| 100% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ Late" (Carole King hit song) |
| 89% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ Late" (Carole King #1 hit song) |
| 89% | TOO | 3 | "It's __ Late"; Carole King hit |
| 77% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ Late" (Carole King hit) |
| 75% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ Late" (Carole King classic song) |
| 71% | LATE | 4 | "It's Too ___" (1971 Carole King song) |
| 68% | ITS | 3 | "__ Too Late"; Carole King hit |
| 67% | BEAUTIFUL | 9 | Current Broadway musical about Carole King's life (and the title of one of her hit songs) |
| 66% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ Late" (Carole King classic) |
| 64% | ITS | 3 | "__ Too Late"; Carole King song |
| 64% | ITS | 3 | Carole King's "___ Too Late" |
| 63% | CAROLEKING | 10 | Singer of the 1971 #1 hit song "It's Too Late" (2 wds.) |
| 62% | ITS | 3 | "___ Too Late" (Carole King song) |
| 62% | ITSTOOLATE | 10 | Carole King hit |
| 60% | ITS | 3 | "___ Too Late" (1971 Carole King hit) |
| 60% | SOFARAWAY | 9 | Carole King hit from "Tapestry" |
| 59% | ITSTOOLATE | 10 | 1971 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 59% | ONEFINEDAY | 10 | 1980 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 59% | SOFARAWAY | 9 | 1971 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 59% | JAZZMAN | 7 | 1974 Carole King hit |
| 58% | TKO | 3 | It's declared after the last hit, for short |
| 57% | ITS | 3 | "___ Too Late" (Carole King hit) |
| 55% | PARIS | 5 | Hit song by The Chainsmokers that shares its name with Eiffel Tower's city |
| 55% | AMOST | 5 | "It's ___ Unusual Day" (1948 hit song) |
| 55% | ITSTOOLATE | 10 | #1 Carole King song |
| 54% | LET | 3 | Hit song by The Beatles, "___ It Be" |
| 53% | SHAKE | 5 | Taylor Swift hit song "___ It Off" |
| 52% | JAZZMAN | 7 | Top 10 Carole King song of 1974 |
| 52% | KING | 4 | "It's Too Late" singer Carole |
| 52% | CAROLE | 6 | "It's Too Late" singer King |