| 100% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (#1 hit by Tears for Fears) |
| 78% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (Tears for Fears hit) |
| 77% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (Tears for Fears hit song) |
| 68% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (Tears for Fears song) |
| 68% | EVERYBODY | 9 | Tears for Fears song: __ Wants to Rule the World |
| 60% | TEARS | 5 | ___ for Fears ("Everybody Wants to Rule the World" band) |
| 59% | EVERYBODY | 9 | __ Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears song |
| 48% | MAD | 3 | "___ World" (song by Tears for Fears) |
| 48% | HAND | 4 | "I Want to Hold Your ___," 1963 song by The Beatles which was their first number 1 hit in America |
| 48% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" |
| 47% | TEARSFORFEARS | 13 | English band with the 1985 #1 hit "Everybody Wants to Rule the World": 3 wds. |
| 46% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | #1 hit by the Byrds ... or directions for reading the answers to this puzzle's starred clues (always clockwise as indicated) |
| 45% | ARE | 3 | "We ___ the World" (1985 hit single by USA for Africa) |
| 44% | SOLDIERBOY | 10 | *No. 1 hit for the Shirelles about a man sent off to war |
| 44% | PLEASEMRPOSTMAN | 15 | 1961 No. 1 hit by the Marvelettes with the lyric “Is there a letter, a letter for me?” |
| 43% | SOW | 3 | What Tears for Fears will do to "The Seeds of Love" |
| 42% | THEPOWEROFLOVE | 14 | No. 1 hit by Huey Lewis and the News that was featured in the 1985 film "Back to the Future" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | SHOUT | 5 | 1985 tears for fears hit |
| 41% | NOEL | 4 | "Joy to the World," for one |
| 40% | OZZY | 4 | ___ Osbourne, artist whose song "I Don't Want to Change the World" won the 1994 Grammy for Best Metal Performance |
| 40% | KINDOFADRAG | 11 | 1967 No. 1 hit by the Buckinghams |
| 40% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | Falling in love-themed Tears for Fears hit |
| 40% | SHOUT | 5 | Yell, or a 1984 Tears For Fears hit |
| 39% | BLINDED | 7 | "___ by the Light" (#1 hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band) |
| 39% | IRIS | 4 | Hit song for the Goo Goo Dolls with the repeated line "I just want you to know who I am" |
| 39% | RAIN | 4 | "Set Fire to the ___," hit song by Adele that won the Grammy in 2013 for its live rendition at the Royal Albert Hall |
| 38% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | No. 1 hit for The Doors |
| 38% | RIO | 3 | Home to the world’s biggest annual Carnival celebration, for short |
| 38% | TEARS | 5 | ___ for Fears (1980s band with the hit "Shout") |
| 38% | CLOSETOYOU | 10 | 1970 No. 1 hit for the Carpenters |