| 100% | TONS | 4 | "Sixteen ___" (classic folk song about a coal miner) |
| 70% | OLDBLUE | 7 | Classic folk song about a colorful dog |
| 53% | USA | 3 | Harlan County, ___ (1976 film about a coal miners' strike) |
| 47% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Classic children's song about a lark |
| 45% | TRAIL | 5 | "On the ___ of the Buffalo," western folk song about a buffalo hunt fitting for a "National Day of the Cowboy" playlist |
| 43% | BROWNEYES | 9 | About which it was asked "Why are you blue?," in a classic song |
| 42% | MOONOVERMIAMI | 13 | Song about a resort city |
| 42% | PEGOMYHEART | 11 | Classic song about an Irish lass that was a #1 hit in 1913 and 1947 |
| 41% | ITHADTOBEYOU | 12 | Classic song about a soulmate … or a phonetic hint for repeated pairs of letters in 19-, 27- and 42-Across |
| 41% | IFIHEDDAHAMMER | 14 | Folk song about an old gossip columnist? |
| 41% | YELLOW | 6 | Coldplay song about a hue |
| 40% | PENNYLANE | 9 | Beatles song about a Liverpool street |
| 40% | VICTORIA | 8 | Kinks song about a British queen |
| 40% | LODI | 4 | CCR song about a California city |
| 40% | ENDGAME | 7 | "reputation" song about a forever relationship |
| 40% | CASEOFTHEEX | 11 | Mya song about a past lover |
| 40% | OHOLEYKNIGHT | 12 | Song about a guy who's a lousy jouster? |
| 39% | LAYLA | 5 | 1971 Eric Clapton song about a woman |
| 39% | ENOLAGAY | 8 | OMD song about a bomb-dropping plane |
| 39% | BABYSHARK | 9 | Repetitive kids' song about a young fish |
| 39% | UMBRELLA | 8 | 2007 Rihanna song about a waterproof device |
| 39% | MOTORBIKE | 9 | 2021 Leon Bridges song about a vehicle |
| 39% | OBEAH | 5 | "___ Woman" (Nina Simone song about a sorceress) |
| 39% | ABOYNAMEDZEUS | 13 | Johnny Cash song about a sky god? |
| 39% | OHSUSANNA | 9 | Folk song featuring a banjo |
| 39% | CRAZY | 5 | Wild (about), or a classic Patsy Cline song |
| 39% | ORINOCO | 7 | "___ Flow" (Enya song about a South American river) |
| 39% | MYBOYMRBILL | 11 | Father's song about a 79-Down character? |
| 39% | HOMEBOY | 7 | 2011 Eric Church song about a delinquent brother |
| 39% | BABYSHARK | 9 | Viral children's song about a fish family |