| 100% | AOXOMOXOA | 9 | The Grateful Dead's gold album of 1969 with the palindromic - and meaningless - title |
| 40% | AOXOMOXOA | 9 | Grateful Dead album whose title reads the same forward and backward |
| 37% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 36% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 34% | MADAM | 5 | Palindromic and respectful title for a lady that begins and ends with the letter "M" |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Band with the albums "Out of Time" and "Green" |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Band with the albums "Murmur" and "Out of Time" |
| 33% | REM | 3 | Band with the multiplatinum albums "Out of Time" and "Monster" |
| 33% | THANKU | 6 | “___, Next” (20-Across’s first No. 1 single and the title of her 2019 album) |
| 33% | ZZTOP | 5 | Band with the gold-certified albums "Tres Hombres" and "El Loco" |
| 33% | ACDC | 4 | Band with the aptly titled albums “High Voltage” and “Power Up” |
| 33% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Singer with the albums “The Emancipation of Mimi” and “E=MC2” |
| 33% | SOUND | 5 | With 5- and 1-Down, 2015 Album of the Year nominee by Alabama Shakes |
| 33% | BTS | 3 | Septet with the #1 albums "Be" and "Map of the Soul: 7" |
| 32% | GOODBYE | 7 | With 32-Across and 54-Across, title of the final episode of "M*A*S*H," which aired February 28, 1983 |
| 32% | RATT | 4 | Heavy-metal band with the hit albums "Out of the Cellar" and "Infestation" |
| 32% | PUTTINGONAIRS | 13 | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| 32% | CRACKERISLAND | 13 | 2023 studio album by Gorillaz with the single "New Gold" featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ADELE | 5 | Artist with two Record of the Year and two Album of the Year Grammys |
| 32% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 31% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Pop star with the 2023 début album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” |
| 31% | CHAPPELLROAN | 12 | Singer with the debut album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess": 2 wds. |
| 31% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | 2023 album by 28-Across with the hit singles "Mine" and "Favorite Kind of High" |
| 31% | WEDONTTRUSTYOU | 14 | 2024 Future hit that's the title track of the album featuring 16-, 20-, 45-, and 54-Across: 4 wds. |
| 31% | KYRIEIRVING | 11 | Point guard who, in 2016, won both an NBA title with the Cavaliers and an Olympic gold medal: 2 wds. |
| 31% | KHRISMIDDLETON | 14 | Small forward who, in 2021, won both an NBA title with the Bucks and an Olympic gold medal: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Small forward who, in 2012, won both an NBA title with the Heat and an Olympic gold medal: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, "Yummy" singer who won the Pop Album of the Year Juno in 2011 and 2016 |
| 31% | SHAUNWHITE | 10 | American snowboarder with the most number of X-Games gold and three Olympic golds: 2 wds. |
| 31% | RENO | 4 | City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil" |