| 100% | FREDDIE | 7 | With 34-Across, Queen lead singer whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Hg |
| 68% | ADAMSILVER | 10 | NBA commissioner whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Ag: 2 wds. |
| 68% | TRACEYGOLD | 10 | "Growing Pains" actress whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Au: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THORA | 5 | With 33-Across, "Ghost World" actress whose last name is a tree |
| 41% | MAHALIAJACKSON | 14 | Gospel singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972 whose last name is a city in Mississippi (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "Saving All My Love for You" singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose last name is a city in Texas (2 wds.) |
| 40% | FIONAAPPLE | 10 | "Criminal" singer whose last name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "My Life" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Crocodile Rock" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MACYGRAY | 8 | "I Try" singer, whose last name is a color: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LUKEBRYAN | 9 | "Play It Again" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOBYKEITH | 9 | "Red Solo Cup" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ANITABAKER | 10 | "Sweet Love" singer whose last name is a synonym for a pastry chef: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | "Shake It Off" singer whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 37% | ELL | 3 | Country pop singer Lindsay whose last name is also a letter |
| 37% | NYRO | 4 | Singer-songwriter whose last name rhymes with a number |
| 37% | DEMILOVATO | 10 | "Heart Attack" singer whose first TV series lead role was on the Disney Channel's "Sonny with a Chance": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALT | 3 | ___-J (indie-rock band whose name is a keyboard shortcut for the symbol ∆) |
| 37% | MERCURY | 7 | The chemical element whose symbol is Hg |
| 36% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 36% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |
| 36% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | 15-Across, 28-Across, and 35-Across singer whose solo studio albums are all named with mathematical symbols (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KELLYMARIETRAN | 14 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actress whose first name is a shade of green: 3 wds. |
| 35% | JOEYFATONE | 10 | Former 'N Sync singer whose first name is also the term for a baby kangaroo: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IRON | 4 | Metal with the chemical symbol Fe |
| 35% | TIN | 3 | Metal with the chemical symbol Sn |
| 35% | PATTYDUKE | 9 | "The Miracle Worker" actress whose last name is a North Carolina university: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DRONE | 5 | Male bee in a colony whose function is to mate with the queen |