| 100% | PIMP | 4 | "It's Hard Out Here for a ___" (song from the "Hustle & Flow" soundtrack) |
| 62% | PIMP | 4 | "It's Hard out Here for a ___" (Oscar-winning hip-hop song) |
| 42% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 38% | UNKNOWN | 7 | A song from Disney's Frozen 2, Into the __ |
| 38% | REHAB | 5 | Amy Winehouse's song from "Back to Black" which won a Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 37% | SKYDIVING | 9 | Jumping from a plane for the thrill of it |
| 37% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," a hit single from Michael Jackson's album in 16a that won a Grammy for "Record of the Year" |
| 36% | LADYMARMALADE | 13 | Song from the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!" that was a #1 hit for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and Mya: 2 wds. |
| 36% | INERTGAS | 8 | It's hard to get a reaction out of it |
| 36% | WAITIN | 6 | "___ for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy)," 1999 song by The Flaming Lips that is inspired by Superman |
| 36% | HIDEABED | 8 | It's usually out for the night |
| 36% | REDCARPET | 9 | It's rolled out for a celebrity |
| 36% | LOWERLIP | 8 | It's out for a pout |
| 36% | END | 3 | "In the ___, it doesn't even matter..." (Lines from a Linkin Park song) |
| 35% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical with the song "It's a Hard Knock Life" |
| 35% | INT | 3 | It's earned from a bank account, for short |
| 35% | SKYFALL | 7 | Adele title song from a James Bond movie that won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2013 |
| 35% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | Songwriter who won her second Oscar, for a song from 2023's "Barbie," at age 22: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TARP | 4 | It's rolled out for a rain delay |
| 35% | SUEDE | 5 | It's from the underside of a hide |
| 35% | BELONG | 6 | "Up Where We ___," song from the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1982 |
| 35% | HAVANA | 6 | It's the Cuban capital and a Camila Cabello song |
| 35% | HOTPAD | 6 | Place for a dish that's come from the oven |
| 35% | GETBACK | 7 | Song from the Beatles' "Let It Be" album |
| 35% | JINGLE | 6 | __ bells, it's a festive song for winter |
| 35% | YODEL | 5 | Song from the top of a mountain, often |
| 35% | SHE | 3 | "___ Works Hard for the Money," song by Donna Summer that is about a hardworking woman |
| 35% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 34% | TEE | 3 | It's used for the first stroke of a golf hole |
| 34% | SUM | 3 | It's ominously 666 for the numbers on a roulette wheel |