| 100% | LIVE | 4 | "___ and Let Die" (Paul McCartney hit) |
| 61% | DIE | 3 | "Live and Let ___" (James Bond song by Paul McCartney & Wings) |
| 60% | DIE | 3 | "Live and Let ___" (James Bond title song by Paul McCartney & Wings) |
| 57% | EBONYANDIVORY | 13 | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (3 wds.) |
| 56% | EBONY | 5 | "___ and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder hit |
| 56% | SAYSAYSAY | 9 | Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson hit ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-. 57- and 65-Across |
| 54% | SOBAD | 5 | 1984 Paul McCartney hit |
| 54% | LIVE | 4 | "__ and Let Die"; 007 film |
| 53% | LIVE | 4 | "___ and Let Die" (James Bond movie) |
| 53% | LIVE | 4 | "___ and Let Die" (James Bond film) |
| 53% | BOND | 4 | "Live and Let Die" spy |
| 53% | MRBIG | 5 | "Live and Let Die" villain |
| 52% | LIVE | 4 | "___ and Let Die," 1973 James Bond film |
| 52% | SEYMOUR | 7 | Jane of “Live and Let Die” |
| 52% | SIRS | 4 | Paul McCartney and others |
| 52% | BASSPLAYERS | 11 | Paul McCartney and Sting |
| 52% | EBONY | 5 | "___ and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder hit |
| 51% | MYLOVE | 6 | 1973 Paul McCartney & Wings hit |
| 51% | SIRS | 4 | Paul McCartney and Ray Davies |
| 51% | EBONY | 5 | Paul McCartney's "___ and Ivory" |
| 51% | SIRS | 4 | Paul McCartney and Elton John |
| 50% | SIRS | 4 | Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, for two |
| 50% | SIRS | 4 | Paul McCartney and Ian McKellen, e.g. |
| 50% | SOMEONE | 7 | "___'s knocking at the door ..." (lyric from Paul McCartney and Wings' "Let 'Em In") |
| 49% | EBONY | 5 | Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's "___ and Ivory" |
| 49% | SAYSAYSAY | 9 | Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson hit song (3 wds.) |
| 49% | WONDER | 6 | Stevie ___ and Paul McCartney, singers who collaborated on the hit song "Ebony and Ivory" |
| 47% | BLOWININTHEWIND | 15 | 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary hit |
| 46% | HALSEY | 6 | Title admiral in a Paul and Linda McCartney hit |
| 46% | RUN | 3 | "Band on the ___" (1973 Paul McCartney and Wings album) |