| 100% | MEANT | 5 | "___ To Be," pop-country hit by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line |
| 59% | MEANTTOBE | 9 | Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line song that was #3 on Billboard's 2018 Year-End Hot 100: 3 wds. |
| 51% | BEBEREXHA | 9 | Pop singer of the country hit “Meant to Be” (featuring Florida Georgia Line) |
| 44% | LINE | 4 | Florida Georgia ___, country music duo that won a Billboard Music Award for their hit song "Meant to Be" |
| 43% | MEANTTOBE | 9 | 2017 Bebe Rexha hit featuring Florida Georgia Line: 3 wds. |
| 41% | CRUISE | 6 | 2012 Florida Georgia Line hit later remixed by Nelly |
| 40% | SHESGOTYOU | 10 | Pop song by 17a which was covered by Loretta Lynn and went on to become a number one country hit: 3 wds. |
| 40% | MEANT | 5 | "___ to Be" (Grammy-nominated Bebe Rexha hit song) |
| 38% | HIP | 3 | "___ to be square," a hit song by Huey Lewis and the News |
| 36% | TURKEY | 6 | Mediterranean country that is home to Cappadocia and is often visited by backpackers |
| 34% | ROUND | 5 | "___ Here" (2013 Florida Georgia Line hit song) |
| 34% | FREDDY | 6 | Singer Fender with a 1975 hit that went to #1 on both the pop and country charts |
| 32% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis and the News hit) |
| 32% | INLAND | 6 | Less likely to be hit by a hurricane |
| 32% | ICECREAM | 8 | 2020 bubblegum pop hit by Blackpink and Selena Gomez whose title is a frozen treat: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GOINGGOINGGONE | 14 | 2022 Luke Combs No. 1 country hit that begins, "Some things in life are meant to fly / And others, they were born to run" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THISISHOW | 9 | With 19-Across, 2014 Florida Georgia Line hit featuring Luke Bryan: 3 wds. |
| 31% | TULSA | 5 | "___ Time," hit song by country artist Don Williams which is dedicated to the city historically known as the "Oil Capital of the World" |
| 31% | TEE | 3 | Cannon projectile that you might want to be hit by |
| 31% | WHAT | 4 | "___ A Time To Be Alive," album by Drake and Future |
| 31% | CRUISE | 6 | Complete the Florida Georgia Line lyric, "You make me wanna roll my windows down, and ___..." |
| 31% | SQUEEZEMEIN | 11 | 2002 country hit by husband and wife duo Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks (3 wds.) |
| 31% | HOPE | 4 | "I ___," pop-country hit by Gabby Barrett and Charlie Puth |
| 31% | CARELESSSILENCE | 15 | 1984 hit by George Michael, after he was told to hush? |
| 30% | THEPOWEROFLOVE | 14 | No. 1 hit by Huey Lewis and the News that was featured in the 1985 film "Back to the Future" (4 wds.) |
| 30% | SAY | 3 | "___ Something," pop-country hit by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton |
| 30% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Kangaroos and koalas are endemic to this country |
| 30% | GER | 3 | European nation that used to be divided into East and West countries: Abbr. |
| 30% | GIRL | 4 | "The Other ___," pop-country hit by Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey |
| 30% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |