| 100% | HIP | 3 | "___ To Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News hit) |
| 100% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News hit song) |
| 96% | HIP | 3 | "___ to be square," a hit song by Huey Lewis and the News |
| 96% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis and the News hit) |
| 87% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News song) |
| 73% | HUEY | 4 | "Hip to Be Square" rock band ___ Lewis and the News |
| 66% | THEPOWEROFLOVE | 14 | No. 1 hit by Huey Lewis and the News that was featured in the 1985 film "Back to the Future" (4 wds.) |
| 66% | THEPOWEROFLOVE | 14 | Huey Lewis and the News's first #1 hit, from 1985's "Back to the Future" soundtrack: 4 wds. |
| 56% | DRUG | 4 | Huey Lewis and the News hit song "I Want a New ___" |
| 56% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit |
| 52% | EST | 3 | Clock setting in New York that is key to the Times Square Ball Drop: Abbr. |
| 52% | ANEW | 4 | Huey Lewis & The News '84 release "I Want ___ Drug" |
| 51% | HUEY | 4 | "Hip to Be Square" singer Lewis |
| 51% | HUEY | 4 | "Hip to Be Square" rocker Lewis |
| 50% | IWANTANEWDRUG | 13 | 1984 hit from Huey Lewis and the News's multiplatinum album "Sports": 5 wds. |
| 49% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit parodied in a "Sesame Street" song about shapes: 4 wds. |
| 48% | NEW | 3 | Like a drug wished for in a Huey Lewis & the News song |
| 48% | SEESTARS | 8 | React to being hit on the head, perhaps |
| 48% | YORK | 4 | New ___, home to the Times Square |
| 47% | EMPIRE | 6 | "___ State of Mind," hit song by Jay Z featuring Alicia Keys which is dedicated to the titular nickname of New York city |
| 47% | BLOODY | 6 | To be hit in the face may cause this secreting nose |
| 47% | ANEW | 4 | "I Want ___ Drug" (hit for Huey Lewis and the News): 2 wds. |
| 46% | DELHI | 5 | New ___, city that is home to the India Gate |
| 45% | DUCK | 4 | Lower the head to avoid being hit |
| 45% | HIP | 3 | 1980s hit "___ to Be Square" |
| 45% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | Geometry teacher's favorite Huey Lewis and the News song?: 4 wds. |
| 45% | TASS | 4 | News agency that was the first to report on Sputnik |
| 44% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 44% | ZEALAND | 7 | New ___, Auckland's nation which is also home to the kiwis |
| 44% | ZEALAND | 7 | Country that is home to the Southern Alps: New __ |