| 100% | EER | 3 | "The noblest hateful love that ___ I heard of": "Troilus and Cressida" |
| 40% | LOIS | 4 | When I discovered that my son's school was built on a toxic waste dump, I fought for the cleanup of Love Canal and got more than 800 families evacuated |
| 39% | ESTE | 4 | Noble family of Italy that governed Modena and Reggio from the 13th to the 18th century |
| 39% | ESTE | 4 | Noble family of Italy that governed Modena and Reggio from the 13th- to the 18th-century |
| 38% | CHAPEL | 6 | "___ of Love" (song with the lyric "Gee, I really love you / And we're gonna get married") |
| 38% | PARIS | 5 | "OMG! Did you hear that this French city of love is hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics!" |
| 38% | BED | 3 | "Love is not a ___ of roses," phrase that describes the ups and downs of love |
| 37% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | 1984 song that opens, "Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick, / And think of you" (3 wds.) |
| 37% | CHORD | 5 | "Now I've heard there was a secret ___ / That David played and it pleased the Lord" ("Hallelujah" lyric) |
| 36% | ALL | 3 | *"They sealed their holiday celebration and promised to cherish these moments forever, knowing that love was the greatest gift of ___!" |
| 36% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" singer nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | IVE | 3 | "___ never heard of that!" ("News to me!") |
| 36% | YOU | 3 | "Now That I Found ___," 2019 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Dedicated" and is co-produced by Captain Cuts |
| 36% | JACK | 4 | I am screen's most-loved pirate and the captain of the Black Pearl |
| 36% | USGO | 4 | “Let ___ then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky”: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 35% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" band that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PARIS | 5 | "I Love ___," song by Cole Porter that refers to the French "City of Love" |
| 35% | AENEID | 6 | Epic that opens "Of arms and the man I sing ..." |
| 35% | IVE | 3 | "___ never heard of that" ("It's new to me") |
| 35% | APHRODITE | 9 | The Greek goddess of love and beauty |
| 35% | ANNA | 4 | The "I" of "The King and I" |
| 35% | JUICE | 5 | Song from 46-Across's album "Cuz I Love You" that won the 2019 Soul Train Music Award for Video of the Year |
| 35% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic 1950 book with the line "It's your fiction that interests me. Your studies of the interplay of human motives and emotion" |
| 35% | PATSY | 5 | With 6-Across, singer of the lyrics “I’m crazy for trying and crazy for crying / And I’m crazy for loving you” |
| 35% | OBAMA | 5 | Who said "Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues" |
| 34% | HAPPY | 5 | 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of "Despicable Me 2" and was Billboard's number-one single in 2014 |
| 34% | KNOWQUEEN | 9 | "Ever hear of that 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' band?"? |
| 34% | HUEYLEWIS | 9 | The Power of Love band, __ and the News |
| 34% | PAPAS | 5 | The Mamas and the ___ ("Words of Love" band) |
| 34% | SHROVE | 6 | Heard the confession of and absolved, old-style |