| 100% | RAINS | 5 | "I bless the ___ down in Africa, gonna take some time to do ..." (lyric from a famous Toto song) |
| 47% | RAINS | 5 | I bless the __ down in Africa 1982 Toto lyrics |
| 44% | RAINS | 5 | "I bless the ___ down in Africa" (lyrics from Toto's "Africa") |
| 39% | RAINS | 5 | "I bless the ___ down in Africa" (Toto lyric) |
| 38% | AFRICA | 6 | "I bless the rains down in ___" (lyric from a 1983 #1 hit) |
| 37% | ROW | 3 | What to do "gently down the stream," in a song |
| 32% | SUMO | 4 | Next stop: Japan! Take some time to watch a ___ wrestling match that displays the national sport (1/4) |
| 32% | IWENT | 5 | “As ___ down in the river to pray” (gospel song lyric) |
| 32% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To a world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | LETMEBLOWYAMIND | 15 | Eve song with the lyric "And I'm gonna take my time" |
| 31% | STP | 3 | Brand in the lyrics to "Slide Some Oil to Me" from "The Wiz" |
| 31% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 31% | LETS | 4 | "___ do the Time Warp again" (line from a song in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") |
| 30% | DEFY | 4 | Resist, like Elphaba does to gravity in a song from "Wicked" |
| 30% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "Where they play the right music, getting in the swing / You come to look for a king" |
| 29% | TOSS | 4 | What they do to a coin in Netflix's "The Witcher" according to Jaskier the Bard's song |
| 29% | PILLSNPOTIONS | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I get high off your memory / In due time we'll be fine" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | JOINTVENTURE | 12 | "My colleagues and I will do some exploratory work on your knee, in a ___," said the rheumatologist |
| 29% | DUG | 3 | "I ___ you so much, I took some for the team" (song lyric from 2009) |
| 29% | LOW | 3 | Complete the famous country song lyric, "Cause I've got friends in ___ places..." |
| 28% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 28% | CENTERFIELD | 11 | John Fogerty song about baseball with the lyrics "Put me in coach, I'm ready to play today" |
| 28% | FIFTH | 5 | What's taken in some court proceedings, and also (in two ways) from the answers to starred clues |
| 28% | MUCH | 4 | "That Don't Impress Me ___," 1998 song by Shania Twain that refers to Brad Pitt in the lyrics |
| 28% | INDEED | 6 | Job listings website founded in 2004, the year I graduated from college and needed to find a job |
| 28% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song with the lyric “Like a fool, I fell in love with you” |
| 28% | WORMS | 5 | "All you need to do is follow the ___," lyric from a 1979 Pink Floyd song from the album "The Wall" |
| 28% | TOTO | 4 | Band that sang "I bless the rains down in Africa..." |