| 100% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |
| 42% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 39% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 39% | CREE | 4 | Northern tribe whose name is one letter short of a rock band |
| 38% | FINCH | 5 | Bird whose name becomes a unit of length if you remove its first letter |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 37% | SCREAMO | 7 | '90s musical subgenre whose name is a portmanteau of the volume of the vocals and an angsty style of rock |
| 37% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 36% | KISS | 4 | Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio |
| 36% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 36% | NEVILLE | 7 | Name that, if you pronounce the first two letters individually, sounds like a synonym for 22 Across |
| 36% | ALBEN | 5 | Truman veep Barkley whose name sounds like a musical record if you change the last letter to an "m" |
| 35% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "Love Me Like You Do" singer whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 35% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end |
| 35% | KENO | 4 | Gambling game whose name spells a gambling town when the first letter is changed |
| 35% | RINGO | 5 | Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across |
| 35% | ALEXVANHALEN | 12 | Rock drummer whose last name is the same as his band |
| 35% | SHARPEI | 7 | Dog breed whose name becomes a permanent marker brand when the last two letters are switched |
| 35% | SMOOT | 5 | Early 20th-century senator Reed who becomes pointless to debate if you remove the first letter? |
| 34% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 34% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Crocodile Rock" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AMTRAK | 6 | Nationwide rail system whose name is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track" |
| 34% | SPOTIFY | 7 | Music streaming service whose name is a portmanteau of the words "spot" and "identify" |
| 34% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 33% | WIKIPEDIA | 9 | Online source of information whose name is a portmanteau of the Hawaiian word "wiki" and "encyclopedia" |
| 33% | ERIC | 4 | Name that becomes a grain if you move its first letter to the end |
| 33% | RONA | 4 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you switch the first and third letters |
| 33% | LENOVO | 6 | Chinese tech giant whose name is a portmanteau of the word "legend" and the Latin ablative "novo" |