| 100% | RODDY | 5 | With 32-Across, American rapper whose "The Box" was the #3 song on Spotify in 2020 |
| 65% | TONESANDI | 9 | Australian singer whose "Dance Monkey" was the #2 song on Spotify in 2020: 3 wds. |
| 58% | THEWEEKND | 9 | Canadian singer whose "Blinding Lights" was the #1 song on Spotify in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AREYOUTHERE | 11 | American sitcom "___, Chelsea?" in which Laura Prepon plays the author whose book the drama was based on: 3 wds. |
| 42% | DESPACITO | 9 | Song whose music video was surpassed by Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance” as the most-viewed video on YouTube, in 2020 |
| 40% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | American rock band formed in 1961 with a popular debut single "Surfin" and are famous for their song "Sail on Sailor": 3 wds. |
| 39% | RODDY | 5 | With 36-Across, rapper with the 2020 #1 hit "The Box" whose name contains an unexpected double letter |
| 39% | {THE}WEEKND | 11 | Artist whos song "Blinding Lights" was streamed almost 1.6 billion times on Spotify in 2020 |
| 39% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Party in the U.S.A." singer who was both the host and musical guest on 2013 and 2015 "SNL" episodes |
| 37% | NICKIMINAJ | 10 | Rapper whose song "Anaconda" peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2014: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BOBBYRYDELL | 11 | "Volare" singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | PHARRELL | 8 | With 42-Across, "Happy" singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 |
| 37% | SHEERAN | 7 | Singer whose "Shape of You" was the most streamed song of the 2010s on Spotify |
| 37% | WASTEDONYOU | 11 | Morgen Wallen song that was 17th on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (3 wds.) |
| 36% | ELVISCOSTELLO | 13 | "Veronica" new wave singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TANYATUCKER | 11 | "Delta Dawn" country singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 36% | BEN | 3 | With 22-Across, former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state) |
| 35% | BUNNY | 5 | Bad ___, the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2020 |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name is rhymed with “El Salvador, too,” in the “Animaniacs” song “Yakko’s World” |
| 35% | PATRICK | 7 | With 38-Across, second African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 2020 |
| 35% | EMILY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Into the Woods" actress who became an American citizen in 2015 |
| 35% | WITHOUTYOU | 10 | 2020 song by the Kid Laroi whose remix was a top 10 hit in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BROOKSANDDUNN | 13 | Duo whose "Play Something Country" hit #1 on the Billboard Country Songs Chart in 2005: 3 wds. |
| 35% | EMERIL | 6 | With 95-Across, chef whose recipes are used on the International Space Station |
| 35% | FAITHHILL | 9 | Country singer whose song "Breathe" was named the #1 single on Billboard's year-end countdown in 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEKIDLAROI | 11 | "Without You" rapper who partnered with Justin Bieber on the 2021 #1 song "Stay": 3 wds. |
| 35% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, pop singer whose posthumous album "This Is It" topped the charts in 2009 |