| 100% | MEAN | 4 | "It Don't ___ a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," song featuring April-born jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald |
| 55% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Jazz legend who composed "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)": 2 wds. |
| 28% | KATEBUSH | 8 | Singer whose 1985 song “Running Up That Hill” became a top 10 hit in 2022 after being featured on “Stranger Things” |
| 27% | BETTERTOGETHER | 14 | 2020 Luke Combs No. 1 country hit that asks, "What's the point of this ol' guitar if it ain't got no strings?" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | COST | 4 | "Love don't ___ a thing" (Jennifer Lopez song) |
| 25% | BUSH | 4 | Singer Kate whose song "Running Up That Hill" was featured in "Stranger Things" |
| 25% | COST | 4 | "Love Don't ___ a Thing," song by Jennifer Lopez |
| 24% | ICON | 4 | Signifier that bears a likeness to the thing it represents, in semiotics |
| 24% | JLO | 3 | Album featuring "Love Don't Cost a Thing" |
| 24% | JLO | 3 | "Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer, familiarly |
| 24% | JLO | 3 | Love Don't Cost a Thing singer, fondly |
| 24% | JLO | 3 | "Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer, lovingly |
| 24% | JLO | 3 | "Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer, fondly |
| 24% | HES | 3 | "___ Got You," 1987 song by Don McLean that was a cover of a Patsy Cline song |
| 24% | ONE | 3 | Thing that some never get a hole in but those that do often celebrate it |
| 24% | JLO | 3 | 2001 album featuring "Love Don't Cost a Thing" |
| 24% | HUH | 3 | Indication that you don't get it |
| 24% | SWEARJAR | 8 | It's for those who don't give a darn |
| 24% | SUE | 3 | "Peggy ___ Got Married," 1986 comedy-drama film starring Kathleen Turner, that took its title from a Buddy Holly song |
| 24% | ELF | 3 | (2/10) "Now, let's get the first item on the shopping list. It's not Christmas if you don't have an ___ on a shelf!" |
| 23% | LEVEE | 5 | If it breaks, things get wet |
| 23% | ALICIA | 6 | Singer known for "If I Ain't Got You" |
| 23% | FLATBREAD | 9 | People don't get a rise out of it |
| 23% | BROKE | 5 | "If it ain't ___, don't fix it" |
| 23% | KEYS | 4 | "If I Ain't Got You" singer Alicia |
| 23% | ORA | 3 | "I don't know if it's a blessing ___ curse": 2 wds. |
| 23% | WITHOUTME | 9 | A song by rapper Eminem - whose birthday it is today - which featured a video that parodied comics in general: 2 wds. |
| 23% | ESTELLE | 7 | Don —, singer-actor who played Gunner Sugden in BBC TV sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum |
| 23% | JLO | 3 | 2001 self-titled album featuring "Love Don't Cost a Thing": 2 wds. |
| 23% | HAPPYTALK | 9 | "South Pacific" song that asks "If you don't have a dream, / How you gonna have a dream come true?" |