| 100% | STORYOFMYLIFE | 13 | "Biographical" 2013 hit for One Direction: 4 wds. |
| 77% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | "Greatest" 2013 hit for One Direction: 3 wds. |
| 62% | LITTLETHINGS | 12 | "Small" 2012 hit for One Direction: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SAYITISNTSO | 11 | 1983 #2 hit for Hall & Oates: 4 wds. |
| 46% | IWANTYOURSEX | 12 | 1987 #2 hit for 32-Across: 4 wds. |
| 46% | BRINGITONHOME | 13 | 2006 hit for 48-Across: 4 wds. |
| 44% | LITTLETHINGS | 12 | 2012 One Direction hit cowritten by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | KICKTHEDUSTUP | 13 | 2015 #1 country hit for 45-Across: 4 wds. |
| 43% | DAVEWINFIELD | 12 | Outfielder with over 1,000 hits for one team in each league (Padres and Yankees): 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALBERTPUJOLS | 12 | First baseman with over 1,000 hits for one team in each league (Cardinals and Angels): 2 wds. |
| 41% | YOUREALLYGOTME | 14 | 1964 hit for the Kinks that's in the Grammy Hall of Fame: 4 wds. |
| 41% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | First #1 hit for 17-Across, which lent its name to a 2005 biopic: 4 wds. |
| 41% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | 1982 hit for Survivor with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 4 wds. |
| 40% | LOVESOMEBODY | 12 | 2013 top 10 hit for Maroon 5: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TEENPOP | 7 | Genre for One Direction |
| 40% | WHATMAKES | 9 | With 17- and 49-Across, 2011 debut single for One Direction: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ZAYNMALIK | 9 | Former member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his lead single "Pillowtalk": 2 wds. |
| 39% | REACHOUTFORME | 13 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 4 wds. |
| 39% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Sign of the Times": 2 wds. |
| 39% | YOUARE | 6 | #4 hit for Lionel Richie in 1983: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WEOWNIT | 7 | 2013 hit for 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa |
| 38% | SAYSOMETHING | 12 | 2018 top 10 hit for Justin Timberlake, or a 2013 top 10 hit for A Great Big World: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OFMY | 4 | One Direction hit, Story __ Life |
| 38% | DOWN | 4 | One direction for an elevator |
| 38% | SLOWHANDS | 9 | Hit 2017 single by One Direction band member Niall Horan: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STRIPTHATDOWN | 13 | Hit 2017 single by One Direction band member Liam Payne: 3 wds. |
| 38% | BACKTOYOU | 9 | Hit 2017 single by One Direction band member Louis Tomlinson: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THISISUS | 8 | Subtitle of the 2013 One Direction concert movie: 3 wds. |
| 37% | BAND | 4 | One Direction or OneRepublic, for example |
| 37% | BEAUTIFULCRAZY | 14 | 2018 hit from the reissue of 16-Across's debut album "This One's For You": 2 wds. |