| 100% | IROAM | 5 | "___ around around around around" (repeated line in Dion and the Belmonts' "The Wanderer") |
| 54% | WHOARETHOSEGUYS | 15 | Repeated line in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" |
| 47% | ATEENAGERINLOVE | 15 | Dion and the Belmonts' first Top 10 hit |
| 47% | ATEENAGERINLOVE | 15 | 1959 Dion and the Belmonts hit |
| 47% | LOATEENAGERVE | 13 | 1959 Dion and the Belmonts hit? |
| 46% | NOONE | 5 | "___ Knows" (1958 Dion and the Belmonts hit) |
| 41% | NOONE | 5 | Who "knows," in a 1958 Dion & the Belmonts hit |
| 41% | TOYSTORY | 8 | Movie with the repeated line "To infinity, and beyond!" |
| 41% | CONTOUR | 7 | The line around a specific shape in an art piece |
| 41% | MORAL | 5 | Finish line in “The Tortoise and the Hare”? |
| 41% | NEGATIVESPACE | 13 | In art, the area between and around objects |
| 39% | FWD | 3 | Repeated abbr. in the subject line of a chain e-mail |
| 39% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 38% | HOE | 3 | Repeated word in the punch line to "What's Santa's favorite garden tool?" |
| 38% | ASYOUWISH | 9 | Westley's repeated line in "The Princess Bride" |
| 38% | SINOJAPANESEWAR | 15 | Historic conflict in and around the Yellow Sea |
| 38% | SAMOA | 5 | Nation that moved east of the International Date Line in 1892 and west of it in 2011 |
| 38% | OGDEN | 5 | Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 37% | TRIPLECROWN | 11 | Distinction of winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in the same year (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |
| 37% | IAM | 3 | "___ Groot" (repeated line in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"): 2 wds. |
| 37% | ASHES | 5 | Word repeated in "Ring Around The Rosie" before falling down |
| 37% | ONELOVE | 7 | Classic 1977 song with the repeated line "Let's get together and feel all right" |
| 37% | POPPING | 7 | & 9A Line parallel to and four feet in front of the bowling crease in cricket |
| 37% | RAGE | 4 | Word repeated in the Dylan Thomas line "___ against the dying of the light" |
| 36% | ROLLINGSTONES | 13 | The ___, band behind "All Down the Line" which was formed in 1962 and is still active: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Annual music festival that originated in Brooklyn and is now held in cities around the world |
| 36% | ASHES | 5 | Word repeated in "Ring Around the Rosy" before "We all fall down" |
| 36% | SUET | 4 | Hard fat around the kidneys of cattle and sheep used in cooking |
| 36% | SEXANDTHECITY | 13 | Whence the line “Women come to New York in search of the two Ls: labels and love” |