| 100% | END | 3 | "In the ___, it doesn't even matter..." (Lines from a Linkin Park song) |
| 44% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "It's in my roots, it's in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | HERCULEANEFFORT | 15 | Far from a walk in the park |
| 42% | HARD | 4 | Far from a walk in the park |
| 41% | END | 3 | In the ___, Linkin Park song |
| 40% | END | 3 | "In the ___," a hit song by Linkin Park |
| 40% | CGI | 3 | It brought a T. rex to life in "Jurassic Park" |
| 39% | LEAF | 4 | It falls from a tree in the fall |
| 39% | IMA | 3 | "___ Barbie girl, in the Barbie world ..." (lyrics from a 1997 song): 2 wds. |
| 39% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LYRIC | 5 | Line from a song |
| 38% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | Girl in a Beatles song from the "White Album": 2 wds. |
| 38% | THEFIRE | 7 | In the song, Billy Joel didn't start it |
| 38% | NORTHSTAR | 9 | Thing located in the night sky by extending a line from circle F past circle G |
| 38% | TINSOLDIERMAN | 13 | The Kinks song with a traditional tenth anniversary gift in its title (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THETREE | 7 | The apple doesn't fall far from it |
| 37% | IDS | 3 | Things needed in the T.S.A. line |
| 37% | STAN | 4 | Overzealous admirer, possibly from a mash-up of the terms "stalker" and "fan" in an Eminem song |
| 37% | BARS | 4 | Lines from a rapper, in slang |
| 37% | TRAP | 4 | "It's a ___!" (line from Admiral Ackbar in "Return of the Jedi") |
| 37% | HELLO | 5 | Song from 50-Across's "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |
| 37% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," song from 14a that won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1984 |
| 37% | SOS | 3 | "Sending out an ___" (refrain from The Police's 1979 song "Message in a Bottle") |
| 37% | SEND | 4 | "___ in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim song from "A Little Night Music") |
| 36% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |
| 36% | TROMBONE | 8 | "___ Dixie," 1990 instrumental song by the Beach Boys with a brass instrument in its title |
| 36% | HABIT | 5 | "Breaking the ___," Linkin Park song that has a comic-book style video |
| 36% | BOUNCESOUT | 10 | Doesn't stay in the hole, as a ball |
| 36% | RIM | 3 | A swish doesn't touch it, in basketball |
| 36% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that the notes in its limits be played smoothly, as one phrase |