| 100% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer who wrote The Writing's on the Wall in 2015 |
| 73% | SAMSMITH | 8 | London singer who saw the Writing's on the Wall |
| 66% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer-songwriter whose song "Writing's on the Wall" from the movie "Spectre" won him an Oscar in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 59% | SMITH | 5 | Singer Sam who won an Oscar for the Bond theme "Writing's on the Wall" |
| 58% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer whose Bond theme was Writing's on the Wall |
| 53% | SAM | 3 | "Writing's on the Wall" singer Smith |
| 53% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Party in the U.S.A." singer who was both the host and musical guest on 2013 and 2015 "SNL" episodes |
| 52% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Nonbinary singer who won an Oscar for the Bond theme "Writing's on the Wall": 2 wds. |
| 52% | SAM | 3 | Singer Smith with an Oscar for "Writing's on the Wall" |
| 49% | JEWEL | 5 | Singer who released her "Picking Up the Pieces" album in 2015 |
| 49% | ARP | 3 | Surrealist who avoided the draft by writing the day's date in every space on his induction paperwork |
| 49% | MENE | 4 | Word repeated before "tekel" in biblical writing on the wall |
| 49% | ERIC | 4 | ___ Clapton, singer-songwriter who wrote the song "Believe in Life" |
| 49% | SPECTRE | 7 | 2015 movie which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Writing's on the Wall" |
| 48% | ADAMLEVINE | 10 | Singer who appears nude in the video of Maroon 5's 2015 single, "This Summer": 2 wds. |
| 48% | RONNIEJAMESDIO | 14 | Black Sabbath lead singer who wrote the 2021 memoir "Rainbow in the Dark" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer who placed second on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2009 |
| 48% | ORA | 3 | Rita ___, singer who served as a judge on the show "The X Factor" in series 12 |
| 48% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 48% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer who placed second on "Dancing With the Stars" in fall 2009 |
| 47% | YANNI | 5 | Composer Chryssomallis, who wrote "Seven Billion Dreams" in 2015 for NASA's 15th anniversary of the ISS |
| 47% | KATYPERRY | 9 | "Dark Horse" singer who was the featured act in the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALEXA | 5 | Actress PenaVega who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2015 |
| 47% | ANA | 3 | Gasteyer who was the Tree on "The Masked Singer" in 2019 |
| 47% | MAVISSTAPLES | 12 | Gospel and soul singer who received the Woody Guthrie Prize in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANA | 3 | Actress Gasteyer who was the Tree on "The Masked Singer" in 2019 |
| 46% | SIA | 3 | Singer who's the "S" in the music supergroup LSD |
| 46% | CAMPBELL | 8 | Singer Glen who died of Alzheimer's disease on August 8 after over 50 years in the music industry |
| 46% | MARYJBLIGE | 10 | "Be Without You" singer who performed in NBC's 2015 "The Wiz Live!": 3 wds. |
| 46% | HARLANHOWARD | 12 | Songwriter in the Nashville Songwriters, Country Music, and Songwriters Halls of Fame who wrote the songs on 40-Across's 2023 album (2 wds.) |