| 100% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singing star with the surname Adkins |
| 53% | ADELE | 5 | Grammy winner with the surname Adkins |
| 53% | SIA | 3 | One-named pop star with the 2014 hit "Chandelier" |
| 52% | SHAKIRA | 7 | One-named pop star with the 2001 hit "Whenever, Wherever" |
| 50% | RIHANNA | 7 | One-named star with the 2016 #1 album "Anti" |
| 49% | SZA | 3 | One-named rapper who collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on "All the Stars" |
| 47% | LEN | 3 | ''Dancing With the Stars'' panel name |
| 47% | SZA | 3 | "All the Stars" one-named singer with Kendrick Lamar |
| 44% | RUMBA | 5 | One "Dancing with the Stars" dance style |
| 42% | ROCK | 4 | With 7-Across, the name of one of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, "___ & ___" |
| 42% | ROLL | 4 | With 2-Down, the name of one of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, "___ & ___" |
| 41% | GERMAN | 6 | I'm in Love With a __ Film Star, sang the Passions |
| 41% | SZA | 3 | She sang "All the Stars" with Kendrick Lamar |
| 41% | KEKEPALMER | 10 | "Turnt Up With the Taylors" star whose first name has a repeated "ee" sound: 2 wds. |
| 41% | GORDON | 6 | With 32a, name of the British chef whose restaurants have held 16 Michelin stars |
| 41% | CHER | 4 | One-named pop star who sang "Love Hurts" |
| 40% | MAKO | 4 | One-named Japanese-born actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 40% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 40% | ANT | 3 | Insect indigenous to every continent except the one that starts with its name |
| 40% | PESSIMIST | 9 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Down clues |
| 40% | OPTIMIST | 8 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues |
| 40% | ALOHASTATE | 10 | With "The," one of 50 since 8/21/1959, as hinted at by the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | ADELE | 5 | One-name British singing star |
| 40% | HORNED | 6 | “The ___ Moon, with one bright star”: omen in Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” |
| 39% | HELP | 4 | "___!" musical comedy starring The Beatles members with a title track of the same name |
| 39% | AGASSI | 6 | Court star with the autobiography "Open" |
| 38% | ERIE | 4 | One of the Great Lakes with the shortest name |
| 38% | TAN | 3 | One of two Crayola colors with the shortest name |
| 38% | ESTREATS | 8 | Latino star once named one of "The 10 sexiest bachelors in the world" by People magazine |
| 38% | JLO | 3 | Pop star with the fragrance Miami Glow |