| 100% | MOM | 3 | "Stacy's ___" (2003 hit for Fountains of Wayne) |
| 69% | MOM | 3 | Fountains of Wayne hit song "Stacy's ___" |
| 58% | MOM | 3 | Fountains of Wayne song "Stacy's ___" |
| 45% | HEYYA | 5 | 2003 hit for OutKast: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LOVEME | 6 | Title of hits for Elvis Presley, Yvonne Elliman and Lil Wayne |
| 44% | IDONTWANTTOBE | 13 | 2003 hit for 18-Across: 5 wds. |
| 43% | YOUMEANIT | 9 | Smile Like __, 2003 hit for The Killers |
| 42% | LOVE | 4 | "Crazy in ___," Beyonce's 2003 hit single that features in season 3 of "The Office" |
| 41% | TIRO | 4 | 2003 hit song from "Muse", for short |
| 40% | WAYNE | 5 | "Stacy's Mom" rock band Fountains of ___ |
| 40% | YOUREALLYGOTME | 14 | 1964 hit for the Kinks that's in the Grammy Hall of Fame: 4 wds. |
| 40% | YOUTH | 5 | Fountain of ___ (what Ponce de León searched for, supposedly) |
| 39% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 hit for the Queen of Soul |
| 39% | IRAN | 4 | Iconic hit for A Flock of Seagulls |
| 39% | YOUTH | 5 | The fountain of ___, mythical spring for de-aging |
| 38% | STACY | 5 | Her mom "has got it goin' on," in a Fountains of Wayne song |
| 38% | OTTO | 4 | Perelman's screenplay co-writer for 2003's "House of Sand and Fog" |
| 38% | SULTANS | 7 | First top 10 hit for Dire Straits: __ of Swing |
| 38% | HEYYA | 5 | 2003 #1 hit for OutKast |
| 38% | ELF | 3 | Will Ferrell hit of 2003 |
| 37% | MOM | 3 | "Stacy's ___" (2003 hit song) |
| 37% | HAIRSPRAY | 9 | Winner of eight Tonys for 2003 |
| 36% | OILER | 5 | Wayne Gretzky, for about half of his playing career |
| 36% | HEYYA | 5 | 2003 OutKast hit that was #1 for nine weeks |
| 36% | KATY | 4 | S-s-s-subject of a 1918 hit song |
| 36% | BRIMFUL | 7 | __ of Asha, hit single of 1997 for Cornershop |
| 36% | HEYYA | 5 | Outkast hit single of 2003 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ERR | 3 | Hit reply instead of forward, for instance |
| 36% | TREVI | 5 | District of Rome known for a fountain |
| 36% | GONZO | 5 | Kind of journalism for Hunter S. Thompson |