| 100% | IDIE | 4 | "And When ___," 1969 Blood, Sweat & Tears hit |
| 66% | SPINNINGWHEEL | 13 | 1969 Top 10 hit song by Blood, Sweat & Tears (2 wds.) |
| 66% | IDIE | 4 | “And When ___” (Blood, Sweat and Tears hit of the ’60s) |
| 61% | LABOR | 5 | Blood, sweat and tears |
| 61% | TOIL | 4 | Blood, sweat and tears |
| 61% | FLUIDS | 6 | Blood, sweat, and tears |
| 59% | SALTY | 5 | Like blood, sweat, and tears |
| 58% | IDIE | 4 | "And When ___" (Blood, Sweat & Tears tune) |
| 58% | HARDEARNED | 10 | Obtained through blood, sweat, and tears |
| 58% | STAIN | 5 | Follower of blood, sweat, and tear |
| 57% | FORENSICS | 9 | Field that involves blood, sweat and tears? |
| 55% | GLAND | 5 | Producer of sweat and tears, but not blood |
| 52% | IDIE | 4 | 1969 hit, "And When ___" |
| 48% | IDIE | 4 | “And When —” (1969 hit) |
| 46% | LETME | 5 | 1969 Paul Revere and the Raiders hit |
| 46% | SWEAT | 5 | Blood, __, and tears |
| 44% | GLANDULAR | 9 | Like tears and sweat |
| 43% | BLOOD | 5 | Partner of sweat and tears |
| 43% | TEARS | 5 | Partner of blood and sweat |
| 42% | MONDAY | 6 | When repeated, a Mamas and the Papas hit |
| 41% | IKO | 3 | When doubled, a hit song of 1965 and 1989 |
| 40% | MESO | 4 | "You've Made ___ Very Happy" (Blood, Sweat & Tears hit) (2 wds.) |
| 40% | VERY | 4 | "You've Made Me So ___ Happy" (Blood, Sweat & Tears hit) |
| 40% | MONDAY | 6 | When repeated, a hit from 1966, and the 2024 red herring |
| 40% | TIMEOFTHESEASON | 15 | 1969 #3 hit … and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | DOVESCRY | 8 | When __, 1984 hit by Prince about avian tears |
| 39% | MUD | 3 | "___, Sweat, and Tears" (memoir by "Man vs. Wild" host Bear Grylls) |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | Grunge ___ (period when Nirvana and Pearl Jam hit it big) |
| 33% | SLAVE | 5 | Sweat blood |
| 33% | SWEAT | 5 | Blood, ___ & Tears |