| 100% | DIVA | 4 | Performer who's a handful, say |
| 81% | DIVA | 4 | Performer who's a handful |
| 64% | MIME | 4 | Performer who doesn't say a word |
| 59% | IMP | 3 | Kid who's a handful |
| 59% | BRAT | 4 | Kid who's a handful |
| 57% | ONO | 3 | Performer who's the descendant of a Japanese emperor |
| 56% | LEADS | 5 | Performers who get a movie's top billing |
| 54% | FEW | 3 | A handful, say |
| 51% | VIOLINIST | 9 | Performer who takes a bow? |
| 50% | DIVA | 4 | Performer who has a big ego |
| 49% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |
| 49% | BELLYDANCER | 11 | Performer who may have a navel decoration |
| 49% | DRAGKING | 8 | Performer who might sport a fake mustache |
| 49% | MIME | 4 | Performer who doesn't need a mike |
| 49% | FIREEATERS | 10 | Performers who take a lot of heat? |
| 48% | MIME | 4 | Performer who might be trapped in a box |
| 48% | ELMO | 4 | Muppet who said, "Rocco's a rock!" |
| 47% | ONEMANBAND | 10 | Performer who might have a drum on his back |
| 47% | SKATER | 6 | Ice performer who moves on a rink |
| 47% | TARZAN | 6 | One who might say "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!"? |
| 47% | REGULAR | 7 | Performer who appears on most episodes of a TV series |
| 47% | KANYEWEST | 9 | About whom Obama said "He is a jackass. But he's talented" |
| 46% | CLOWN | 5 | Circus performer who might wear a red nose |
| 46% | TORERO | 6 | Performer who's charged |
| 46% | TRINCULO | 8 | Jester in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" who is said to be a coward |
| 46% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Performer who gave a memorable rendition of 65-Across in 1991 |
| 46% | MIME | 4 | Performer who might act like they're trapped in a box |
| 46% | RODEOCLOWN | 10 | Performer who has to put up with a lot of bull? |
| 46% | MIME | 4 | Street performer who never says “thank you” to tippers? |
| 46% | OVERBOARD | 9 | Excessive; said of someone who's fallen off a boat |