| 100% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MISSME | 6 | Drake and Lil Wayne hit song with the lyrics "I know things have changed, know I used to be around more" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BLACKDOG | 8 | 52-Across song with the lyrics "At least I know that you are trying / But that's what makes it terrifying" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TRUE | 4 | Spandau Ballet hit song with the lyrics "I bought a ticket to the world / But now I've come back again" |
| 39% | IAMISAID | 8 | Neil Diamond hit song with the lyrics "And no one heard at all / Not even the chair" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | THETIDE | 7 | With 18-Across, Blondie #1 hit with the lyric "I'm gonna be your number one": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | IAMWOMAN | 8 | 1972 #1 hit with the lyric "No one's ever gonna keep me down again" |
| 37% | THISKISS | 8 | Faith Hill hit song with the lyrics "It's centrifugal motion / It's perpetual bliss" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "We knew every line, now I can't remember / How it goes but I know that I won't forget her" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | CATCHMYBREATH | 13 | 2012 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "No one can hold me back": 3 wds. |
| 36% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To a world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ROADTRIPPIN | 11 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "I been thinkin, yeah / It's been a while since we got out of town" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | IMBAD | 5 | LL Cool J song with the lyrics "I'm the pinnacle that means I reign supreme / And I'm notorious I'll crush you like a jelly bean" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ONEMISSISSIPPI | 14 | 2021 Kane Brown song with a state in its name that hit the top 40: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 35% | HUSH | 4 | Deep Purple hit song with the lyric "I thought I heard her / calling my name now" |
| 35% | BARBIEWORLD | 11 | 2023 Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice hit with the lyric "I'm a doll but I still wanna party": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ESPRESSO | 8 | 2024 Sabrina Carpenter hit with the lyric “I know I Mountain Dew it for you” |
| 35% | STRAY | 5 | "___ Cat Strut" (hit song with the lyric "I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight") |
| 35% | IWILLSURVIVE | 12 | 14-Across hit song with the lyrics "Go on now, go, walk out the door" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | 1978 #1 hit with the lyrics "Here I am, praying for this moment to last": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LOVEDROUGHT | 11 | Beyonce song with the lyric "You and me could make it rain now" |
| 34% | TAXMAN | 6 | Beatles song with the lyric "There's one for you, nineteen for me" |
| 34% | TRUFFLEBUTTER | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I floss everyday, but I ain't a dentist" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HALO | 4 | Beyonce hit song with the lyric “I got my angel now” |
| 34% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | HELLOGOODBYE | 12 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "You say 'Yes,' I say 'No'" (2 wds.) |