| 100% | MBE | 3 | U.K. medal accepted and then returned by John Lennon, in brief |
| 37% | THEBEATLES | 10 | British rock band formed by John Lennon and 19-Across in 1960 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEBEATLES | 10 | English rock band formed in 1960 and led by John Lennon, who gave us hits like "Hey Jude" and "Yellow Submarine": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TWOVIRGINS | 10 | 1968 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 32% | IMAGINE | 7 | Song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 31% | IMAGINE | 7 | 1971 song by John Lennon about peace and an undivided world |
| 31% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 29% | CANDLE | 6 | __ in the Wind, song by Taupin and John |
| 29% | MINDGAMES | 9 | *Song by John Lennon (1973) and Sickick (2017) whose title is a phrase meaning "psychological manipulation" |
| 29% | THEEVEOF | 8 | Romantic poem by John Keats written in 1819 and published in 1820 |
| 29% | COLTRANE | 8 | John —, US jazz saxophonist and composer who died in 1967 |
| 28% | QUEENSBERRY | 11 | & 18D Marquis of — , boxing code written by John Graham Chambers and published in 1867 |
| 27% | HANNAH | 6 | John —, actor who played Jonathan Carnahan in action films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns |
| 26% | FLAMBEAU | 8 | Reformed criminal and assistant to Father Brown in stories by G K Chesterton |
| 26% | STANSTED | 8 | London airfield originally built by and for US forces in World War Two |
| 26% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song that ends, "I hope some day you'll join us / And the world will be as one" |
| 26% | YAZOO | 5 | River in Mississippi, US, formed by the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers |
| 26% | IMAGINE | 7 | 1971 studio album by John Lennon |
| 26% | ONO | 3 | Middle name taken by John Lennon |
| 26% | ONO | 3 | Middle name adopted by John Lennon |
| 26% | KARMA | 5 | “Instant ___!” (song written by John Lennon) |
| 26% | ONO | 3 | Woman nicknamed "Mother" by John Lennon |
| 26% | RTI | 3 | Largest US titanium producer, ___ International Metals, founded in 1950 and acquired by Alcoa in 2015 |
| 25% | FREEDOMRIDES | 12 | Bus trips taken by John Lewis (1940-2020) and other civil rights activists in 1961 to protest segregation: 2 wds. |
| 25% | CHIC | 4 | US group founded by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards whose self-titled debut album was released in 1977 |
| 25% | LIFEISWHAT | 10 | Start of a quote by John Lennon |
| 25% | QUARRYMEN | 9 | 1950s skiffle group created by John Lennon |
| 25% | PEACE | 5 | "Give ___ a chance," track by John Lennon |
| 25% | IMAGINE | 7 | Best-selling solo song by John Lennon |