| 100% | MANIN | 5 | "___ the Mirror" (Michael Jackson hit) |
| 87% | MANIN | 5 | "___ the Mirror" (1988 #1 Michael Jackson hit) |
| 84% | MEFEEL | 6 | Michael Jackson hit, The Way You Make __ |
| 79% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 77% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson album that included "Man in the Mirror" |
| 76% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson's album with the hit song "Smooth Criminal" |
| 76% | MANINTHE | 8 | __ Mirror, Michael Jackson's reflective hit |
| 76% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 73% | MAN | 3 | "___ in the Mirror" (Michael Jackson song) |
| 73% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit ... or what you can do to the start of each answer to a starred clue |
| 70% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit |
| 70% | THRILLER | 8 | Michael Jackson hit |
| 70% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit |
| 69% | BEAT | 4 | Michael Jackson hit "___ it" |
| 67% | PYT | 3 | Michael Jackson hit off "Thriller" |
| 66% | JANET | 5 | ___ Jackson, Michael's sister with the hit song "That's the Way Love Goes" |
| 66% | BEATIT | 6 | 1983 Michael Jackson hit |
| 66% | BEN | 3 | Early Michael Jackson hit |
| 65% | EARTHSONG | 9 | Michael Jackson hit with a global theme |
| 65% | ROBIN | 5 | 1972 Michael Jackson hit "Rockin' ___" |
| 63% | IMBAD | 5 | Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit |
| 63% | EATIT | 5 | Yankovic parody of a Michael Jackson hit |
| 63% | HEAL | 4 | Michael Jackson's "___ the World" |
| 62% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson album with songs like "Man in the Mirror," that went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time |
| 62% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's first #1 hit |
| 62% | THRILLER | 8 | Michael Jackson's zombie-themed hit |
| 61% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit |
| 61% | BEN | 3 | Michael Jackson's first #1 solo hit |
| 60% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit |
| 60% | THEWIZ | 6 | Michael Jackson played the scarecrow in 1978 film |