| 100% | ASHE | 4 | "As Long _____ Needs Me" ("Oliver!" song) |
| 100% | ASHE | 4 | "As Long ___ Needs Me" ("Oliver!" song) |
| 61% | LETITSNOW | 9 | Song lyric following "But as long as you love me so" |
| 52% | HELP | 4 | "___! I need somebody" (start of a Beatles song) |
| 52% | IAM | 3 | "Take Me as ___" (Mary J. Blige song) |
| 52% | SOMEONE | 7 | "If I Needed ___" (Harrison-penned Beatles song) |
| 50% | ACHORUSLINE | 11 | Long-running musical with the song “What I Did for Love” |
| 50% | IAM | 3 | "Take Me as ___" (Mary J. Blige song): 2 wds. |
| 50% | ASEAL | 5 | "Set me as ___ upon thine heart": Song of Solomon |
| 50% | ISA | 3 | "All I Need ___ Miracle" (1986 hit song): 2 wds. |
| 49% | AFOOL | 5 | "___ Such as I" (Elvis song): 2 wds. |
| 49% | DUET | 4 | Song such as Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's "Rain on Me" |
| 48% | MINE | 4 | "As Long As You Are ___," song from the hit musical "Wicked" by Idina Menzel |
| 48% | GYPSY | 5 | Broadway musical with the song "All I Need Is the Girl" |
| 47% | GYPSY | 5 | 1959 Broadway hit with the song "All I Need Is the Girl" |
| 46% | BACKINBW | 8 | Iconic AC/DC album with the song "You Shook Me All Night Long" |
| 45% | TONI | 4 | "Long as I Live" singer Braxton |
| 45% | TINYDANCER | 10 | *Elton John song with a lyric often parodied as "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" |
| 45% | MYLOVE | 6 | Top 10 Lionel Richie song with the lyric "Honey, you're everything I need" |
| 45% | WHILE | 5 | As long as |
| 44% | NOTONMYWATCH | 12 | "Won't happen as long as I'm around," and a summary of 20-, 26-/45-, and 37-Across? |
| 44% | REAL | 4 | "As ___ as You and Me" (2015 Rihanna song) |
| 44% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyric "I got me / And that's all I need" |
| 44% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyrics "I got me / And that's all I need" |
| 43% | LONG | 4 | "As ___ as You Love Me" (Justin Bieber hit song) |
| 43% | WHILST | 6 | As long as, old-style |
| 42% | SHORTER | 7 | Not as long |
| 42% | LONG | 4 | "As ___ as You Love Me" (2012 Justin Bieber hit song) |
| 42% | TELL | 4 | "Santa ___ Me," 2014 pop song by Ariana Grande where she asks Santa for a long-term lover |
| 42% | END | 3 | "Its the ___ of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (R.E.M. song) |