| 100% | MISSING | 7 | "I'll Be ___ You," 1997 Puff Daddy and Faith Evans song that was a tribute to rapper The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 40% | ILL | 3 | "___ Be Missing You" (1997 song by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans) |
| 38% | DIAMOND | 7 | "Shine On You Crazy ___," 1975 Pink Floyd song that was a tribute to the band's co-founder Syd Barrett |
| 36% | IMBAD | 5 | LL Cool J song with the lyrics "I'm the pinnacle that means I reign supreme / And I'm notorious I'll crush you like a jelly bean" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | FAN | 3 | "The Perfect ___," 1999 song by The Backstreet Boys that is a tribute to their mothers |
| 33% | DONE | 4 | "Look What You've ___," 2011 song by Drake that is a tribute to his mother |
| 32% | LOVE | 4 | "Crazy Little Thing Called ___," 1979 song by Queen that is a tribute to Elvis Presley and Sir Cliff Richard |
| 32% | TEARJERKER | 10 | 1995 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers that was a tribute to Nirvana's lead singer, Kurt Cobain |
| 32% | NIGHTINGALE | 11 | Melodious bird in John Keats' titular poem that is a tribute to its song that soars beyond sorrow and time |
| 31% | MOET | 4 | "The back of the club, sippin' ___ is where you'll find me" (lyric from the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa") |
| 31% | GATS | 4 | “I never thought it could happen, this rappin’ stuff / I was too used to packin’ ___ and stuff”: the Notorious B.I.G. |
| 31% | WOODY | 5 | "Song to ___," 1962 Bob Dylan song that was a tribute to folk musician Guthrie |
| 30% | DUKE | 4 | "Sir ___," 1976 Stevie Wonder song that was a tribute to jazz legend Ellington |
| 30% | MISSING | 7 | "___ You," 1984 song performed by Diana Ross that had been written by Lionel Richie as a tribute to Marvin Gaye |
| 30% | EMPTY | 5 | "___ Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)," 1982 Elton John song that was a tribute to John Lennon |
| 30% | BACK | 4 | "___ in Black," 1980 AC/DC song that was a tribute to their former singer Bon Scott |
| 29% | VINCENT | 7 | 1971 song by Don McLean that is named after and a tribute to Dutch artist Van Gogh |
| 29% | TEARJERKER | 10 | 1995 Red Hot Chili Peppers song that was a tribute to Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain |
| 29% | BABY | 4 | "Wonderful ___," 1975 song by Don McLean that was a tribute to Fred Astaire |
| 29% | IHATEMEN | 8 | "Kiss Me, Kate" song with the lyric "For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother" |
| 29% | HARD | 4 | "Spy ___," "Weird Al" Yankovic song that's a tribute to the James Bond franchise |
| 29% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | 1985 Top 10 song by 42-Across that begins, "I wanted to be with you alone / And talk about the weather" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 29% | JUICY | 5 | First single by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G that released in the '90s |
| 29% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song that ends, "I hope some day you'll join us / And the world will be as one" |
| 29% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 29% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 29% | JURASSIC | 8 | "___ Park," "Weird Al" Yankovic song that's a tribute to the eponymous dinosaur sci-fi franchise |
| 28% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | HELEN | 5 | I was the first deaf-blind person to earn a B.A. degree and I campaigned for women's rights |