| 100% | APOOR | 5 | "I am just ___ boy / Though my story's seldom told" (opening lines of Simon & Garfunkel's song "The Boxer") (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SELDOM | 6 | "I am just a poor boy though my story's __ told" |
| 37% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | "The Adventures of ___," Mark Twain's famous novel telling the story of a young boy: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MAY | 3 | "For Emily, Whenever I ___ Find Her," 1966 song by Simon & Garfunkel featuring Emily, who is just the kind of girl they sing songs about |
| 37% | ALWAYSONMYMIND | 14 | Pet Shop Boys Top 5 song with the lyrics "I guess I never told you / I am so happy that you're mine" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts" with the lyric "When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ONEDIRECTION | 12 | Boy band formed in 2010 with a popular debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful" and are also famous for their song "Story of My Life": 2 wds. |
| 33% | IAM | 3 | "___ Mine," 2002 song written by Eddie Vedder which was the first single of the album "Riot Act": 2 wds. |
| 33% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | American singer with 25 Grammy Awards famous for his song "You Are the Sunshine of My Life": 2 wds. |
| 33% | MRSROBINSON | 11 | Song by Simon & Garfunkel which was included in the 1967 film "The Graduate" and originally appeared on the album "Bookends": 2 wds. |
| 33% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | One Direction's "Tell Me a Lie" was written by ___, winner of the first season of "American Idol": 2 wds. |
| 32% | THENWHAT | 8 | "Don't stop now, tell me more of the story!" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THENWHAT | 8 | "Don't stop now! Tell me more of the story!" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | 1984 song that opens, "Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick, / And think of you" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel song with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DOLLYPARTONS | 12 | With 27-Across, Netflix anthology series dramatizing the stories behind some of a singer's songs: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROBLOWE | 7 | "The West Wing" actor who wrote the 2011 memoir "Stories I Only Tell My Friends": 2 wds. |
| 31% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Musical with the song "I Dreamed a Dream" which was also the name of Scottish singer Susan Boyle's (birthday today) debut album: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ASWE | 4 | "It's the End of the World ___ Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (R.E.M. song): 2 wds. |
| 31% | FEELINGMYSELF | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I am a rap legend, just go ask the kings of rap" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SOSAD | 5 | "The ending of the movie was __, I cried": 2 wds. |
| 31% | MANSFIELDPARK | 13 | Jane Austen's novel published in 1814 which is the story of the protagonist Fanny Price: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OFA | 3 | "This is the story ___ boy and a girl...": 2 wds. |
| 30% | BRANDYNORWOOD | 13 | "The Boy Is Mine" singer who plays Carlotta's sister on "Star": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SWEETDAY | 8 | "One ___," a song by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, that was Billboard's most successful song of the 1990s: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ASONE | 5 | "... and the world will live ___" (end of the song "Imagine"): 2 wds. |
| 30% | INON | 4 | " I think both of them were ___ it. They seemed so calm during the assault" : 2 wds. |
| 30% | HELENKELLER | 11 | "The Story of My Life" autobiographer pictured on Alabama's state quarter: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CALVINBROCK | 11 | Former professional boxer who is the founder of Jack and Landlords: 2 wds. |