| 100% | TOMORROW | 8 | "The sun'll come out" song sung by 40-Across |
| 51% | ANNIE | 5 | Character who sang "The sun'll come out tomorrow" |
| 50% | ANNIE | 5 | Broadway character who sings "The sun'll come out tomorrow" |
| 49% | HERE | 4 | "___ Comes the Sun," song by The Beatles |
| 49% | PRINCEALI | 9 | Song sung by 17-Across and 39-Across in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SEASHANTY | 9 | Song sung by sailors of the past |
| 47% | DOREMI | 6 | Song sung by the Sound of Music children |
| 47% | POPULAR | 7 | Song sung by Glinda in the musical "Wicked" |
| 47% | WHATCOMESNEXT | 13 | Song sung by 15-Across with the lyric "You're on your own. Awesome. Wow" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | DEFYING | 7 | With 48-Across, song sung by Elphaba in the musical "Wicked" |
| 46% | IFIWEREARICHMAN | 15 | Song sung by Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 44% | PINKVENOM | 9 | 2022 single by 40-Across that was their first #1 song on the "Billboard" Global 200 chart |
| 43% | MELT | 4 | What snowmen do when the sun comes out |
| 43% | FRECKLE | 7 | Brown facial mark comes out in the sun |
| 42% | FLYOVERSTATES | 13 | #1 song by 40-Across that's about the Midwest (2012): 3 wds. |
| 42% | RESPECT | 7 | Honor ... and #5 on a list by 40-/46-Across of the 500 greatest songs of all time |
| 42% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | "Tommy" song sung by 47-Across that's the only cover of a Who song to reach the Top 10 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TOMORROW | 8 | Annie says this is when "The sun'll come out" |
| 41% | PARTOFYOURWORLD | 15 | Song sung by Ariel in "The Little Mermaid" |
| 41% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | RAINAGAIN | 9 | 80s song by Eurythmics, Here Comes the __ |
| 40% | GOES | 4 | "When the Sun ___ Down," 2006 song by the rock band Arctic Monkeys |
| 40% | HERALD | 6 | "Hark the ___ Angel Sing," song by Boney M. |
| 40% | THIS | 4 | "___ Is It," theme song sung by Polly Cutter in the 1975 series "One Day at a Time" |
| 40% | GLAD | 4 | "___ You Came" (hit song by The Wanted) |
| 40% | GLAD | 4 | "___ You Came" (2011 song by the Wanted) |
| 40% | HERE | 4 | "___ Comes the Sun" (Beatles song) |
| 40% | HERE | 4 | "__ Comes the Sun"; Beatles song |
| 40% | GETHAPPY | 8 | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| 40% | ODE | 3 | "___ to My Family" (Top 40 song by the Cranberries) |