| 100% | BAD | 3 | Song James Bay performed live on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in May 2019 |
| 40% | BATISTE | 7 | Musician Jon ___, who appears on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" |
| 39% | BATISTE | 7 | Musician Jon who led the house band on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" until 2022 |
| 38% | CBS | 3 | "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" network |
| 38% | BATISTE | 7 | "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" bandleader Jon |
| 37% | JON | 3 | Bandleader Batiste of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" |
| 37% | HUMAN | 5 | Stay ___, house band for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" |
| 35% | BATISTE | 7 | Jon ___, bandleader for the "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert"" |
| 32% | ETTA | 4 | Soul singer ___ James, who sang "At Last" on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2009 |
| 31% | CBS | 3 | "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" network |
| 30% | LATE | 4 | "The ___ Show With Stephen Colbert" |
| 30% | LATE | 4 | "The __ Show with Stephen Colbert" |
| 30% | ONCABLE | 7 | Like "The Colbert Report," but not "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" |
| 30% | DROP | 4 | "___ the Mic," segment on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" |
| 30% | CARPOOLKARAOKE | 14 | Segment on "The Late Late Show" where James Corden sings along with friends: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SANDLER | 7 | Adam ___, who performed "The Thanksgiving Song" on "Saturday Night Live" in 1992 |
| 29% | BANDWAGON | 9 | Jump on the __, join in with the latest trend |
| 29% | CABLE | 5 | Home for "The Colbert Report," but not "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" |
| 29% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga ... or a shower from above that may fill up the water bodies mentioned in this puzzle |
| 28% | ATSEVENTEEN | 11 | Song performed on the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" |
| 27% | THEMUPPETS | 10 | ABC series focusing on the fictional talk show "Up Late With Miss Piggy": 2 wds. |
| 27% | ABFAB | 5 | Show on the Beeb with the theme song "This Wheel's on Fire" |
| 27% | HOST | 4 | The Late Show's Colbert |
| 27% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me" (They Might Be Giants song featured on "Malcolm in the Middle") |
| 26% | DARLENE | 7 | ___ Love, singer who annually performed the song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on the "Late Show with David Letterman" |
| 26% | CBS | 3 | "The Late Late Show With James Corden" network |
| 26% | SHOW | 4 | "The Late ___ With Stephen Colbert" |
| 26% | RODDY | 5 | With 32-Across, American rapper whose "The Box" was the #3 song on Spotify in 2020 |
| 26% | MARS | 4 | "Life on ___?", 1971 song by David Bowie with the Red Planet in its title |
| 26% | RITZ | 4 | "Puttin' on the ___" (song that's performed in "Young Frankenstein") |