| 100% | SEALED | 6 | "__ with a Kiss"; song of the '60s |
| 67% | FEELINGS | 8 | Hit song of the 1970s with a repetitive "whoa whoa whoa" chorus |
| 63% | ARRIVEDERCIROMA | 15 | Song with the lyric "City of a million warm embraces" |
| 62% | FIFTEENMEN | 10 | Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" |
| 61% | BETH | 4 | A hit song by Kiss, which was performed with the New York Philharmonic |
| 61% | EVITA | 5 | Musical with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" |
| 61% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 60% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 60% | SEALED | 6 | "__ with a Kiss"; 1962 song |
| 60% | SEALED | 6 | "__ with a Kiss"; 1960s song |
| 60% | EVITA | 5 | 1979 Broadway hit with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" |
| 59% | TURTLEDOVE | 10 | Old World bird with a brown plumage and speckled wings associated with song The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 57% | DOLLYPARTONS | 12 | With 27-Across, Netflix anthology series dramatizing the stories behind some of a singer's songs: 2 wds. |
| 57% | TEACHIN | 7 | Dutch winners of the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest with Ding-a-dong |
| 57% | SANTANA | 7 | Starting in 1999, rock band with a song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 42 consecutive weeks |
| 57% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Subject of a children's song associated with the vowels in the answer to each starred clue |
| 57% | TAKEMETOCHURCH | 14 | *Hozier song with the lyric "I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies" |
| 57% | MINE | 4 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter" |
| 57% | TIME | 4 | "Until the End of ___," song by Justin Timberlake that was re-recorded as a duet with Beyonce |
| 57% | FLOW | 4 | "Let It ___," song by Toni Braxton with an ocean-related term describing the movement of a liquid |
| 56% | RIHANNA | 7 | Starting in 2010, R&B singer with a song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 46 consecutive weeks |
| 56% | LUCOZADE | 8 | Orange tonic drink of the 60s with cellophane wrap |
| 56% | LYRICAL | 7 | Of the words of a popular song |
| 56% | BADGIRLFRIEND | 13 | Theory of a Deadman song with the lyric "She's naughty to the end" |
| 56% | KATYPERRY | 9 | Starting in 2010, pop singer with a song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 69 consecutive weeks: 2 wds. |
| 56% | MANANA | 6 | Jimmy Buffett tune with a Spanish name with the closing line "And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs" |
| 55% | EASE | 4 | "He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ___ ..." (line from an old song about a trapeze artist) |
| 55% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" |
| 55% | BOYD | 4 | Jimmy who had a No. 1 hit at the age of 13 with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" |