| 100% | JAM | 3 | The —, band formed by Paul Weller in 1972 |
| 44% | DAN | 3 | Steely ___, rock band formed in the 70s |
| 43% | ROXYMUSIC | 9 | Rock band formed by Bryan Ferry in 1970 |
| 43% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | English rock band formed in 1968 and led by Ian Gillan, who gave us hits like "Soldier of Fortune" and "Smoke on the Water": 2 wds. |
| 43% | GALATIA | 7 | Land visited by Paul in the New Testament |
| 42% | THEBEATLES | 10 | British rock band formed by John Lennon and 19-Across in 1960 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ROLLINGSTONES | 13 | English rock band formed in 1962 in London by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards among others, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 42% | APRIL | 5 | ___ Wine, Canadian band formed in Halifax with the hit "Roller" |
| 42% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | EATAPEACH | 9 | 1972 platinum album by the Allman Brothers Band |
| 42% | HIP | 3 | The Tragically ___, Canadian rock band formed in Ontario with the hit "Ahead by a Century" |
| 41% | GRAND | 5 | Deep gorge formed by the Colorado River in northern Arizona, US |
| 41% | KINGSOFLEON | 11 | American rock band formed by the Followill brothers who named it after their grandfather: 3 wds. |
| 41% | REM | 3 | Band formed in 1980 by Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Bill Berry, and Mike Mills |
| 41% | GRAND | 5 | & 17A Deep gorge formed by the Colorado River in northern Arizona, US |
| 40% | SUM | 3 | ___ 41, Canadian rock band formed in Ontario with the hit "In Too Deep" |
| 40% | RIME | 4 | Frost formed by the freezing of water droplets in fog onto solid objects |
| 40% | PELVIS | 6 | Large funnel-shaped structure formed by the hipbones, sacrum and coccyx in man |
| 40% | CCR | 3 | Band loved by the Dude in The Big Lebowski, for short |
| 40% | RIME | 4 | Frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects |
| 39% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Paul Desmond jazz composition recorded by The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1959 |
| 39% | IROCK | 5 | Boast formed by removing the middle two words of a popular Paul Simon song title |
| 39% | SECONDSTO | 9 | Thirty ___ Mars, rock band formed in 1998 by Jared Leto and his brother: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NONET | 5 | Group similar to a Miles Davis-led band formed in the late 1940s, e.g. |
| 39% | ISOSCELES | 9 | Like the figure formed by the three circled letters in the upper right |
| 39% | SCALENE | 7 | Like the figure formed by the three circled letters in the upper left |
| 39% | THECLASH | 8 | Band with the 1980 hit "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)": 2 wds. |
| 39% | FRIDAY | 6 | Song by UK rock band The Cure, __ I'm in Love |