| 100% | BEN | 3 | "Brick" sung by the __ Folds Five |
| 51% | DOREMI | 6 | Song sung by the Sound of Music children |
| 50% | RUGAE | 5 | Ridges made by the folding of the stomach wall |
| 48% | POPPY | 5 | Intoxicating flower by the Yellow Brick Road |
| 48% | SEASHANTY | 9 | Song sung by sailors of the past |
| 47% | TRIO | 4 | Ben Folds Five, for example (despite the name) |
| 47% | POPULAR | 7 | Song sung by Glinda in the musical "Wicked" |
| 46% | SHE | 3 | “___ Used to Be Mine” (“Waitress” number sung by the main character about herself) |
| 46% | IFIWEREARICHMAN | 15 | Song sung by Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 46% | PIECES | 6 | Bits and __, 60s tune by The Dave Clark Five |
| 45% | LASAGNE | 7 | The French sang about energy given by food |
| 44% | DEFYING | 7 | With 48-Across, song sung by Elphaba in the musical "Wicked" |
| 44% | DOBEDOBEDO | 10 | Nonsense line sung by Frank Sinatra in "Strangers in the Night" |
| 43% | FORGOOD | 7 | Duet sung by Elphaba and Glinda in the musical "Wicked": 2 wds. |
| 43% | TRIO | 4 | The band Ben Folds Five, oddly |
| 43% | HERALD | 6 | "Hark the ___ Angel Sing," song by Boney M. |
| 42% | EUROPE | 6 | Continent represented by one of the five Olympic rings |
| 42% | MEL | 3 | Name shared by two of the five Spice Girls |
| 42% | COUNTRY | 7 | The music genre sung by Willie Nelson |
| 41% | MEL | 3 | First name shared by two of the five Spice Girls |
| 41% | EUROPE | 6 | It's represented by one of the five Olympic rings |
| 41% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 41% | BEN | 3 | "Brick" band ___ Folds Five |
| 41% | LES | 3 | "___ Poissons" ("The Little Mermaid" song that's sung by the chef) |
| 41% | TAHOE | 5 | Largest U.S. lake by volume after the five Great Lakes |
| 41% | KEN | 3 | Character played by five different actors in the upcoming "Barbie" movie |
| 40% | LIVINLAVIDALOCA | 15 | Ricky Martin hit sung by Puss in Boots and Donkey at the end of "Shrek 2" |
| 40% | ANTLERS | 7 | “I use ___ in all of my decorating” (lyric sung by Gaston, in “Beauty and the Beast”) |
| 40% | WASTELAND | 9 | The —, modernist poem in five sections by T S Eliot first published in 1922 |
| 40% | WEDO | 4 | Words sung by the Stonecutters after “Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?,” on “The Simpsons” |