| 100% | DOOWOP | 6 | Style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the US in the 1950s |
| 51% | SKIFFLE | 7 | Type of folk music popular in the UK in the 1950s |
| 49% | RHYTHM | 6 | __ and blues, or R&B, music style out of the US |
| 44% | BRO | 3 | Popular term of address among men in the US and New Zealand |
| 42% | COLONIAL | 8 | One of the most popular styles of home in the US |
| 41% | ARTDECO | 7 | Style of design and interior decoration in Europe and the US in the 1920s and 1930s |
| 41% | BOOGIEWOOGIE | 12 | Jazz style of blues piano playing that became popular in the early 20th century |
| 40% | WHISTLETONE | 11 | Extremely high vocal register, as heard in the music of Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande |
| 40% | KENTON | 6 | Stan —, US composer and pianist associated with the big band progressive jazz style of the 1950s |
| 39% | DOOWOP | 6 | Music genre popular in the 1950s |
| 39% | RAG | 3 | Music style popular in the early 1900s |
| 39% | MAVISSTAPLES | 12 | Inductee in the Rock and Roll, Gospel Music, and Blues Halls of Fame featured in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ALTERNATIVE | 11 | ___ rock, style of music that was popularized in the 90s and has sub-genres like emo and post-grunge |
| 38% | NASHVILLE | 9 | Home of country music in the US |
| 38% | BOSSANOVA | 9 | Brazilian music made popular in the late 1950s |
| 38% | ARTDECO | 7 | Architectural style popular in the 1920s and 1930s |
| 38% | SWING | 5 | Jazz style popular in the 1930s and 1940s |
| 37% | BLT | 3 | Type of sandwich that became popular in the US after World War II |
| 37% | DOOWOP | 6 | R&B genre popular in the 1950s and ’60s |
| 37% | JHERICURL | 9 | *Perm style popular in the 1980s and early 1990s |
| 37% | ISLE | 4 | ___ of Wight Festival, music festival in the U.K. that is held annually in Newport |
| 37% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular boys’ name of 2022, in the U.S. |
| 36% | NSA | 3 | Body in charge of security and surveillance in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 36% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) |
| 36% | AVA | 3 | Third-most popular baby girls' name in the US in 2018, after Emma and Olivia |
| 36% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular name for boys in the U.S. in 2017 and 2018 |
| 36% | AARON | 5 | Alphabetically first of the 100 most popular boys' names in the U.S. |
| 36% | ROCKMUSIC | 9 | Style of songs that started in the US in the 1940s |
| 36% | MID | 3 | ___-century modern (design style of the 1950s and 1960s) |
| 36% | RAG | 3 | Piece of music in the syncopated style of ragtime |