| 100% | INA | 3 | "Break Up ___ Small Town" (2015 Sam Hunt song): 2 wds. |
| 46% | ENDEDIT | 7 | Broke up: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WHITEIVERSON | 12 | 2015 Post Malone song: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SOUTHPARK | 9 | Animated Comedy Central series set in a small town in Colorado: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BODYLIKEA | 9 | With 48-Across, Sam Hunt song that spent 34 weeks atop the Hot Country charts in 2017: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ENDIT | 5 | Break up with a romantic partner (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ASET | 4 | "I'd hate to break up ___" ("The full collection is nice to have"): 2 wds. |
| 37% | BACKROAD | 8 | Country singer Sam Hunt's "Body Like a ___" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | STEPIN | 6 | Attempt to break up a fight, say (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | Singer of the 2015 hit "Heartbeat Song": 2 wds. |
| 36% | RACHELPLATTEN | 13 | Singer of the 2015 hit "Fight Song": 2 wds. |
| 35% | GIRLCRUSH | 9 | "Little Big Town" hit song that won two 2015 CMA Awards (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MAINST | 6 | Road through a business area in many small towns (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HANNAHBROWN | 11 | "The Bachelorette" 2019 lead, who broke up with Jed Wyatt after discovering he had a girlfriend during filming: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MAINST | 6 | Sign in the heart of many a small town's downtown (2 wds.) |
| 34% | IDONTCARE | 9 | Song by 17-Across and 28-Across whose debut broke Spotify's single-day streaming record, but peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 behind Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | IBET | 4 | "___ My Life": 2 wds. (Imagine Dragons' song) |
| 32% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Rock band that officially broke up about a month before 47-Across was released (2 wds.) |
| 32% | KIMBASINGER | 11 | "L.A. Confidential" actress whose partnership bought a small town in Georgia for $20 million and sold it five years later for much less: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WELCOMETO | 9 | With 51-Across, humorous podcast about a fictional small town beset by mysterious conspiracies: 2 wds. |
| 31% | HEYYA | 5 | 2003 OutKast song: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LOVESEAT | 8 | Small couch: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SETLIST | 7 | Song lineup: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WHEREAREUNOW | 12 | 2015 song by Jack Ü, featuring 46-Across: 4 wds. |
| 30% | IDO | 3 | "___ Not Hook Up" (Kelly Clarkson song): 2 wds. |
| 30% | MUSTANGSALLY | 12 | 1966 Wilson Pickett song: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BLACKBEATLES | 12 | 2016 Rae Sremmurd song: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ITRY | 4 | Macy Gray hit song: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SEPARATEWAYS | 12 | 1983 Journey breakup song: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ATREE | 5 | Up ___ (trapped): 2 wds. |