| 100% | SHE | 3 | "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic" (1981 top 10 hit by The Police) |
| 66% | SHE | 3 | "Every Little Thing ___ Does is Magic," song by The Police |
| 62% | SHE | 3 | "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic" (hit for the Police) |
| 56% | SHE | 3 | The Police's "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic" |
| 56% | DOES | 4 | "Every Little Thing She ___ Is Magic" (The Police hit) |
| 56% | SHE | 3 | "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic" (Police hit) |
| 54% | DOES | 4 | "Every Little Thing She ___ Is Magic" (song by the Police) |
| 53% | SHE | 3 | Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic |
| 48% | SHE | 3 | "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic" (Police song) |
| 45% | SHE | 3 | "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic" |
| 43% | MERCYMERCYME | 12 | 1971 Top 10 song by 28-Across with the lyrics "Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no / Where did all the blue skies go?" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | LALA | 4 | "___ Means I Love You" (1968 top 10 hit by the Delfonics) |
| 40% | DRIVE | 5 | The Cars Top 10 hit whose video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton and stars model Paulina Porizkova (who married 44-Across) |
| 39% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 39% | ISTARTEDAJOKE | 13 | 1969 Top 10 hit song by the Bee Gees (4 wds.) |
| 38% | CELINEDION | 10 | Singer whose first top 10 hit was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" |
| 38% | BETH | 4 | Top 10 Kiss hit with backing by the New York Philharmonic |
| 38% | LAVENDERHAZE | 12 | 2022 top 10 hit by Taylor Swift that has a foggy weather term in the title: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SNOWONTHEBEACH | 14 | 2022 top 10 hit by Taylor Swift that has a cold weather term in the title: 4 wds. |
| 38% | MIDNIGHTRAIN | 12 | 2022 top 10 hit by Taylor Swift that has a wet weather term in the title: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | Top 10 hit from the 1986 album "Fore!" by Huey Lewis and the News (4 wds.) |
| 38% | IWANTANEWDRUG | 13 | Top 10 hit from the 1983 album "Sports" by Huey Lewis and the News (5 wds.) |
| 38% | CALLOUTMYNAME | 13 | 2018 Top 10 hit song by The Weeknd included on 49-Across (4 wds.) |
| 37% | CALLOUTMYNAME | 13 | 2018 Top 10 hit song by 50-Across on the "My Dear Melancholy" EP (4 wds.) |
| 37% | IFEELITCOMING | 13 | 2016 Top 10 hit song by The Weeknd and Daft Punk included on 49-Across (4 wds.) |
| 37% | GOODDAYS | 8 | SZA top 10 hit that was the lead single from her 2022 #1 album "SOS": 2 wds. |
| 36% | WALKRIGHTBACK | 13 | 1961 Top 10 hit for the Everly Brothers whose B-side is "Ebony Eyes" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | ROXANNE | 7 | 1979 hit by the Police |
| 36% | PRAYFORME | 9 | 2018 Top 10 hit song by 50-Across and Kendrick Lamar on the "Black Panther" movie soundtrack (3 wds.) |
| 36% | ROXANNE | 7 | First hit by the Police, 1979 |