| 100% | TOLIFE | 6 | "...but the children know how he came ___ one day" ("Frosty" lyric) |
| 41% | HOWHECAMETOLIFEONEDAY | 21 | ''. . . but the children know __ . . .'' |
| 39% | JUKEBOXHERO | 11 | Foreigner song with the lyric "With that one guitar / He'll come alive" |
| 35% | MIGHTY | 6 | "Here He Comes to Save the Day" __ Mouse |
| 34% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 34% | STAGEMOM | 8 | One who knows the drama of raising children? |
| 33% | QUIZMASTER | 10 | One asking questions he already knows the answers to |
| 32% | INSIDER | 7 | One who knows how the sausage is made |
| 32% | GETBACK | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner / But he knew it couldn't last" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THESE | 5 | One of ___ days, he'll get what's coming to him... |
| 31% | LALA | 4 | [I don't know the lyrics but I'm singing anyway] |
| 31% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "We knew every line, now I can't remember / How it goes but I know that I won't forget her" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | BABYYODA | 8 | "The Child," as he's otherwise known as |
| 30% | EXPERT | 6 | One with the know-how |
| 29% | NORA | 4 | Writer Ephron (who knew the identity of Deep Throat for decades, but no one believed her!) |
| 28% | HAILTOTHECHIEF | 14 | Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all" |
| 28% | ODO | 3 | "_____ you know the muffin man" (children's lyric) |
| 28% | HAPPIER | 7 | 33-Across song with the lyric "So find someone great, but don't find no one better" |
| 28% | SPY | 3 | He came in from the cold |
| 28% | YEATS | 5 | He asked, “How can we know the dancer from the dance?” |
| 28% | BADIDEARIGHT | 12 | 2023 Olivia Rodrigo hit with the lyric "I know I should stop, but I can't": 3 wds. |
| 27% | BROTHERINLAW | 12 | "How come you know so much about the legal system, Tarzan?" |
| 27% | AMOVEABLEFEAST | 14 | ''But this is how Paris was in the early days . . .'' (1964) |
| 27% | THEWOMANINME | 12 | 2023 memoir by 31-Across whose title comes from the lyrics of one of her hit songs (4 wds.) |
| 27% | EINSTEIN | 8 | He came up with the equation "E = mc²" |
| 27% | MOODY | 5 | Up one day, down the next |
| 27% | HERO | 4 | One saving the day |
| 27% | HTIPSTERS | 9 | Ones in the know |
| 27% | HEROES | 6 | Ones saving the day |
| 27% | TRUE | 4 | Spandau Ballet song with the lyrics "I bought a ticket to the world / But now I've come back again" |