| 100% | CRYSTALS | 8 | "He's a Rebel" girl group whose songs were produced by 13-Across, with "the" |
| 77% | RONETTES | 8 | "Be My Baby" girl group whose songs were produced by 13-Across, with "the" |
| 42% | LOVE | 4 | "Fell in ___ With a Girl," 2002 song by the White Stripes whose official video features a LEGO-style animation |
| 41% | GLASS | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose title was inspired by a Beatles song |
| 40% | PEARL | 5 | "Mama's ___," 1970 song by the Jackson 5 that is about a mama's girl |
| 39% | ADEDICATEDFOLLOWER | 18 | With 84 Across, a 1966 song by the Kinks about Mussolini? |
| 37% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose songs are heard in the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 37% | BOYWITHOUT | 10 | "A ___ a Girl," a hit song by Frankie Avalon, whose birthday it is today |
| 37% | INKSPOTS | 8 | Group whose 1946 song "The Gypsy" was #1 for 13 weeks |
| 37% | WATCHTOWER | 10 | "All Along the ___," a hit song by Jimi Hendrix - whose birthday it is today - which is a cover of Bob Dylan's original |
| 36% | MAYBELLENE | 10 | Song by 17-Across in which he asks a girl, "Why can't you be true?" |
| 36% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish group whose songs are in the jukebox musical "Mamma Mia!" |
| 36% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish group whose songs are featured in the "Mamma Mia!" movies |
| 36% | POWEROFTWO | 10 | Indigo Girls song with the chorus "Adding up the total of a love that's true / Multiply life by the ..." |
| 36% | TSELIOT | 7 | He's commemorated by a stone at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey that reads "the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living" |
| 36% | LETMEBE | 7 | 1965 song by 15-Across that was the group's second single: 3 wds. |
| 36% | HAPPYTOGETHER | 13 | 1967 song by 15-Across that was the group's biggest hit: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KATY | 4 | 1918 song girl whose name was sung with a stutter |
| 36% | MARTHA | 6 | With 34-Across, Beatles song inspired by Paul's dog, on which Paul McCartney is the only credited Beatle |
| 36% | GETBACK | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner / But he knew it couldn't last" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TIME | 4 | "Until the End of ___," song by Justin Timberlake that was re-recorded as a duet with Beyonce |
| 35% | ATEAM | 5 | With “The,” show whose title group was Hannibal, Murdock, B. A., and Face |
| 35% | GHOST | 5 | With 13 Across, chilis that are among the world's hottest |
| 35% | LET | 3 | "___ Me," a song by Elvis Presley that was featured in the film he acted in, "Love Me Tender" |
| 35% | LOVEYOURSELF | 12 | Justin Bieber's acoustic pop song written by him along with Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco which was the seventh best-selling song of 2016: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SOURCANDY | 9 | 2020 song by Lady Gaga that was a collaboration with kpop group Blackpink, from her album "Chromatica": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BURNINUP | 8 | 30-Across hit song with a rap verse by the band's bodyguard Robert "Big Rob" Feggans (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SPICEGIRLS | 10 | A hugely popular girl group who were responsible for the hit songs "Wannabe" and "2 Become 1" |
| 35% | CLOSETOME | 9 | "Don't Stand So ___," a hit song by the band led by Sting - whose birthday it is today: 3 wds. |