| 100% | CHER | 4 | Star who had at least one Billboard Top Ten hit in every decade from the sixties to the nineties |
| 42% | CHER | 4 | One-named singer with Top 10 hits in each decade from the 1960s to the 2010s |
| 42% | CHER | 4 | One-named singer with Top 10 hits in each decade from the 1960s to the 2020s |
| 31% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | Artist who had a top 10 Billboard hit with "All the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 30% | LILWAYNE | 8 | "A Milli" rapper who's had top 10 hits in each of the last three decades: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | "Cardigan" pop singer who's had top 10 hits in each of the last three decades: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LADYGAGA | 8 | "Shallow" pop singer who's had top 10 hits in each of the last three decades: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JASONDERULO | 11 | "Wiggle" R&B singer who's had top 10 hits in each of the last three decades: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" star who had a top 10 hit with "She's Like the Wind" in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PATHFINDERS | 11 | Explorers ... and ones who can determine what the answers to starred clues have in common? |
| 29% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | Actor who had a song from "A Star Is Born" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 29% | GERIHALLIWELL | 13 | Singer who had four #1 hits in the UK from 1999 to 2001, including "It's Raining Men": 2 wds. |
| 28% | STREISAND | 9 | Only artist to have a #1 album in every decade since the 1960s |
| 28% | DIONNE | 6 | Warwick who's released at least one album every decade for six consecutive decades |
| 28% | KATEBUSH | 8 | Her "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" became a Billboard Top Ten hit in 2022, decades after its release |
| 28% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | "Fantasy" singer who recently became the first person to top the Billboard Hot 100 in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 28% | COMMA | 5 | Punctuation mark missing in "Let's eat people!" (at least one would hope!) ... as well as from the starred clues |
| 28% | MEDALIST | 8 | One who has placed top three at the Olympics |
| 27% | DONJOHNSON | 10 | "Miami Vice" star who had a top 10 hit with "Heartbeat" in 1986: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | "It's Still ___ To Me," 1980 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from his album "Glass Houses": 3 wds. |
| 26% | SKYWALKER | 9 | Luke ___, one of the greatest Jedi in the Galaxy from "Star Wars" who has a wax statue in Madame Tussauds, London |
| 26% | JACKWAGNER | 10 | "General Hospital" star who had a top 10 hit with "All I Need" in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 26% | OHMAN | 5 | What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 26% | EMS | 3 | The express lane at a supermarket is for people who have ten it___ or less |
| 26% | AUDREY | 6 | ___ Hepburn, British actress from the '60s who starred in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" |
| 26% | WWIIVET | 7 | One who may have stormed the beaches at Normandy, in brief |
| 26% | SEND | 4 | "___ My Love (To Your New Lover)," hit song by Adele that peaked at number one on US Billboard Adult Top 40 in 2016 |
| 26% | NOONE | 5 | Who once had all 10 of the top 10 Billboard hits simultaneously |
| 25% | USC | 3 | Sch. that has had a former athlete win at least one gold medal in every summer 18-Across since 1912 |
| 25% | TWO | 3 | Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues |