| 100% | HAZEL | 5 | "Behind These ___ Eyes" (2005 hit for Kelly Clarkson) |
| 61% | HAZEL | 5 | Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These ___ Eyes" |
| 53% | EYES | 4 | "Behind These Hazel ___" (Kelly Clarkson hit) |
| 49% | EYES | 4 | Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These Hazel ___" |
| 45% | SINCEUBEENGONE | 14 | Kelly Clarkson hit |
| 44% | IDOL | 4 | "Title" for Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood |
| 43% | IDOL | 4 | Former title for Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood |
| 43% | RCA | 3 | Record company for Kelly Clarkson and Elvis Presley |
| 43% | RCA | 3 | Record label for Kelly Clarkson and Miley Cyrus |
| 42% | IDOLS | 5 | Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, for two |
| 42% | HOST | 4 | Kelly Clarkson or Ellen DeGeneres, for example |
| 41% | RASINGININ | 10 | 1952 hit for Gene Kelly, literally |
| 41% | BECAUSEOFYOU | 12 | 2005 Kelly Clarkson song |
| 40% | SINCE | 5 | "__ U Been Gone": 2004 Kelly Clarkson hit |
| 40% | IDOLS | 5 | Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, for two |
| 40% | EYES | 4 | "Behind These Hazel ___" (Kelly Clarkson song) |
| 40% | BEENGONE | 8 | Since U __ was a hit in 2004 for Kelly Clarkson |
| 40% | IDOL | 4 | Show that made Kelly Clarkson famous, for short |
| 40% | EACHCLUEIN | 10 | First part of a hit for this crossword |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | "___ Not Hook Up" (2009 Kelly Clarkson hit): 2 wds. |
| 39% | EMO | 3 | "___ Girl" (2022 hit for Machine Gun Kelly and Willow) |
| 39% | POW | 3 | "Boom Boom ___" (#1 hit for the Black Eyed Peas) |
| 39% | POW | 3 | “Boom Boom ___” (#1 hit for the Black Eyed Peas) |
| 39% | IMMABE | 6 | Third No. 1 hit for the Black Eyed Peas |
| 38% | IDOL | 4 | Reality show that Kelly Clarkson won in 2002, for short |
| 38% | INSTANTKARMA | 12 | Lennon hit appropriate for this puzzle? |
| 38% | SINCEUBEENGONE | 14 | 2004 Kelly Clarkson hit about freedom after a breakup: 4 wds. |
| 37% | BADTHINGS | 9 | 2016 hit for Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello: 2 wds. |
| 36% | INC | 3 | "Feel Good ___" (2005 hit for Gorillaz) |
| 36% | DIRE | 4 | ___ Straits, rock band behind the hit "Money For Nothing" |