| 100% | ORNO | 4 | "Check Yes ___" (George Strait No. 1 song) (2 wds.) |
| 75% | ORNO | 4 | "Check Yes ___" (1995 George Strait #1 song) (2 wds.) |
| 71% | ORNO | 4 | "Check Yes ___" (George Strait hit song) (2 wds.) |
| 58% | HELLOGOODBYE | 12 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "You say 'Yes,' I say 'No'" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | AMEN | 4 | "Love Without End, ___" (No. 1 song for George Strait) |
| 57% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | No. 1 song by Donna Summer (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ATA | 3 | George Strait's "One Night ___ Time": 2 wds. |
| 51% | DARKHORSE | 9 | 53-Across No. 1 song featuring Juicy J (2 wds.) |
| 50% | GEORGEMICHAEL | 13 | Singer with eight No. 1 songs in the 1980s, including "Faith" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | IMABELIEVER | 11 | 1967 No. 1 song by the Monkees (3 wds.) |
| 49% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | 1967 No. 1 song by the Doors (3 wds.) |
| 48% | TOSIRWITHLOVE | 13 | 1967 No. 1 song by Lulu (4 wds.) |
| 47% | LIONELRICHIE | 12 | Singer with five No. 1 songs in the 1980s, including "All Night Long (All Night)" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | PARTOFME | 8 | 53-Across No. 1 song (3 wds.) |
| 46% | WELLSEE | 7 | "Maybe yes, maybe no": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ITDEPENDS | 9 | "Maybe yes, maybe no": 2 wds. |
| 45% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer with four No. 1 songs in the 1980s, including "I Just Called To Say I Love You" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HELLOGOODBYE | 12 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "You say 'Yes,' I say 'No'" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LIFECHANGES | 11 | Grammy-nominated 2017 album by 36-Across that had four No. 1 hit songs on Billboard's U.S. Country Airplay chart (2 wds.) |
| 43% | IFYOUHADMYLOVE | 14 | 1999 No. 1 hit song for Jennifer Lopez from her album "On the 6" (5 wds.) |
| 42% | TICKETTORIDE | 12 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "She said that living with me / Is bringing her down" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | CRASHANDBURN | 12 | 2015 36-Across No. 1 hit sit song on Billboard's U.S. Country Airplay chart (3 wds.) |
| 42% | IGO | 3 | "Here ___ Again" (Whitesnake No. 1 hit) (2 wds.) |
| 41% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | Survivor song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 41% | HIT | 3 | No. 1 song, e.g. |
| 40% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 40% | OWNER | 5 | "___ of a Lonely Heart" (only No. 1 song for Yes) |
| 40% | THETWIST | 8 | Dance popularized by a Chubby Checker song: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OFME | 4 | "All ___" (John Legend #1 song) (2 wds.) |
| 40% | HAVANA | 6 | No. 1 Camila Cabello song |