| 100% | LPS | 3 | The Who's "Tommy" and others |
| 67% | EWERS | 5 | The America's Cup and others |
| 66% | DEAF | 4 | Like The Who's Tommy |
| 64% | PINBALL | 7 | Game for the who's tommy |
| 60% | DECADES | 7 | The Roaring 20's and others |
| 60% | LIARS | 5 | People who often try to hide the truth and instead misinform others |
| 59% | ROCKOPERA | 9 | The Who's "Tommy," e.g. |
| 59% | OPERA | 5 | The Who's "Tommy," e.g. |
| 59% | ROCKOPERA | 9 | The Who’s “Tommy,” for one |
| 59% | OPERA | 5 | The Who's "Tommy," for one |
| 58% | BEDMATE | 7 | One who's on the other side? |
| 58% | SEAN | 4 | Combs who has used the monikers Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and Diddy, among others |
| 58% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Novelist who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and the other three frequently banned books in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 57% | LIZA | 4 | Minnelli who's won the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony |
| 56% | SEEME | 5 | Repeated lyric in the Who's "Tommy" |
| 56% | WINTER | 6 | Alex -, actor who plays Bill S Preston, Esq in the Bill and Ted comedy film series |
| 56% | ETALII | 6 | And others, in the Forum |
| 56% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper who's the father of North, Saint, and Chicago |
| 56% | ELON | 4 | Musk who's the CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX |
| 56% | TURNEDTERN | 10 | Shorebird who's become a spy for the other side? |
| 55% | RELICS | 6 | The Shroud of Turin and others |
| 55% | OILRIGS | 7 | The notorious Deepwater Horizon and others |
| 55% | TALISMANS | 9 | The Seal of Solomon and others |
| 55% | ADAS | 4 | The Countess of Lovelace and others |
| 55% | TOWNSHEND | 9 | The Who guitarist and songwriter, Pete |
| 55% | JOHN | 4 | Elton who's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 54% | ART | 3 | Howe who managed the Astros, A's, and Mets |
| 54% | FAD | 3 | It's in one year and out the other |
| 54% | FAD | 3 | It's in one era and out the other |
| 54% | ETC | 3 | And others of the same sort: Abbr. |