| 100% | SLOOP | 5 | The John B of song, e.g. |
| 80% | SLOOP | 5 | John B. of song, e.g. |
| 77% | SLOOP | 5 | The John B of song |
| 64% | SLOOP | 5 | The John B, e.g. |
| 62% | SLOOP | 5 | John B of song |
| 59% | SLOOP | 5 | John B. of song |
| 55% | FOLKTALE | 8 | The story of John Henry, e.g. |
| 52% | INITS | 5 | The "F" and "B" of Samuel F. B. Morse, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 52% | SLOOP | 5 | "___ John B" (1966 hit song for the Beach Boys) |
| 51% | SLOOP | 5 | Sailing vessel (like the "John B" in a Beach Boys song) [anagram of LOOPS] |
| 50% | GAL | 3 | Sal of song, e.g. |
| 50% | GAL | 3 | Kalamazooan of song, e.g. |
| 50% | CRETANS | 7 | Inscribers of the Linear B tablets at Knossos, e.g. |
| 50% | SWAN | 4 | E. B. White's "The Trumpet of the ___" |
| 50% | ELWYNBROOKS | 11 | The "E. B" of E. B. White |
| 50% | REMIXES | 7 | Dance versions of songs, e.g. |
| 49% | TESH | 4 | John ___, composer of the "NBA on NBC" theme song |
| 48% | SOULS | 5 | The ___ of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois book) |
| 48% | DESTROYER | 9 | The Reuben James of Woody Guthrie's song "The Sinking of the Reuben James," e.g. (HIT) |
| 48% | SWAN | 4 | “The Trumpet of the ___” (1970 E. B. White novel) |
| 48% | DNATURAL | 8 | Accidental in the key of B or E |
| 48% | BIGGLES | 7 | The pilot hero of W. E. Johns' children's books |
| 47% | ACT | 3 | Bit of song and dance, e.g. |
| 46% | DISCS | 5 | The chocolate parts of Oreos, e.g. |
| 46% | RAT | 3 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin, e.g. |
| 46% | DUO | 3 | The Black Keys of rock, e.g. |
| 46% | CHOIR | 5 | The Mighty Clouds of Joy, e.g. |
| 46% | SEXTET | 6 | The main cast of "Friends," e.g. |
| 46% | OCTAD | 5 | The major islands of Hawaii, e.g. |
| 46% | DUO | 3 | The Bryan brothers of tennis, e.g. |