| 100% | HITMAKER | 8 | Performer who’s rarely off the charts |
| 51% | ONO | 3 | Performer who's the descendant of a Japanese emperor |
| 50% | UNPOPULAR | 9 | Off the charts? |
| 50% | UNLISTED | 8 | Off the charts? |
| 48% | LOSTACE | 7 | *Top performer who's hopelessly off course? |
| 48% | AARON | 5 | Judge who's rarely on the bench? |
| 47% | BACKSLIDER | 10 | Person who's fallen off the wagon, say |
| 46% | ISLET | 5 | It may be off the charts |
| 46% | VALET | 5 | Restaurant worker who's rarely in the restaurant |
| 45% | DRAW | 4 | Performer who fills the club |
| 44% | STRIPPERS | 9 | Performers who take their clothes off |
| 44% | DRAGQUEENS | 10 | Performers who reject the gender binary |
| 44% | BEATEN | 6 | Off the __ track, isolated and rarely visited |
| 44% | BELLYDANCER | 11 | Performer who has the stomach for it |
| 43% | MERYL | 5 | Actress Streep who's the most Academy Award-nominated performer in history |
| 42% | EXEC | 4 | One who's high on the org chart |
| 42% | MIME | 4 | Type of performer who, ironically, spoke the only words of dialogue in 1976's "Silent Movie" |
| 41% | MIME | 4 | Performer who might pretend to be walking against the wind |
| 41% | STRONGMAN | 9 | Male circus performer who shows off muscle power |
| 41% | TORERO | 6 | Performer who's charged |
| 41% | IRA | 3 | Gershwin who cowrote the 1937 song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" |
| 41% | AWOL | 4 | Soldier who's off the base and doesn't have a pass: Abbr. |
| 40% | ONO | 3 | Yoko who's had 13 #1 singles on the US Dance Club Songs chart since 2003 |
| 40% | DIVA | 4 | Performer who's a handful |
| 40% | LILYTOMLIN | 10 | "Laugh-In" performer who played Ernestine the Operator: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RICHEST | 7 | The one who is the best off financially |
| 40% | JAMESCOOK | 9 | The British naval captain who charted New Zealand |
| 39% | DIVA | 4 | Performer who's a handful, say |
| 39% | REF | 3 | Whom the fans are rarely fans of, for short |
| 39% | VOICEACTOR | 10 | Performer who's heard but not seen |