| 100% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper West who dropped the first three letters of his first name |
| 56% | HBOMAX | 6 | Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 |
| 51% | ESP | 3 | First three letters of the Spanish name for Spain |
| 49% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name has three letters of his first |
| 49% | EVA | 3 | Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across |
| 48% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 48% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 47% | POM | 3 | Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it |
| 44% | BIL | 3 | Cartoonist Keane who dropped the second “L” from his first name “just to be different” |
| 44% | WIZKHALIF | 9 | Rapper who shares part of his name with the world's tallest building |
| 43% | POE | 3 | Fittingly, the first three letters of 32-Across |
| 43% | ROY | 3 | First three letters of the rainbow? |
| 43% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the alphabet |
| 43% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 43% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 43% | ZAYNMALIK | 9 | One Direction singer who changed the spelling of his first name: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EEL | 3 | Fish hidden in the first three letters of "electricity" |
| 42% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the English language |
| 42% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the English alphabet |
| 42% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the Alphabet Song |
| 42% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | Baseball great who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ALEXTREBEK | 10 | "Jeopardy!" host who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RACCOON | 7 | Rocket ___, character from "Guardians of the Galaxy" who has consecutive double letters in his name |
| 42% | PHI | 3 | Greek letter, or the first three letters of a Pennsylvania city |
| 41% | ACETYL | 6 | First six letters of the proper name for aspirin |
| 41% | DONOVAN | 7 | 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who went by his first name only and had the hit "Mellow Yellow" |
| 41% | TUE | 3 | First three letters of the work week's 2nd day |
| 41% | KANYE | 5 | First name of the rapper who once said “I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation" |
| 41% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | BOBNEWHART | 10 | Sitcom star (he played an innkeeper) who dropped his first name of George to go by his middle name's nickname: 2 wds. |