| 100% | ISHAM | 5 | "It Had to Be You" composer Jones |
| 100% | ISHAM | 5 | "It Had to Be You" composer ___ Jones |
| 69% | KAHN | 4 | "It Had to Be You" lyricist |
| 69% | KAHN | 4 | "It Had to Be You" lyricist Gus |
| 68% | HARRY | 5 | "It Had to Be You" crooner Connick Jr. |
| 68% | HARRY | 5 | "It Had to Be You" crooner ___ Connick Jr. |
| 68% | ANTE | 4 | You have to be upfront with it |
| 66% | ANNIEHALL | 9 | Title character who sings "It Had to Be You" |
| 66% | SNAKES | 6 | "Why did it have to be ___?" (Indiana Jones's reaction to a pit full of reptiles) |
| 63% | BURNINGQUESTION | 15 | It has to be asked |
| 60% | WHOELSE | 7 | "Didn't it have to be me?" |
| 59% | LISP | 4 | Speech impediment whose name is hard to say if you have it |
| 59% | CHECK | 5 | It has to be endorsed before it can be deposited |
| 59% | AMANA | 5 | "Built better than it has to be" sloganeer |
| 59% | DID | 3 | "Why ___ It Have To Be Me?" (ABBA tune) |
| 58% | RUDE | 4 | "You don't have to be a jerk about it!" |
| 58% | EARWAX | 6 | Sometimes it has to be syringed out with water |
| 57% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Singer whose rendition of the 1924 song "It Had to Be You" was the theme for "When Harry Met Sally" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | GINGERROGERS | 12 | Actress who sings the title song with co-star Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film "It Had to Be You" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | SMUCKERS | 8 | "With a name like ___ it has to be good" jelly brand |
| 57% | INDY | 4 | Character who says, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" |
| 56% | AMORE | 5 | What it is when "the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine" |
| 55% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | WATSON | 6 | To whom it is said "You have a grand gift for silence …. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion" |
| 55% | NETFLIXQUEUE | 12 | It has things you want to see |
| 55% | ANTE | 4 | You have to be upfront about this |
| 55% | TAG | 3 | It has a price to be paid |
| 55% | ASPS | 4 | The snakes in the movie line "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" |
| 54% | PITCH | 5 | It has the potential to be a hit |
| 54% | EGG | 3 | Something that has to be broken before it can be used |