| 100% | RADIOSTAR | 9 | Whom "video killed," in a 1979 hit |
| 65% | SHARONA | 7 | "My" girl in a 1979 hit |
| 63% | GARYNUMAN | 9 | Synth-pop singer who had a hit with Cars in 1979 |
| 62% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a 1979 #1 hit |
| 58% | HITS | 4 | Number of kills in a video game, maybe |
| 58% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a 1979 #1 hit song |
| 58% | SARA | 4 | Title girl in a 1979 Fleetwood Mac hit |
| 57% | FRAG | 4 | Kill, in a combat video game |
| 57% | RADIOSTAR | 9 | Video Killed the __, 1979 hit for the Buggles |
| 57% | SHARONA | 7 | "M-m-m-my" girl in a 1979 #1 hit |
| 55% | SIMS | 4 | Virtual people in a hit video game series |
| 54% | MARIO | 5 | Plumber in a video game who rescues a princess |
| 53% | MYGGGGENERATION | 15 | Refrain in a 1965 hit by the Who |
| 53% | MYRTLEWILSON | 12 | She is killed in a hit-and-run accident in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 53% | THECOMMODORES | 13 | Naval-sounding band that performed a 1979 hit spelled out in this puzzle's "hits" |
| 52% | YMCA | 4 | "A place you can go," in a 1979 #2 hit |
| 52% | SIM | 3 | Little person in a video game who complains when they're bored |
| 50% | RESPAWN | 7 | Appear again after being killed, in a video game |
| 50% | DONMCLEAN | 9 | Singer who had a hit with American Pie in 1971 |
| 50% | CATBURNS | 8 | British singer who had a hit with Go in 2022 |
| 50% | RADIOSTAR | 9 | Whom "Video Killed," according to a Buggles song |
| 50% | SONIC | 5 | Video game character in a hit 2020 film |
| 49% | JOSIE | 5 | Title woman in a 1977 Steely Dan hit who's "the pride of the neighborhood" |
| 49% | SLEW | 4 | Killed in a swordfight |
| 49% | SYMONDS | 7 | A —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 156 against England at Melbourne in 2006 |
| 49% | SYMONDS | 7 | A -, Australia Test cricketer who hit 156 against England at Melbourne in 2006 |
| 49% | ALBA | 4 | Jessica who starred in "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" |
| 49% | NOONE | 5 | Who "knows," in a 1958 Dion & the Belmonts hit |
| 49% | MORRIS | 6 | A R —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 182 against England at Headingley in 1948 |
| 49% | LEWIS | 5 | A R ---, England Test cricketer who hit 125 against India at Kanpur in 1973 |