| 100% | DAVID | 5 | With 32-Across, "Space Oddity" singer who once had the alter ego "Ziggy Stardust" |
| 56% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | "I'll Be There" pop singer who once had the alter ego "Mimi": 2 wds. |
| 54% | BOWIE | 5 | Singer with the alter ego Ziggy Stardust |
| 52% | BOWIE | 5 | Singer David who created the alter ego Ziggy Stardust |
| 48% | GARTHBROOKS | 11 | Country music star who once had the alter ego "Chris Gaines": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BOWIE | 5 | David with the alter ego Ziggy Stardust |
| 38% | GLADYS | 6 | With 32-Across, "Midnight Train to Georgia" singer who performed the theme to "Licence to Kill" |
| 36% | ZENDAYA | 7 | Singer who had a hit with Rewrite the Stars |
| 36% | JAMESBAY | 8 | Singer who had a hit with Hold Back the River |
| 35% | TYLER | 5 | With 32-Across, entertainment mogul who partnered with Oprah to bring his series "The Haves and the Have Nots" to OWN in 2013 |
| 35% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, singer-songwriter who exclaimed "I just won my first Grammy!" during her performance of "Flowers" at the 2024 Grammy Awards |
| 34% | BASIL | 5 | Singer Toni who had a hit with the 1982 song "Mickey" |
| 34% | STEPHAN | 7 | With 32-Across, the lead singer of 14-Across |
| 34% | DAVIDBOWIE | 10 | Singer who featured the glam rocker character Ziggy Stardust on his 1972 concept album: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NEE | 3 | "... who once had the last name ..." |
| 33% | DARIN | 5 | Bobby —, singer-actor who had a hit with Beyond the Sea |
| 33% | DARIUS | 6 | With 32-Across, singer with the #1 country single "Wagon Wheel" |
| 33% | MRAZ | 4 | Singer Jason who came in second on Season 32 of “Dancing with the Stars” |
| 33% | ONE | 3 | With 32-Across, what the answers to the starred clues each have |
| 32% | TIGER | 5 | With 32-Across, golfer who had five Masters wins between 1997 and 2019 |
| 32% | WILLIE | 6 | With 32-Across, country legend who sang "On the Road Again": 2 wds. |
| 32% | EMILY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Into the Woods" actress who became an American citizen in 2015 |
| 32% | LEEGREENWOOD | 12 | "I.O.U." singer who had a hit in 2001 with "God Bless the U.S.A.": 2 wds. |
| 32% | KESHA | 5 | Singer who once spelled her name with a "$" |
| 31% | DAVID | 5 | With 36-Across, "Space Oddity" singer |
| 31% | DAVID | 5 | With 7-Across, "Space Oddity" singer |
| 31% | NORAH | 5 | With 32-Across, "Come Away With Me" singer who won five Grammy Awards in 2003 |
| 31% | FRANK | 5 | With 32-Across, singer who got banned from "Saturday Night Live" for not really trying |
| 31% | GERARD | 6 | With 32-Across, "300" actor who earned a law degree from the University of Glasgow |
| 31% | ENYA | 4 | Singer who once belonged to the Celtic band Clannad |