| 100% | APIANO | 6 | "I Love __": Irving Berlin song with the line "So you can keep your fiddle and your bow" |
| 43% | ONLYPRETTIER | 12 | Miranda Lambert song with the lines "I'll keep drinkin' and you'll keep gettin' skinnier / Hey I'm just like you" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | IMAMAN | 6 | 1967 hit with the repeated lyric "Yes I am / And I can't help / But love you so" |
| 41% | INVISIBLE | 9 | 52-Across song with the lyric "Then I could just watch you in your room" |
| 41% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 40% | BLUESKIES | 9 | Irving Berlin song with the lyrics “Noticing the days hurrying by / When you’re in love, my, how they fly” |
| 39% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic poem with the lines "Did you want to see me broken? / Bowed head and lowered eyes?" |
| 39% | EVERLONG | 8 | Foo Fighters song with the lyric "Breathe out, so I can breathe you in" |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | ABBA song with the lyric "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" |
| 38% | DEARGOD | 7 | XTC song with the lyrics "Hope you get the letter and / I pray you can make it better down here" |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | "Mamma Mia!" song with the lyric "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | 49-Across song with the lyric "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" |
| 38% | ROMEO | 5 | Dolly Parton song with the line "I may not be in love, but let me tell you I'm in heat" |
| 37% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyrics "Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B" |
| 37% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyric "Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen bee" |
| 37% | GETIT | 5 | "Can I ___" (Adele song with the line "All I want is for you to be mine") |
| 37% | GONE | 4 | 'NSync song with the lyrics "I drove myself insane / Wishin' I could touch your face / But the truth remains, you're ___" |
| 36% | LOVEDROUGHT | 11 | Beyonce song with the lyric "You and me could make it rain now" |
| 36% | TIGHTROPE | 9 | Janelle Monáe song with the lyrics "I can't complain about it / I gotta keep my balance / And just keep dancin' on it" |
| 36% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | CCRIDER | 7 | Classic blues song with the line "I'd rather be dead than to stay here and be your dog" |
| 35% | MOON | 4 | With 6-Across, classic song with the lyric "Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way" |
| 35% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ORA | 3 | Rita with the songs "For You" and "You for Me" |
| 34% | MAMBO | 5 | “Papa Loves ___” (Perry Como song with the lines “Look at ’em sway with it” and “Shoutin’ olè with it”) |
| 34% | CHAPEL | 6 | "___ of Love" (song with the lyric "Gee, I really love you / And we're gonna get married") |
| 34% | ISIS | 4 | Dylan song with the line "What drives me to you is what drives me insane" |
| 34% | EGO | 3 | Beyoncé song with the line "I talk like this 'cause I can back it up" |
| 34% | PEG | 3 | Steely Dan song with the lyrics "And when you smile for the camera / I know I'll love you better" |