| 100% | ISECOND | 7 | "___ That Emotion" (1967 hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) (2 wds.) |
| 62% | TEARS | 5 | “The ___ of a Clown” (No. 1 hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) |
| 52% | EMOTION | 7 | "I Second That ___" (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles hit song) |
| 48% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | 1967 hit for Jefferson Airplane with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MORNINGTRAIN | 12 | 1981 #1 hit for Sheena Easton that had the subtitle "Nine to Five": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SINGLELADIES | 12 | 2008 #1 hit for Beyoncé that had the subtitle "Put a Ring on It": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ILLBE | 5 | With 33-Across, #1 hit for the Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992): 2 wds. |
| 44% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 43% | UNDERPRESSURE | 13 | 1981 hit for David Bowie and Queen that was sampled in "Ice Ice Baby": 2 wds. |
| 42% | THEWHO | 6 | English band with the 1967 hit "I Can See for Miles": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MIRACLES | 8 | Smokey Robinson & the ___ ("I Second That Emotion" group) |
| 41% | OUT | 3 | This 2024 movie that brought emotions to the screen and shattered records. Give it up for Pixar's "Inside ___ 2"! |
| 41% | RESTOFMYLIFE | 12 | Hit single from Ludacris, featuring Usher and David Guetta, that was included as part of the soundtrack for "Fast & Furious 6": 4 wds. |
| 40% | ACTAFOOL | 8 | Single from Ludacris that was part of the soundtrack for "2 Fast 2 Furious," and was also nominated for a Grammy: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ANEW | 4 | "I Want ___ Drug" (hit for Huey Lewis and the News): 2 wds. |
| 40% | COMEA | 5 | "___ Little Bit Closer" (Jay and the Americans hit): 2 wds. |
| 40% | DONTSTOP | 8 | 1977 top 10 hit for Fleetwood Mac, the band that accounts for one of Stevie Nicks's Hall of Fame inductions: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HEATWAVE | 8 | Martha and the Vandellas hit song that starts, "Whenever I'm with him / Something inside / Starts to burning" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LETIT | 5 | "___ Be" (#1 hit for the Beatles): 2 wds. |
| 38% | ARMBONES | 8 | The humerus and the radius, for example: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CANTTAKEMY | 10 | With 42-Across, 1967 hit that Bob Crewe cowrote for Frankie Valli: 3 wds. |
| 38% | PONYTIME | 8 | 1961 #1 hit for 34-Across that launched a horse-riding dance: 2 wds. |
| 38% | THELOCOMOTION | 13 | #1 hit for Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk Railroad (1974): 2 wds., hyph. |
| 38% | TOOHOT | 6 | 1980 #5 hit for Kool & the Gang: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LADIESNIGHT | 11 | 1979 #8 hit for Kool & the Gang: 2 wds. |
| 38% | UPON | 4 | "___ Cripple Creek" (1969 hit for The Band): 2 wds |
| 38% | YOUREALLYGOTME | 14 | 1964 hit for the Kinks that's in the Grammy Hall of Fame: 4 wds. |
| 38% | SPANISHFLEA | 11 | 1966 "country" song by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass that's instrumental: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STANDBACK | 9 | 1983 top 10 hit for Stevie Nicks, the first woman to be inducted twice (in 1998 and 2019) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AHOLD | 5 | The Miracles hit song "You've Really Got ___ on Me" (2 wds.) |