| 100% | ONEI | 4 | "The ___ Love" (hit by 42-Across) |
| 88% | MUSICBOX | 8 | 1993 album by 42-Across with the eight-week #1 hit "Dreamlover": 2 wds. |
| 84% | CRADLEOFLOVE | 12 | 42-Across hit song that was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1991 (3 wds.) |
| 82% | THESEEDSOFLOVE | 14 | 1989 studio album by 42-Across whose opening track is the Top 40 hit single "Woman in Chains" (4 wds.) |
| 81% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Stop callin' / I don't wanna talk anymore" |
| 80% | HER | 3 | "And I Love ___," hit song by The Beatles |
| 80% | SHE | 3 | "___ Loves You," hit single by The Beatles |
| 78% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 77% | POKERFACE | 9 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "I wanna hold 'em like they do in Texas, please" (2 wds.) |
| 76% | READMYMIND | 10 | Hit single by 42-Across that appears on the "Friday Night Lights" soundtrack and the album "Sam's Town" (3 wds.) |
| 75% | TONIGHT | 7 | "Can You Feel the Love ___," a hit by Elton John, featured in "The Lion King" |
| 71% | NEEDS | 5 | "What the World ___ Now Is Love" (1965 hit song co-written by Burt Bacharach) |
| 70% | SOSAD | 5 | "___ (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)," a hit song by the Everly Brothers: 2 wds. |
| 69% | LUCKYIN | 7 | "___ Love," hit song by Mick Jagger (birthday today) from his solo debut album "She's the Boss": 2 wds. |
| 69% | INEED | 5 | “Baby ___ Your Loving” (hit single by the Four Tops) |
| 69% | LIE | 3 | "Love the way you ___," hit track by Eminem |
| 68% | POWEROF | 7 | "The ___ Love," a 1993 hit song by Celine Dion: 2 wds. |
| 67% | WATER | 5 | "Madman Across the ___," 1971 album by Elton John with the hit song "Tiny Dancer" |
| 67% | DANIELDERONDA | 13 | 1876 novel by 42-Across featuring the characters Hugo Mallinger and Gwendolen Harleth (2 wds.) |
| 67% | INYOUREYES | 10 | 2020 hit by The Weeknd, the third single from 16-Across: 3 wds. |
| 67% | BLINDINGLIGHTS | 14 | 2020 hit by The Weeknd, the second single from 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | WALK | 4 | With 16-Across, 1986 hit by the Bangles |
| 66% | PRINCESSLEIA | 12 | Rebel Alliance fighter captured by 42-Across in 1983's "Return of the Jedi": 2 wds. |
| 66% | MORE | 4 | "___ Hits by The Supremes" (1965 album) |
| 66% | ROXANNE | 7 | 1979 hit by the Police |
| 66% | SUGARSUGAR | 10 | 1969 hit by the Archies |
| 66% | ICANSEEFORMILES | 15 | 1967 hit by the Who |
| 66% | HESAREBEL | 9 | #1 hit by the Crystals |
| 66% | IMFREE | 6 | 1969 hit by the Who |
| 66% | WALKDONTRUN | 11 | 1960 hit by the Ventures |