| 100% | PAPER | 5 | Rock alternative |
| 100% | PORCHSWING | 10 | Rocker alternative |
| 77% | EMO | 3 | Alternative rock genre |
| 77% | NEAT | 4 | Alternative to rocks |
| 75% | AMOS | 4 | Alternative rock singer Tori |
| 75% | ANI | 3 | Alternative rock singer DiFranco |
| 73% | PAPER | 5 | Alternative to rock and scissors |
| 73% | EZRA | 4 | Alternative rock's Better Than ___ |
| 73% | THAN | 4 | Alternative rock band Better ___ Ezra |
| 73% | EZRA | 4 | Alternative rock band Better Than ___ |
| 71% | THEY | 4 | Alternative rock band ___ Might Be Giants |
| 71% | GREENDAY | 8 | Alternative rock band with four Grammys |
| 71% | CATATONIA | 9 | Welsh alternative rock band |
| 71% | ANI | 3 | ___ DiFranco of alternative rock |
| 70% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | Alternative rock band with four platinum albums |
| 70% | GRUNGE | 6 | Alternative rock music genre of Pearl Jam |
| 69% | EMO | 3 | Type of alternative rock music |
| 68% | LED | 3 | Rock band ___ Zeppelin...or fluorescent light alternative that glows: Abbr. |
| 68% | GRUNGE | 6 | Alternative rock genre started in the late 1980s |
| 67% | EZRA | 4 | "Good" alternative rock band Better Than ___ |
| 67% | ALANIS | 6 | First name in 1990s alternative rock |
| 66% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band that was fronted by Michael Stipe |
| 66% | MONA | 4 | Alternative rock band with Nick Brown as its pianist |
| 65% | HOT | 3 | Red ___ Chili Peppers, an alternative rock band |
| 65% | EZRA | 4 | New Orleans alternative rock band Better Than ___ |
| 65% | SHOEGAZE | 8 | Style of alternative rock with psychedelic influences |
| 64% | MOTHERSOFINVENTION | 18 | Rock group whose name is an appropriate alternative title for this puzzle |
| 64% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first album was "Murmur" in 1983 |
| 63% | BECK | 4 | One-named alternative rock star since the 1990s |
| 63% | ROB | 3 | Drummer Bourdon of alternative rock's Linkin Park |