| 100% | ROCK | 4 | "Loves Me Like a ___," 1973 song by Paul Simon about a mother who loves her son |
| 43% | REASON | 6 | "Just Give Me a ___," song by singer Pink from her album "The Truth About Love" |
| 40% | MAY | 3 | "For Emily, Whenever I ___ Find Her," 1966 song by Simon & Garfunkel featuring Emily, who is just the kind of girl they sing songs about |
| 38% | JOHNNYBGOODE | 12 | Song by 17-Across about a boy who "could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell": 3 wds. |
| 36% | BIRD | 4 | "Summer ___ Blue," novel by Akemi Dawn Bowman about a young woman who writes songs with her sister |
| 35% | CANT | 4 | "I ___ Drive 55," song by Sammy Hagar about a driver who refuses to be held by speed limits and just wants to race |
| 35% | LOVE | 4 | "P.S I ___ You," Robin Daggers' song about her Paul Shaffer obsession on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 34% | IRON | 4 | "___ Man," 1970 song by Black Sabbath about a man who time travels and sees the apocalypse |
| 34% | BOB | 3 | "___ Dylan Dream," 2010 song by Against Me! about the "Like a Rolling Stone" singer |
| 33% | CRAZY | 5 | "___ in Love," a hit song by Beyonce featuring her husband Jay-Z |
| 33% | YOUCANCALLMEALLY | 16 | Paul Simon song about a budding international union? |
| 32% | TIME | 4 | "The Right ___," 2017 book by Danielle Steel about a girl who publishes mystery novels under her pseudonym |
| 32% | CANT | 4 | "___ Drive 55," song by Sammy Hagar about a driver who refuses to be held by speed limits and just wants to race |
| 32% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author of “Let Us Descend,” about Annis, a enslaved girl who is separated from her mother and sold by her white father (October, 2023) |
| 31% | ONMYMIND | 8 | Like Georgia (if I were Ray Charles), or a song by Ellie Goulding |
| 31% | MAKE | 4 | "(You ___ Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," song by Aretha Franklin |
| 31% | CATSINTHE | 9 | "___ Cradle," a song by Harry Chapin about the relationship between a father and his son: 3 wds. |
| 31% | LEAVINGTIME | 11 | 2014 novel by 45-Across about a daughter investigating her mother's disappearance (2 wds.) |
| 31% | NOW | 3 | "___ I'm A Farmer," song by the Who that might bring out your green thumb and fresh homegrown veggies |
| 30% | ANGIE | 5 | 1973 song by The Rolling Stones featuring the titular character, who is just the kind of girl they sing songs about |
| 30% | BACK | 4 | "If I Could Turn ___ Time," song by Cher which is a powerful ballad about wishing for a way to undo mistakes |
| 30% | IFA | 3 | "___ Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me" (old song) |
| 30% | DAUGHTERSEYES | 13 | "In My ___," a hit song by country music singer Martina McBride about learning lessons from her daughter: 2 wds. |
| 30% | EYE | 3 | "Cat's ___," 1988 novel by Margaret Atwood about a painter, Elaine Risley who looks back at her younger days |
| 30% | THERE | 5 | "___ Was a Little Girl," autobiography written by Brooke Shields about her relationship with her mother |
| 30% | IROCK | 5 | Boast formed by removing the middle two words of a popular Paul Simon song title |
| 30% | THINGS | 6 | "My Sister Says the Saddest ___," 2010 song by Grimes about a stroll with her "sister" |
| 30% | BELL | 4 | "___, Book and Candle," 1958 supernatural romantic comedy about a witch who uses magic on the man she loves during Christmastime |
| 30% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SHANIA | 6 | ___ Twain, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" country singer who made her breakthrough in the '90s |