| 100% | MILES | 5 | "And I would walk 500 ___..." (lyrics by The Proclaimers) |
| 48% | LOLA | 4 | The "she" in the lyric "She walked up to me and she asked me to dance" |
| 45% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 45% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 44% | ASONE | 5 | "... And the world will live ___" (lyrics from "Imagine" by John Lennon): 2 wds. |
| 44% | TREATMYSELF | 11 | Hit single by 9-Down with the lyric "I'll fight for me, and honestly I deserve some credit" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | YOU | 3 | "Me Before ___," 2012 novel by Jojo Moyes which depicts the story of Louisa Clark and Will Traynor |
| 41% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 41% | JOINTVENTURE | 12 | "My colleagues and I will do some exploratory work on your knee, in a ___," said the rheumatologist |
| 40% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd drop by" |
| 40% | SHUT | 4 | "___ Up and Dance" (hit song by Walk the Moon) |
| 40% | PRAY | 4 | "___ For Me" (song by Kendrick Lamar and the Weeknd) |
| 40% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 39% | THELOVEILOST | 12 | 1973 hit single by 44-Across and 30-Across with the lyrics "Take a good look at me / I'm in misery, can't you see?" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | SUMMERNIGHTS | 12 | Duet with the lyrics " I saved her life, she nearly drowned / He showed off, splashing around" sung by 15-Across and 40-Across in 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CHERRYBOMB | 10 | 1976 song by the Runaways with the lyric "Hello world, I'm your wild girl" |
| 39% | LOLA | 4 | The "she" in the lyric "She would merengue and do the cha-cha" |
| 39% | FROST | 5 | "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by" poet |
| 38% | LEAD | 4 | "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to ___" (bestseller by Sheryl Sandberg) |
| 38% | ALLOFUS | 7 | Sitcom of the 2000s co-created by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith |
| 38% | WHENWEDANCE | 11 | Sting song with the lyric "Angels will run and hide their wings" |
| 38% | OPP | 3 | Naughty by Nature hit with the repeated lyric "Yeah, you know me" |
| 38% | BENEKING | 8 | Singer with the 1961 and 1986 hit "Stand by Me": 3 wds. |
| 38% | LETTER | 6 | __ From America, song by The Proclaimers |
| 38% | MICHELLE | 8 | Lyrics by the Beatles: "__ my belle..." |
| 38% | HATER | 5 | "___'s Anthem" (Infinity Song tune with the lyric "I would rather sit and criticize") |
| 38% | TNT | 3 | AC/DC song with the lyrics "I'm dynamite" and "Watch me explode" |
| 37% | PLEASEMRPOSTMAN | 15 | 1961 No. 1 hit by the Marvelettes with the lyric “Is there a letter, a letter for me?” |
| 37% | YOU | 3 | "Tattoo ___," 1981 studio album by The Rolling Stones which features "Start Me Up" and "Waiting On a Friend" |