| 100% | MILEY | 5 | With 33-Across, singer whose "Flowers" was the best-selling global single of 2023 |
| 64% | BENSONBOONE | 11 | Singer whose "Beautiful Things" was the best-selling global single of 2024: 2 wds. |
| 62% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Singer whose "As It Was" was the best-selling global single of 2022: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, pop singer whose posthumous album "This Is It" topped the charts in 2009 |
| 47% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | Singer known as the "The King of Rock and Roll" whose first hit singles were with Sun Records (2 wds.) |
| 47% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, singer whose performance of "What's Love Got to Do With It" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 45% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | 17-Across and 27-Across singer whose 2023 single "Flowers" debuted at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Global 200 chart in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CARLPERKINS | 11 | Singer known as "The King of Rockabilly" whose first hit singles were with Sun Records (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WILLIE | 6 | With 39-Across, singer whose "A Beautiful Time" won the Grammy for Best Country Album in 2023 |
| 44% | CHER | 4 | Singer whose likeness was the highest-selling doll of 1976, surpassing Barbie |
| 43% | WILLIE | 6 | With 33-Across, country singer whose 1992 album "The IRS Tapes" was released to help pay his tax debts |
| 43% | SPARE | 5 | Royal memoir that was the best-selling nonfiction book of 2023 |
| 43% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, King of Pop whose estate was called Neverland |
| 43% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 33-Across, one of the two singers on 15-Across |
| 42% | PATSY | 5 | With 33-Across, singer of "Crazy," the 1992 campaign song for H. Ross Perot |
| 42% | ANITA | 5 | With 33-Across, husky-voiced singer known as the Jezebel of Jazz |
| 42% | KILLERS | 7 | "___ of the Flower Moon," film starring Leonardo DiCaprio whose release date is in 2023 |
| 42% | OLIVIARODRIGO | 13 | Singer whose 2021 hit single "Drivers License" is nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LEANN | 5 | With 33-Across, "Blue" singer who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1997 |
| 41% | FRANK | 5 | With 33-Across, Mothers of Invention guitarist whose son Dweezil is also a guitarist |
| 41% | DOJACAT | 7 | Singer whose 2021 hit single "Kiss Me More" is nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CAREY | 5 | Mariah ___, singer whose performance of "Vision of Love" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 41% | BOWIE | 5 | David ___, singer whose performance of "Boys Keep Swinging" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 41% | ADELE | 5 | Singer with the best-selling album of 2021 |
| 41% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 41% | ARKHAM | 6 | With 33-Across, institution for the criminally insane that is central to the plot of "Gotham" |
| 40% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 40% | JALEN | 5 | With 33-Across, Eagles quarterback who was named MVP of the 2025 Super Bowl |
| 40% | THEFIRSTTIMEEVERI | 17 | With 127 Across, the best-selling hat song of 1972? |
| 40% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |