 14 | "Dancing With the Stars" host who played one of Ricky's friends on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AALIYAH | 7 | Pop star who starred in "Queen of the Damned" |
| 31% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singing star with the surname Adkins |
| 31% | LORDE | 5 | Pop star from New Zealand |
| 31% | SZA | 3 | One-named singer with the 2017 debut Ctrl |
| 30% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Pop star with the 2023 début album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” |
| 30% | CHER | 4 | One-named pop diva who recorded the ABBA cover album "Dancing Queen" |
| 30% | RIHANNA | 7 | One-named star with the 2016 #1 album "Anti" |
| 30% | JLO | 3 | Pop star with the fragrance Miami Glow |
| 30% | MAKO | 4 | One-named Japanese-born actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 30% | DEREKHOUGH | 10 | Former "Dancing With the Stars" pro who was encouraged to release his single "Hold On" after losing a friend to suicide: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SZA | 3 | One-named singer with the 2023 hit single "Kill Bill" |
| 30% | FERGIE | 6 | Pop star with the 2006 album “The Dutchess” |
| 30% | USHER | 5 | One who's with the program? |
| 30% | LEN | 3 | ''Dancing With the Stars'' panel name |