| 100% | CITY | 4 | "Summer in the ___" (The Lovin' Spoonful hit song) |
| 74% | THECITY | 7 | "Summer in ___," 1966 song by the Lovin' Spoonful: 2 wds. |
| 65% | BELIEVE | 7 | "Do You ___ in Magic," question posed by the Lovin' Spoonful in a 1965 song |
| 60% | BUNGLE | 6 | "___ in the Jungle" (Jethro Tull hit song) |
| 58% | ANYWHERE | 8 | "___ in the World" (2012 Summer Olympics song) |
| 57% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from back in the day |
| 57% | LABAMBA | 7 | Hit song in the son jarocho style |
| 56% | CALIFORNIAGIRLS | 15 | They're the cutest in the world, per a hit song |
| 56% | SHALALA | 7 | Song syllables in the title of a 1964 hit |
| 55% | COOL | 4 | "___ for the Summer" (Demi Lovato hit song) |
| 55% | CLUB | 4 | "Crying in the ___" (Camila Cabello hit song) |
| 55% | USA | 3 | "Party in the ___" (Miley Cyrus hit song) |
| 55% | SUMMERINTHECITY | 15 | Hit for the Lovin' Spoonful, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 55% | COOL | 4 | The Hollies hit song "Long ___ Woman in a Black Dress" |
| 55% | STOP | 4 | "___! In the Name of Love" (The Supremes hit song) |
| 55% | ISLANDS | 7 | "___ in the Stream" (Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton hit song) |
| 55% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit song |
| 54% | VERSE | 5 | "Second ___, same as the first!" (line in a Herman's Hermits hit song) |
| 54% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 54% | SHE | 3 | "___ Works Hard for the Money" (Donna Summer hit song) |
| 54% | GTO | 3 | Title car in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit song |
| 54% | GTO | 3 | Title Pontiac in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit song |
| 54% | POLOG | 5 | Rapper who sang the hit song "Rapstar" in 2021 |
| 53% | USA | 3 | "R.O.C.K. in the ___" (John Mellencamp hit song) |
| 52% | SLANG | 5 | "New ___" (The Shins hit song featured in the film "Garden State") |
| 52% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 52% | LIFEGOESON | 10 | 2020 BTS song that hit #1 in the US: 3 wds. |
| 52% | SEDATED | 7 | What the Ramones wanted to be in a 1978 hit song |
| 52% | LAZY | 4 | Like the hazy crazy days of summer, in song |
| 52% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |