| 100% | BAD | 3 | "___ to the Bone" (George Thorogood and the Destroyers hit) |
| 52% | BADTO | 5 | George Thorogood's "___ the Bone" |
| 52% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis and the News hit) |
| 51% | BONE | 4 | "Bad to the ____" by George Thorogood |
| 50% | HUMERUS | 7 | Bone connected to the scapula, ulna and radius |
| 49% | BADTOTHEBONE | 12 | Orthopedist's favorite George Thorogood & the Destroyers song?: 4 wds. |
| 49% | STUART | 6 | Author of novels Flesh House and Close to the Bone |
| 46% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Face to the right of George, Thomas and Theodore |
| 46% | SUMMERINTHECITY | 15 | Hit for the Lovin' Spoonful, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 45% | HIP | 3 | "___ to be square," a hit song by Huey Lewis and the News |
| 45% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Mount Rushmore face to the right of George, Thomas, and Theodore |
| 45% | SAVAGE | 6 | __ Garden had a 1997 hit with To The Moon and Back |
| 44% | SHOPS | 5 | Hits the "Add to Cart" button and then continues, say |
| 44% | CITY | 4 | "Sex and the ___" (Candace Bushnell book that led to a hit HBO series) |
| 44% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 43% | THEGAMBLER | 10 | 1978 Kenny Rogers hit, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 43% | MONSTERSINC | 11 | 2001 Pixar hit, and a hint to the start of 19-, 22- and 24-Down |
| 43% | AINTNOSUNSHINE | 14 | Bill Withers hit, and a hint to the ends of 20-, 27- and 42-Across |
| 43% | ALISON | 6 | Taylor ___ Swift, American singer and songwriter behind the 2019 hit "You Need to Calm Down" |
| 42% | BAD | 3 | ___ to the bone |
| 42% | HEATWAVE | 8 | Martha and the Vandellas hit song that starts, "Whenever I'm with him / Something inside / Starts to burning" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | IAMAROCK | 8 | Simon & Garfunkel hit, and hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 48- ... and 35-Across, too! |
| 42% | STIRITUP | 8 | Bob Marley and the Wailers hit performed on The Old Grey Whistle Test on their first trip to the U.K. |
| 41% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 41% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 41% | BESTIEVERHAD | 12 | 2009 Drake hit that went to #1 on the Billboard R&B and Rap charts: 4 wds. |
| 41% | SUMMERSIXTEEN | 13 | 2016 Drake hit that went to #1 on the Billboard R&B and Rap charts: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HOTLINEBLING | 12 | 2015 Drake hit that went to #1 on the Billboard R&B and Rap charts: 2 wds. |