| 100% | PYRE | 4 | "And our love become a funeral ___" (lyric from the Doors' "Light My Fire") |
| 69% | PYRE | 4 | "And our love become a funeral ___" (lyric by the Doors) |
| 60% | PYRE | 4 | "And our love become a funeral ___" (Doors lyric) |
| 36% | MIRE | 4 | "No time to wallow in the ___" (line from the Doors' "Light My Fire") |
| 35% | DONNA | 5 | The girl next door and Eric Forman's love interest from "That 70s Show" |
| 35% | SEA | 3 | "But my life, my love and my lady is the ___" ("Brandy" lyric) |
| 34% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé song about a heavenly light with the lyric "I got my angel now" |
| 32% | LIGHTBULB | 9 | Notable invention from the 19th century, that brought steady light to households, and stands as a symbol of an idea: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BETTYCOOPER | 11 | The sweet, blonde girl next door character from "Riverdale," who serves as a protagonist and is played by Lili Reinhart |
| 32% | SOMEONE | 7 | "___'s knocking at the door ..." (lyric from Paul McCartney and Wings' "Let 'Em In") |
| 32% | ORGAN | 5 | Keyboard instrument in the Doors song "Light My Fire" |
| 32% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | MINT | 4 | ___ Jujubes, candies from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that gave the boy next door green teeth for a month |
| 32% | BARACK | 6 | "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" author who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 31% | SAYYES | 6 | "You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess / It's a love story, baby, just ___ ... " (Taylor Swift lyric) |
| 31% | TWOOFUS | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "You and me Sunday driving, not arriving / On our way back home" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | ALLY | 4 | Calista Flockhart's much loved character from a legal comedy-drama who is a lawyer at the fictional firm "Cage and Fish" |
| 30% | RAH | 3 | And now a word from our cheerleader |
| 30% | SACKED | 6 | Fired from a job in the uk |
| 30% | CHIP | 4 | Boy who became a teacup in "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 30% | LIGERS | 6 | The babies from a male lion and tigress |
| 30% | HEIGHHO | 7 | Catchy song from Disney's 1937 film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", sung by the dwarves as they work at a mine: Hyph. |
| 29% | EPS | 3 | The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour and All My Loving |
| 29% | AXE | 3 | Get the ___ (be fired from a job) |
| 29% | AXE | 3 | Gets the ___ (is fired from a job) |
| 29% | AXE | 3 | Got the ___ (was fired from a job) |
| 29% | BLANKSPACE | 10 | Second single from Taylor Swift's fifth album, that received three Grammy nominations, and had a part in the lyrics misheard by many: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TONYPARSONS | 11 | Author of novels Men from the Boys and One for My Baby |
| 29% | DIM | 3 | Like the light from a low-wattage bulb |
| 29% | DIM | 3 | Like the light from a 25-watt bulb |