| 100% | REALITYTV | 9 | Programming genre for "Survivor" and "The Bachelor": 2 wds. |
| 62% | PUNKROCK | 8 | Music genre for Green Day and the Ramones: 2 wds. |
| 56% | TRUECRIME | 9 | Genre for the podcast "My Favorite Murder": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ARMBONES | 8 | The humerus and the radius, for example: 2 wds. |
| 50% | NYNY | 4 | "Sex and the City" setting, for short (2 wds.) |
| 49% | CYNTHIANIXON | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who unsuccessfully ran for New York governor in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 49% | RAPMUSIC | 8 | Genre for the British singer M.I.A. (2 wds.) |
| 48% | NBATEAMS | 8 | The Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets, for example: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 48% | POPART | 6 | Genre for Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DIANAROSS | 9 | __ and the Supremes: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PSYCHEDELICROCK | 15 | Genre for the Dead and Hendrix |
| 46% | WIZARDROCK | 10 | Genre for Harry and the Potters and Draco and the Malfoys |
| 46% | NBAGAME | 7 | Contest between the Celtics and the Lakers, for instance: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALMOSTTHERE | 11 | "The Princess and the Frog" song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2009: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Last words for a bachelor and bachelorette: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NLEAST | 6 | Division for the Phillies and Mets: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 46% | DOOWOP | 6 | Genre for the Penguins and the Flamingos |
| 46% | DOOWOP | 6 | Genre for the Ronettes and the Contours |
| 46% | BRITPOP | 7 | Genre for the Spice Girls and Oasis |
| 46% | SKA | 3 | Genre for the Melodians and Stranger Cole |
| 46% | ETSEQ | 5 | And the following, in footnotes: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALIBABA | 7 | "___ and the Forty Thieves": 2 wds. |
| 45% | HIPHOP | 6 | Music genre for Tupac Shakur that's also known as disco rap, which originated in the Bronx in the mid-1980s: 2 wds. |
| 45% | EYEOF | 5 | "___ the Tiger" (hit song for Survivor): 2 wds. |
| 45% | DISCO | 5 | Genre for Donna Summer and the Bee Gees |
| 45% | RAP | 3 | Genre for the Beastie Boys and Nicki Minaj |
| 45% | ALTROCK | 7 | Genre for the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair |
| 45% | INDIEROCK | 9 | Genre for Neutral Milk Hotel and the Shins |
| 44% | SKA | 3 | Genre for the Bennies, the Interrupters, and the Resignators |
| 44% | SKA | 3 | Genre for the Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals |