| 100% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___" (Johnny Cash song written by Shel Silverstein) |
| 85% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___" (Johnny Cash hit written by Shel Silverstein) |
| 66% | SHEL | 4 | Poet Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue," made popular by Johnny Cash |
| 63% | ABOYNAMEDSUE | 12 | Johnny Cash song for which Shel Silverstein won a Grammy: 4 wds. |
| 57% | SUE | 3 | "A boy named __" - Johnny Cash song |
| 57% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___" (Johnny Cash song) |
| 55% | BLACK | 5 | "Man in ___," 1971 song written and recorded by Johnny Cash from album of the same name |
| 52% | ABOYNAMEDSUE | 12 | Song written by Shel Silverstein recorded by 27-Across that was the only Top 10 single on 42-Across (4 wds.) |
| 51% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote the words and music for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 50% | SUE | 3 | Boy in a Johnny Cash song |
| 46% | SUE | 3 | Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named ___" |
| 46% | SUE | 3 | Johnny Cash hit "A Boy Named ___" |
| 46% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___," Johnny Cash's highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 46% | SHEL | 4 | Poet Silverstein who wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 46% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___" (Johnny Cash hit) |
| 44% | ABOYNAMEDZEUS | 13 | Johnny Cash song about a sky god? |
| 43% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 40% | RENO | 4 | Where Johnny Cash shot a man, in song |
| 40% | SEE | 3 | "I ___ A Darkness," song by Johnny Cash |
| 40% | IFI | 3 | "___ Were a Boy," song by Beyonce: 2 wds. |
| 40% | IFI | 3 | "___ Were a Boy" (hit song by Beyonce): 2 wds. |
| 39% | RHONDA | 6 | Name in a #1 Beach Boys song |
| 39% | NAMED | 5 | "A Boy ___ Sue" (Johnny Cash song) |
| 39% | FOLSOM | 6 | Prison in a Johnny Cash song |
| 39% | SUE | 3 | "A Boy Named ___" (1969 song) |
| 39% | THEGIVINGTREE | 13 | Shel Silverstein book about a little boy and his generous friend: 3 wds. |
| 38% | SHEL | 4 | "A Boy Named Sue" writer Silverstein |
| 38% | SHEL | 4 | "A Boy Named Sue" songwriter Silverstein |
| 38% | CASH | 4 | "A Boy Named Sue" singer Johnny |
| 38% | ABOY | 4 | "__ Named Sue"; Johnny Cash song |