| 100% | LOVESONG | 8 | "Old Fashioned" thing in a Three Dog Night hit (2 wds.) |
| 60% | ELI | 3 | One "coming" in a Three Dog Night hit |
| 50% | ELI | 3 | Title heartbreaker in a Three Dog Night song |
| 49% | ELI | 3 | He's coming, in a Three Dog Night song |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | "The loneliest number," in a Three Dog Night song |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | "The loneliest number" in a Three Dog Night song |
| 44% | ONCUE | 5 | In a timely fashion, theatrically speaking: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DOUP | 4 | ___ one's hair (arrange it in a particular fashion): 2 wds. |
| 42% | DOUP | 4 | ___ one's hair (arrange in a particular fashion): 2 wds. |
| 42% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Three Dog Night hit |
| 41% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PEGGYSUE | 8 | Title woman in a 1957 hit single by Buddy Holly: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TIL | 3 | Three Dog Night hit "___ the World Ends" |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | 1969 Three Dog Night hit |
| 40% | ELIS | 4 | "___ Coming" (1969 Three Dog Night hit) |
| 40% | ELIS | 4 | "___ Coming," 1969 Three Dog Night hit |
| 40% | ONEIS | 5 | "___ The Loneliest Number," track by Three Dog Night: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TEDDYBEAR | 9 | Stuffed animal that Seth MacFarlane provided the voice for in a hit 2012 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" singer who reimagined 18-Across in a 2024 hit with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BULLFROG | 8 | Jeremiah was this animal in Three Dog Night's hit |
| 38% | OLDYELLER | 9 | Title stray dog in a 1957 Disney film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 38% | OLD | 3 | Three Dog Night's "An ___ Fashioned Love Song" |
| 38% | MARYTRAVERS | 11 | Folk singer who, in a trio with Peter and Paul, sang the 1963 hit "Puff, the Magic Dragon": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BROWNEYES | 9 | "Beautiful" things in a 1951 hit song |
| 37% | ORANGERIND | 10 | Old fashioned garnish: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | Who's coming, according to a 1969 Three Dog Night hit |