| 100% | MAJOR | 5 | Tom's rank in a David Bowie song |
| 53% | HEROES | 6 | David Bowie song about two lovers divided by the Berlin Wall that was used in a Microsoft commercial |
| 53% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Tom Hanks film: Abbr. |
| 52% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Tom Hanks movie, for short |
| 51% | LIFEONMARS | 10 | David Bowie song that begins, “It’s a god-awful small affair” |
| 51% | MAJORTOM | 8 | Astronaut in a David Bowie hit |
| 51% | MAJORTOM | 8 | Astronaut in a David Bowie classic |
| 48% | MAJOR | 5 | Rank for Tom in Bowie's "Space Oddity" |
| 47% | JEANGENIE | 9 | The __, David Bowie song recorded in 1972 |
| 47% | TOEARTH | 7 | How David Bowie's character fell, in a 1976 sci-fi film |
| 46% | STARMAN | 7 | He's "waiting in the sky" in a classic David Bowie song |
| 46% | FAME | 4 | It "puts you there where things are hollow," in a David Bowie hit |
| 46% | STARMAN | 7 | David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky" |
| 46% | REBELREBEL | 10 | 1974 David Bowie song with a repetitive title: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |
| 45% | FAME | 4 | David Bowie song where he sings "what you like is in the limo" |
| 45% | MAJORTOM | 8 | Astronaut in a 1973 David Bowie hit |
| 45% | TOM | 3 | Major in a 1973 David Bowie hit |
| 45% | LABYRINTH | 9 | Movie starring David Bowie in a maze |
| 44% | TOM | 3 | First name in a 1973 David Bowie hit |
| 44% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Refrain in a 1971 hit by David Bowie |
| 44% | DIAMONDDOGS | 11 | David Bowie song that should be listened to on a 60th wedding anniversary?: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Spielberg war film |
| 42% | ODDITY | 6 | "Space ___," David Bowie song that was performed in space by astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the ISS |
| 42% | REBEL | 5 | Repeated, a 1974 David Bowie song |
| 42% | ODDITY | 6 | "Space ___," 1969 song by David Bowie about a fictional astronaut named Major Tom |
| 41% | MACDONALD | 9 | Old farmer in a classic kid's song |
| 41% | AULD | 4 | Word in a New Year's Eve song |
| 41% | UNDERPRESSURE | 13 | 1981 Queen/David Bowie song sampled in Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SPACE | 5 | "___ Oddity," David Bowie's song |