| 100% | MOMENT | 6 | "One ___ in Time" (Whitney Houston song) |
| 92% | MOMENT | 6 | "One ___ in Time" (1988 Whitney Houston song) |
| 61% | STITCH | 6 | One in time saves nine |
| 60% | OFALL | 5 | "Greatest Love ___" (#1 Whitney Houston song) |
| 57% | HOWWILLIKNOW | 12 | Whitney Houston song that asks a question (4 wds.) |
| 56% | SOMEBODY | 8 | I Wanna Dance with __, 1987 Whitney Houston song |
| 56% | ITALL | 5 | "Didn't We Almost Have __"; Whitney Houston song |
| 56% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 56% | ACTOR | 5 | One in a cast, at times |
| 56% | ONEMOMENTINTIME | 15 | Whitney Houston song used by NBC for the 1988 Summer Olympics |
| 55% | QUEENOFTHENIGHT | 15 | Whitney Houston hit featured in "The Bodyguard" |
| 55% | KNOB | 4 | One in an Old Time Radio lineup |
| 55% | YELLOWROSE | 10 | Texas has one, in song |
| 54% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | Whitney Houston appeared on its cover in 1981 |
| 54% | FARM | 4 | Old MacDonald had one, in song |
| 53% | BODYGUARD | 9 | Kevin Costner protects Whitney Houston in The __ |
| 52% | ONTHESIDE | 9 | In one's spare time |
| 52% | ATLEISURE | 9 | In one's spare time |
| 52% | AGIN | 4 | One mo' time, in Dogpatch |
| 52% | ATLEISURE | 9 | In one's free time |
| 52% | STEP | 4 | "___ in Time" ("Mary Poppins" song-and-dance number) |
| 52% | WEESMALLHOURS | 13 | Morning time, in a Sinatra song |
| 52% | JAM | 3 | Song one loves, in modern slang |
| 52% | ADREP | 5 | One dealing in space and time |
| 52% | ERA | 3 | One's time in office, maybe |
| 52% | IHAVENOTHING | 12 | Oscar-nominated Whitney Houston song from the soundtrack of 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | IDLER | 5 | One stuck in traffic, at times |
| 51% | LUCY | 4 | One in the sky with diamonds, according to a Beatles song |
| 51% | SWAN | 4 | One of seven in a holiday song |
| 51% | TURTLEDOVE | 10 | One of two in a Christmas song |