| 100% | XTC | 3 | Onetime British band whose name consists of letters suggesting "bliss" |
| 44% | ENTERTAINMENTCENTERS | 20 | Setups whose name consists entirely of the letters in 117-Across |
| 44% | ABELINCOLNINILLINOIS | 20 | Film whose name consists entirely of the letters in 74-Across |
| 44% | ANDTHENTHEREWERENONE | 20 | Novel whose name consists entirely of the letters in 62-Across |
| 44% | SAINTFRANCISOFASSISI | 20 | Person whose name consists entirely of the letters in 23-Across |
| 43% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 39% | XTC | 3 | British band whose name is also slang for a drug |
| 39% | THYME | 5 | Spice whose name consists of two consecutive pronouns |
| 39% | OMAHA | 5 | Midwest city whose name consists of two interjections |
| 39% | SOLTI | 5 | Conductor Georg whose name consists of two musical notes |
| 39% | NOYES | 5 | Poet whose name consists of side-by-side opposites |
| 38% | CREE | 4 | Northern tribe whose name is one letter short of a rock band |
| 38% | CALGARY | 7 | Canadian city whose name consists of two consecutive boys' names |
| 38% | MALAWI | 6 | African land whose name consists of three state postal abbreviations |
| 38% | MALAWI | 6 | Country whose name consists of three consecutive state postal abbreviations |
| 38% | DIDICONN | 8 | "Grease" actress whose first name consists of the same two letters twice |
| 37% | MALAWI | 6 | African nation whose name consists of three U.S. state postal abbreviations |
| 37% | MANDARIN | 8 | Language whose name consists of four consecutive U.S. state postal abbreviations |
| 36% | DECCA | 5 | Classic music label whose name consists entirely of musical notes |
| 35% | ORCA | 4 | Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration |
| 35% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band whose name comes from the first initials of its four members |
| 34% | HILO | 4 | City whose name seems to consist of two opposites |
| 34% | EMF | 3 | British rock band whose name is also a circuitry term |
| 34% | ABC | 3 | Network whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 34% | ELLE | 4 | Magazine whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 34% | YEW | 3 | Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 34% | BEE | 3 | Insect whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 34% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 34% | JAY | 3 | Bird whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 34% | TEA | 3 | Drink whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |