| 100% | LOOK | 4 | "___ Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's" (memoir by John Elder Robison) |
| 41% | HEAD | 4 | *"I Woke Up with This Song in My ___ This Morning," song by the Bright Eyes |
| 37% | RATHER | 6 | "___ Outspoken: My Life in the News" (memoir by journalist Dan) |
| 35% | MAINSTREET | 10 | Top 40 song by 46-Across with the lyrics "I drift back in time and I find my feet" |
| 35% | WORLDS | 6 | John Grogan's "Marley and Me: Life and Love with the ___ Worst Dog" |
| 34% | RATHER | 6 | "__ Outspoken: My Life in the News": 2012 memoir |
| 34% | BEJEWELED | 9 | Top 10 single from 37-Across with the lyrics "Diamonds in my eyes / I polish up ... real nice / ... / Sapphire tears on my face" |
| 33% | AJA | 3 | Album that begins "In the corner of my eye / I saw you in Rudy's / You were very high" |
| 32% | JUPITER | 7 | "Drops of ___ (Tell Me)," 2001 song by Train with the Solar System's largest planet in its title |
| 32% | SUMMERNIGHTS | 12 | Duet with the lyrics " I saved her life, she nearly drowned / He showed off, splashing around" sung by 15-Across and 40-Across in 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |
| 32% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | CAR | 3 | "I'm In Love With My ___," 1975 song by Queen which is a part of the album "A Night at the Opera" |
| 31% | THECLASH | 8 | Band with the 1980 hit "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)": 2 wds. |
| 31% | AMIBLUE | 7 | Standard with the lyric "Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you?" |
| 30% | JUSTAGIRL | 9 | 34-Across single with the lyrics "Take this pink ribbon off my eyes / I'm exposed and it's no big surprise" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | ABEL | 4 | The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 29% | HAMMER | 6 | Mike —, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick |
| 29% | READ | 4 | "I Can ___ With My Eyes Shut," 1978 children's illustrated book by Dr. Seuss published by Random House |
| 29% | MOON | 4 | "Fly Me to the ___," 1964 song by Frank Sinatra with the Earth's natural satellite in its title |
| 29% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 29% | ABEL | 4 | Brother referred to in the biblical line "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 29% | JIMMYCRACKCORN | 14 | Old song with the lyric "When he would ride in the afternoon / I'd follow him with my hickory broom" |
| 29% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in which my kid replaced the frosting with cheese and tried to get me to eat it |
| 29% | ELF | 3 | Lives with Santa in the North Pole |
| 29% | ABEL | 4 | The biblical brother referred to in "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 29% | DINAH | 5 | Someone's in the kitchen with her, in an old song |
| 29% | TAXDODGERS | 10 | California baseball players in trouble with the I.R.S.? |
| 28% | MIDWINTER | 9 | In the Bleak __, carol with words by Rossetti |
| 28% | IRENE | 5 | In an old song, the "I'll see you in my dreams" girl |