| 100% | AMES | 4 | Surname of brothers with 38 chart hits in the '40s and '50s |
| 46% | HARPER | 6 | Surname of the brothers in Two and a Half Men |
| 41% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down |
| 40% | ALL | 3 | With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GIBB | 4 | Surname of the brothers in the Bee Gees |
| 39% | BOUVIER | 7 | Surname of Patty and Selma in The Simpsons |
| 39% | JONAS | 5 | Surname of the band brothers Kevin, Joe, and Nick |
| 39% | DICAPRIO | 8 | Surname of an actor in Titanic and The Revenant |
| 39% | BYE | 3 | With 38 and 39 Across, NSYNC hit of 2000 |
| 38% | TAB | 3 | "Ola! I'm a dupe of cola! I hit the market in 1963 and I'm synonymous with a can opener" |
| 38% | IWANTTOTAKE | 11 | With 38- and 67-Across, 1970 Sly & the Family Stone hit |
| 37% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 37% | TILDE | 5 | Mark in the intersection of 56-Across and 38-Down |
| 36% | CALENDAR | 8 | Chart with the days, weeks, and months of a year |
| 36% | RODRIGUEZ | 9 | Surname of the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
| 36% | BOHR | 4 | Surname of the father and son who won Nobel Prizes for Physics in 1922 and 1975 |
| 36% | EXCUSEMEOFFICER | 15 | With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said |
| 36% | GOING | 5 | With 39- and 42-Across, activity of the spirits in this puzzle |
| 35% | STYX | 4 | Band with the hits "The Best of Times" and "Babe" |
| 35% | ANKA | 4 | Pop star with top 40 hits in the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s |
| 35% | SNL | 3 | Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief |
| 35% | CHER | 4 | Singer with #1 hits in the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s |
| 35% | HENGIST | 7 | Leader, with brother Horsa, of the first Jutish settlers in Britain |
| 35% | PAULA | 5 | She sat in front of the stage with Simon and Randy |
| 35% | CHER | 4 | Singer with top 10 hits in the 1960's, 70's, 80's and 90's |
| 35% | AARONSPELLING | 13 | Producer in the Television Hall of Fame with 218 producer and executive producer credits (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NOBEL | 5 | With 32- and 38-Across, 2014 honor won by the writer of 15-Across |
| 35% | NATASHA | 7 | ___ Bedingfield, 2000s pop star with the hits "Unwritten" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" |