| 100% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (1974 #1 song) |
| 73% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (1974 #1 hit) |
| 69% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (Bob Marley song) |
| 65% | SHOT | 4 | "I ___ the Sheriff" (Eric Clapton hit song) |
| 63% | SHOT | 4 | "I ___ The Sheriff" (Bob Marley song) |
| 62% | IMABELIEVER | 11 | 1967 No. 1 song by the Monkees (3 wds.) |
| 62% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | 1967 No. 1 song by the Doors (3 wds.) |
| 61% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (1974 hit) |
| 61% | FACE | 4 | "Can't Feel My ___" (No. 1 song by The Weeknd) |
| 61% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a No. 1 song by the Knack |
| 60% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton): 2 wds. |
| 60% | FLOW | 4 | "Let Your Love ___" (1976 No. 1 song for the Bellamy Brothers) |
| 60% | OFF | 3 | "Get ___ of My Cloud" (No. 1 song by the Rolling Stones) |
| 59% | ATOP | 4 | ___ the charts (No. 1 song) |
| 58% | ANTI | 4 | 2016 No. 1 album featuring the song "Work" |
| 58% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Musical based on the songs of 1-Across |
| 57% | GEORGEMICHAEL | 13 | Singer with eight No. 1 songs in the 1980s, including "Faith" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | WATERLOO | 8 | 1974 ABBA song named for the place where Napoleon was defeated |
| 57% | HABANERA | 8 | Popular song from act 1 of the opera Carmen |
| 57% | WITH | 4 | Penultimate word in a song about the 1-Across |
| 57% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind," 1974 song by Elton John |
| 57% | ERICCLAPTON | 11 | "I Shot the Sheriff" singer with the 1992 song "Tears in Heaven": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (Eric Clapton #1 hit) |
| 56% | EAGLES | 6 | The ___, "Hotel California" band who have a 1974 song titled "James Dean" |
| 56% | BREATH | 6 | No. 1 hit song by the Police: "Every __ You Take" |
| 55% | PIE | 3 | "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar ___ Honey Bunch)" (No. 1 song for the Four Tops) |
| 55% | WINDY | 5 | #1 song by the association |
| 55% | TOPOFTHEWORLD | 13 | #1 song by the Carpenters |
| 54% | GETS | 4 | "Whatever ___ You Thru the Night" (1974 #1 John Lennon song) |
| 54% | KIMPETRAS | 9 | First openly transgender woman to have a No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart |