| 100% | ESKIMOS | 7 | "And folks dressed up like ___" ("The Christmas Song" lyric) |
| 53% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | Christmas song with the lyric "And heaven and nature sing" (4 wds.) |
| 51% | SILVERBELLS | 11 | Classic Christmas song with the lyric "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, / Dressed in holiday style" |
| 48% | NOWHEREMAN | 10 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
| 47% | COOL | 4 | Jonas Brothers hit song with the lyric "Woke up feelin' like a new James Dean" |
| 47% | EGO | 3 | Beyonce song with the lyric "I talk like this 'cause I can back it up" |
| 47% | GOLDDUSTWOMAN | 13 | 1977 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "pick up the pieces and go home": 3 wds. |
| 47% | EGO | 3 | 2009 Beyoncé song with the lyrics "He talk like this 'cause he can back it up" |
| 46% | PAGAN | 5 | Like the Christmas traditions of decorating trees and hanging mistletoe |
| 45% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | ALOT | 4 | "It's Beginning to Look ___ Like Christmas," a hit song by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MADEFORTV | 9 | Like the movies "Brian's Song" and "Sharknado" |
| 44% | HERO | 4 | Mariah Carey song with the lyrics "So when you feel like hope is gone / Look inside you and be strong" |
| 44% | HERO | 4 | 1993 Mariah Carey song with the lyrics "So when you feel like hope is gone / Look inside you and be strong" |
| 43% | FELIZNAVIDAD | 12 | Christmas song with the lyric "Próspero año y felicidad" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | YANKEEDOODLEDY | 14 | Patriotic song lyric before "Mind the music and the step" |
| 42% | DECKTHEHALLS | 12 | Christmas song with the lyric "Don we now our gay apparel" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | BLOAT | 5 | Swell and puff up like the Pufferfish |
| 41% | HAILTOTHECHIEF | 14 | Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all" |
| 41% | SHUT | 4 | "___ Up and Dance" (hit song by Walk the Moon) |
| 41% | STYLE | 5 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "And I got that red lip classic thing that you like" |
| 41% | SILVERBELLS | 11 | Christmas song with the lyrics "Children laughing, people passing / Meeting smile after smile" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LONG | 4 | Lengthy, just like the song titles in 21a, 28a, 52a, 7d, and 43d |
| 40% | GET | 3 | "___ Up, Stand Up," song by Bob Marley and the Wailers |
| 40% | WEASEL | 6 | Pop Goes the __, folk song and music hall tune |
| 40% | ILOVEPARIS | 10 | Song lyric before "in the winter when it drizzles" and "in the summer when it sizzles" |
| 40% | OHSUSANNA | 9 | Folk song with the lyric "a banjo on my knee": 2 wds. |