| 100% | RENOIRS | 7 | "Girl With a Hoop" and "The Umbrellas" |
| 68% | TATTOO | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon __, a book and a movie |
| 66% | AGUILERA | 8 | Christina with the hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Beautiful" |
| 60% | EARL | 4 | "Me and ___ and the Dying Girl" (2015 film with a rhyming title) |
| 59% | BLAKESHELTON | 12 | "A Guy with a Girl" singer and "The Voice" judge (2 wds.) |
| 59% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | 14-Across and 26-Across band who also had a hit with the 1965 song "California Girls" (3 wds.) |
| 59% | RENOIR | 6 | "Girl With a Hoop" painter |
| 57% | CROQUET | 7 | Game with a mallet and hoops |
| 57% | ELOISE | 6 | Kid-lit girl with a dog named Weenie and a turtle named Skipperdee |
| 56% | NAMASTE | 7 | Greeting said with a bow and the palms together |
| 56% | WORCESTER | 9 | English city with a cathedral and the River Severn |
| 56% | PADLOCKS | 8 | Devices with a key and securable hoop |
| 56% | DRTEETH | 7 | ___ and the Electric Mayhem (“Muppet Show” band with a grinning leader) |
| 56% | PUSSYCATS | 9 | "Josie and the ___," '70s cartoon about a girl pop band |
| 55% | PLATYPUS | 8 | Creature with a duck bill and the body of a mammal |
| 55% | PEACH | 5 | Fuzzy fruit with a pit and the closest relative of 42a |
| 54% | MASHA | 5 | "___ and the Bear," animated TV series about a girl and a fatherly bear |
| 54% | SHEILA | 6 | Girl with blue eyes and a ponytail, in a 1962 #1 hit |
| 54% | TWOPARTER | 9 | Story with a cliffhanger, perhaps, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 54% | LEANNA | 6 | ___ Love, alliteratively named “Young and the Restless” blonde with a gossip column |
| 54% | ALLIE | 5 | Brosh with the webcomic "Hyperbole and a Half" |
| 53% | BASSOON | 7 | Woodwind instrument with a double reed playing in the tenor and bass ranges |
| 53% | ANNE | 4 | Murray with a star on both the Canada and Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 53% | SEALION | 7 | A seal with ears and a mane, common in the Pacific |
| 53% | SASHAY | 6 | Walk with a swing of the hips and shoulders |
| 53% | LIMO | 4 | Car with a partition between the driver and passengers |
| 53% | LAMBRINI | 8 | Bubbly perry for a night in with the girls |
| 52% | CRANES | 6 | "Sadako and the Thousand Paper ___" (illustrated book about a girl who makes origami birds) |
| 52% | COALTIT | 7 | Small European songbird with a black head and a white patch on the nape |