| 100% | ROCKANTHEM | 10 | The Who's "My Generation," e.g. |
| 100% | DEBUTALBUM | 10 | The Who's "My Generation," e.g. |
| 68% | ROCKOPERA | 9 | The Who's "Tommy," e.g. |
| 68% | ROCKOPERA | 9 | The Who's "Quadrophenia," e.g. |
| 68% | OPERA | 5 | The Who's "Tommy," e.g. |
| 65% | BASSSOLO | 8 | Prominent feature of the Who's "My Generation" |
| 65% | BASSSOLO | 8 | Iconic feature of the Who's "My Generation" |
| 58% | OLDIE | 5 | The Beatles' "All My Loving," e.g. |
| 58% | ETF | 3 | The SPDR S&P 500, e.g. |
| 57% | POPSTAR | 7 | Musician who's often in the Top 40, e.g. (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SOFTIE | 6 | One who's liable to cry at the end of a romantic comedy, e.g. |
| 53% | AMES | 4 | L E G —, England Test cricketer who hit 148 not out against South Africa at the Oval in 1935 |
| 53% | SST | 3 | The Spike S-512, under development, e.g. |
| 52% | TESLAS | 6 | The Model S and the Model Y, e.g. |
| 52% | ALIEN | 5 | The Doctor on Doctor Who, e.g. |
| 51% | CHARLOTTE | 9 | E.B. White's spider who befriended Wilbur the pig |
| 51% | WORDSMITH | 9 | The person who made this puzzle, e.g. |
| 50% | THEWHO | 6 | Band who talked about my g-g-g-generation |
| 50% | VIOLATOR | 8 | One who breaks the law, e.g. |
| 50% | EWER | 4 | The America's Cup trophy, e.g. |
| 50% | TERR | 4 | The U.S. Virgin Is., e.g. |
| 50% | CAV | 3 | The NBA's King James, e.g. |
| 50% | TOURNAMENT | 10 | The NCAA's March Madness, e.g. |
| 50% | PAGES | 5 | The OED's 21,728, e.g. |
| 50% | EMPATH | 6 | The Enterprise's Counselor Troi, e.g. |
| 49% | LAMEEXCUSE | 10 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 49% | EXCUSE | 6 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 49% | PSALM | 5 | "The Lord is my shepherd ...," e.g. |
| 49% | ALIBI | 5 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
| 49% | LIE | 3 | "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |