| 100% | NICE | 4 | "___ for What" (2018 Drake hit) |
| 73% | SICKOMODE | 9 | 2018 chart-topping hit for Travis Scott featuring Drake |
| 68% | NONSTOP | 7 | 2018 Drake hit; without pause |
| 63% | DRAKE | 5 | Rapper with the 2018 #1 hit "Nice for What" |
| 59% | GODS | 4 | With 32-Across, 2018 Drake hit that references a higher power |
| 56% | NONSTOP | 7 | 2018 Drake top 10 single whose title is a synonym for "uninterrupted" |
| 55% | PROMISES | 8 | 2018 hit for Sam Smith and Calvin Harris |
| 55% | SUNFLOWER | 9 | 2018 hit for Post Malone and Swae Lee |
| 55% | LEMON | 5 | "___ Pepper Freestyle" (2021 hit for Drake) |
| 54% | ATM | 3 | 2018 J. Cole hit named for a bank feature |
| 54% | NANETTE | 7 | Hit 2018 Netflix stand-up special for Hannah Gadsby |
| 54% | EVER | 4 | "Best I ___ Had" (2009 hit for Drake) |
| 54% | INBETWEEN | 9 | Always __; 2018 hit album for Jess Glynne |
| 54% | THISISAMERICA | 13 | Grammy-winning 2018 hit for Childish Gambino |
| 53% | PLAN | 4 | "God's ___" (2018 Drake hit song) |
| 52% | NICE | 4 | Drake's "___ for What" |
| 52% | JOKE | 4 | "Can't Take a ___" (Top 20 hit for Drake) |
| 51% | FOR | 3 | "Nice ___ What" (2018 Drake song) |
| 50% | GIRLS | 5 | With 43-Across, 2018 hit for Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 48% | HOMERUN | 7 | Big hit for the club members, and what might elicit the shaded words |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the lyric "huh, yeah, What is it good for?" |
| 47% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | Drake song that replaced his own "Nice for What" at #1 on the charts on July 21, 2018: 3 wds. |
| 47% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | Drake hit with a record-setting 116.2 million US streams in the week of July 28, 2018: 3 wds. |
| 47% | SUNFLOWER | 9 | 2018 Post Malone hit that spent 33 weeks in the Top 10, tied for the record |
| 46% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are |
| 46% | ITS | 3 | For what ___ worth |
| 46% | WHEREUNTO | 9 | For what purpose |
| 46% | ITS | 3 | For what __ worth |
| 46% | WHY | 3 | For what reason? |
| 45% | THAT | 4 | "What Was ___" (2025 hit for Lorde) |