| 100% | IAN | 3 | With 10-Down, lead vocalist and flutist for rock's Jethro Tull |
| 35% | PROG | 4 | ___ rock (genre for Jethro Tull and King Crimson) |
| 32% | TREY | 4 | ___ Anastasio, lead vocalist and guitarist for Phish |
| 32% | DELTA | 5 | With 5-Down, Top 10 country hit for Tanya Tucker and #1 hit for Helen Reddy |
| 30% | IAN | 3 | Anderson of rock's Jethro Tull |
| 30% | BABYI | 5 | With 10-Down, 1967 hit for 42-Across |
| 30% | TAROT | 5 | With 10-Down, The Devil and Death |
| 30% | EVERYSOOFT | 10 | With 10-Down, literally, now and then |
| 30% | EMO | 3 | With 100 Down, fusion genre for Juice Wrld and Yung Lean |
| 30% | KIM | 3 | With 10-Down, mother of North and Saint West |
| 30% | ELI | 3 | With 10-Down, director of "Hostel" and "Cabin Fever" |
| 29% | NODOUBT | 7 | U.S. rock band with lead vocalist Gwen Stefani |
| 29% | NUNS | 4 | With 10 Down, ecclesiastical attire |
| 29% | YOULL | 5 | With 21 Across, 3 Down, 8 Down, and 20 Down, response to Ralphie's request for a BB gun in "A Christmas Story" |
| 28% | TWOTHINGSALWAYS | 15 | With 10- and 15-Down, a Fellini quote |
| 28% | TRIOS | 5 | Rock's Cream and ZZ Top, for two |
| 28% | THEYMIGHT | 9 | With 43-Across, alternative rock band led by John Flansburgh and John Linnell: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SRO | 3 | Smash, with 10 Down |
| 28% | MAD | 3 | With 10-Down, Emmy-winning TV series starring Elisabeth Moss and January Jones |
| 28% | NINE | 4 | With 5- and 10-Across, need for 69-, 70- and 71-Across |
| 27% | ALAN | 4 | With 9-Down, performer who won acting, writing, and directing Emmy Awards for "M*A*S*H" |
| 27% | GLASS | 5 | With 10-Down, ocularist's offering |
| 27% | MEN | 3 | 10 Down, for instance |
| 27% | GRACE | 5 | ___ Slick, vocalist and songwriter known for Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" |
| 27% | FOOD | 4 | With 10-Across and 16-Down, a light and fluffy dessert |
| 27% | LIE | 3 | With "in" and 60-Down, prepare for an ambush |
| 27% | IAN | 3 | Jethro Tull lead singer Anderson |
| 27% | LAPEL | 5 | With 10-Down, politician's flag, often |
| 27% | SYD | 3 | Lead vocalist for The Internet |
| 27% | ADDRESS | 7 | 10 Downing Street, for one |