| 100% | GRATEFUL | 8 | The __ Dead, 60s US band headed by Jerry Garcia |
| 51% | GRATEFUL | 8 | The ___ Dead (rock band co-founded by Jerry Garcia) |
| 38% | DOJ | 3 | Government org. headed by the U.S. Attorney General (Abbr.) |
| 37% | PEDALSTEELGUITAR | 16 | Stringed instrument played by Jerry Garcia in the intro to CSNY's "Teach Your Children" |
| 36% | GRATEFULDEAD | 12 | Jerry Garcia's band, with "the" |
| 36% | PHISH | 5 | Jam band inspired by the Grateful Dead |
| 35% | PHISH | 5 | Their frontman filled in for Jerry Garcia on the Grateful Dead’s 2015 reunion tour |
| 35% | CZAR | 4 | Informal term for an agency head appointed by the US president |
| 32% | PEARLJAM | 8 | Grungy Seattle band headed by Eddie Vedder |
| 32% | THEDEAD | 7 | Jerry Garcia’s band, informally |
| 32% | THEDEAD | 7 | Jerry Garcia's band, familiarly |
| 32% | THEDEAD | 7 | Jerry Garcia's band, for short |
| 31% | ITT | 3 | US co., headed by Sosthenes and Hernand Behn, that became the sole telephone provider in Spain in 1924 (abbr.) |
| 31% | DRAWNOFTHEDEAD | 14 | *... Jerry Garcia's band's portraits? |
| 30% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Fan of Jerry Garcia's band |
| 30% | DEADHEADS | 9 | Fans of Jerry Garcia's band |
| 30% | DEADHEAD | 8 | *Devotee of Jerry Garcia's band |
| 30% | TIGER | 5 | Iconic guitar owned by Jerry Garcia that sold for $957,500 |
| 30% | YOUSPINME | 9 | "___ Round (Like a Record)," a song by the popular '80s band Dead or Alive from their album "Youthquake:" 3 wds. |
| 30% | ISRAEL | 6 | The Dead Sea is bordered by __ to the southwest |
| 30% | DEADHEAD | 8 | Devoted fan of Jerry Garcia's band |
| 30% | DEADHEAD | 8 | A follower of Jerry Garcia's band |
| 30% | DEADGIVEAWAY | 12 | Gratis merch from Jerry Garcia's band? |
| 30% | DEADHEADS | 9 | Devoted fans of Jerry Garcia's band |
| 30% | YES | 3 | Sandburg's "_____, the Dead Speak to Us"' |
| 30% | GARCIA | 6 | Jerry of The Grateful Dead |
| 30% | BLOWFISH | 8 | US rock band, Hootie & the __ |
| 30% | THESMITHS | 9 | The Queen Is Dead band |
| 30% | MODESTMOUSE | 11 | Band with the 2007 #1 album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" |
| 29% | LOVE | 4 | "You Give ___ a Bad Name," 1986 song by Bon Jovi which became the band's first US Billboard Hot 100 topper |