| 100% | POPSTYLE | 8 | Single off of 34-Across, featuring Kanye West and Jay Z: 2 wds. |
| 52% | HOTLINEBLING | 12 | Lead single off of 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ONEDANCE | 8 | Single off of 34-Across that hit #1 in May 2016: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WATCHTHETHRONE | 14 | 2011 Kanye West and Jay Z album with the song "Otis": 3 wds. |
| 42% | OTIS | 4 | 2011 hit by Kanye West and Jay Z |
| 41% | RUNTHISTOWN | 11 | 2009 single from Jay-Z, featuring Rihanna and Kanye West, that won the trio many awards, including two Grammys and an Emmy : 3 wds. |
| 39% | IWISHYOUWOULD | 13 | Single from American musician DJ Khaled featuring Kanye West and Rick Ross: 4 wds. |
| 39% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BLUEIVY | 7 | Baby name chosen by Beyoncé and Jay Z (2012): 2 wds. |
| 37% | OTIS | 4 | Redding who sang posthumously with Kanye West and Jay-Z |
| 36% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | "No One" singer featured on the 2009 Jay Z hit "Empire State of Mind": 2 wds. |
| 35% | KILLINTIME | 10 | Album by 45-Across featuring the singles 18-Across and 26-Across that won the 1989 Album of the Year Academy of Country Music Award (2 wds.) |
| 35% | OTIS | 4 | 2011 hit by Kanye West and Jay-Z, named after an R&B legend |
| 35% | PRINCEWILLIAM | 13 | Oldest son of 34-Across and heir apparent to the British throne (2 wds.) |
| 35% | OTIS | 4 | Song by Jay Z and Kanye West named for soul singer Redding |
| 32% | HAM | 3 | First single from Jay-Z and Kanye West's album "Watch the Throne" (2011) |
| 31% | ENCINOMAN | 9 | 1992 comedy featuring 15- and 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AMA | 3 | Kanye West's "I ___ God": 2 wds. |
| 31% | IAM | 3 | Kanye West's "___ a God": 2 wds. |
| 31% | AGOD | 4 | Kanye West's "I Am ___": 2 wds. |
| 31% | AMA | 3 | Kanye West's, "I ___ God": 2 wds. |
| 30% | OTISWILLIAMS | 12 | Only surviving original member of 34-Across, whose memoir is the basis for 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who sang backup for Alicia Keys and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 30% | FRONTALNUDITY | 13 | Feature of Botticelli's Venus, and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 30% | OTIS | 4 | Jay-Z and Kanye West song that samples "Try a Little Tenderness" |
| 30% | ACTAFOOL | 8 | Single from Ludacris that was part of the soundtrack for "2 Fast 2 Furious," and was also nominated for a Grammy: 3 wds. |
| 29% | AMA | 3 | "I ___ God," song by Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 29% | RAPMUSIC | 8 | Song genre of Jay-Z: 2 wds. |
| 29% | OTIS | 4 | Kanye West/Jay-Z single inspired by a classic soul singer |
| 29% | ONTO | 4 | "___ the Next One" (2009 Jay Z song): 2 wds. |