| 100% | GAY | 3 | "Glitter and Be _____" ("Candide" song) |
| 59% | ADOPE | 5 | "The Gentleman Is ___" (Rodgers and Hammerstein song) |
| 57% | SHE | 3 | "And ___ Was" (Talking Heads song) |
| 57% | POPMUSIC | 8 | Album and song genre that balloons are scared of |
| 56% | ILL | 3 | "___ Be Missing You" (1997 song by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans) |
| 56% | NEVERDONE | 9 | A Cowboy's Work is __, song by Sonny and Cher |
| 56% | GATORS | 6 | College team whose fight song is "The Orange and Blue" |
| 56% | HERO | 4 | Mariah Carey "Look inside you and be strong" song |
| 55% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 55% | ASONE | 5 | "... and the world will live ___" (end of the song "Imagine"): 2 wds. |
| 55% | LET | 3 | Word before "It Go" and "It Be," in hit song titles |
| 55% | ASTAR | 5 | "Everybody is ___," song by Sly and the Family Stone: 2 wds. |
| 54% | HAIR | 4 | Musical with such songs as "Aquarius" and "Easy to Be Hard" |
| 54% | BRO | 3 | ___-country (music genre whose songs are often about partying and trucks) |
| 54% | JOHNLENNON | 10 | English songwriter who co-founded the Beatles and is known for his song "Imagine": 2 wds. |
| 54% | SHE | 3 | "And ___ Was," 1985 Talking Heads song |
| 53% | HIP | 3 | "___ to be square," a hit song by Huey Lewis and the News |
| 53% | WHENWEDANCE | 11 | Sting song with the lyric "Angels will run and hide their wings" |
| 53% | JUDE | 4 | He was told to "take a sad song and make it better" |
| 53% | DAKOTA | 6 | Son of Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song who was born in 2021 |
| 53% | NEWSIES | 7 | Musical with the songs "Carrying the Banner" and "The World Will Know" |
| 52% | ROSETTA | 7 | "___ Stoned," song by Tool is over 10 minutes and features unconventional percussion instruments |
| 52% | MAN | 3 | "Vegetable ___," Pink Floyd song that was covered by The Jesus and Mary Chain |
| 52% | TONIGHT | 7 | (6/7) "...What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song ___!" |
| 52% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose songs are featured in a hit 2001 musical and 2018 movie |
| 52% | BLACK | 5 | "To Be Young, Gifted and ___" (Nina Simone song) |
| 51% | SUEDE | 5 | "Blue ___ Shoes" (1956 song that was one of the first rock and roll records) |
| 51% | ALB | 3 | ___ Sure! (singer whose top-selling song was 1988's "Nite and Day": 2 wds. |
| 51% | COPA | 4 | Club in a Barry Manilow song where "music and passion were always the fashion" |
| 51% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | Girl who is "Young and sweet, only seventeen," in a 39-Down hit song |