| 100% | LYIN | 4 | "The Truth Is ___ Next to You" (Randy Travis song) |
| 50% | GETIT | 5 | "Can I ___" (Adele song with the line "All I want is for you to be mine") |
| 50% | BIKELANE | 8 | It might be next to the shoulder |
| 49% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 49% | HELLO | 5 | 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 48% | ANNOY | 5 | What concert talker next to you will do, perhaps |
| 48% | AGITATE | 7 | What "singer" in seat next to you will do |
| 47% | SIT | 3 | "___ Next to Me" (Foster the People song) |
| 47% | WORMS | 5 | "All you need to do is follow the ___," lyric from a 1979 Pink Floyd song from the album "The Wall" |
| 47% | IRIS | 4 | Hit song for the Goo Goo Dolls with the repeated line "I just want you to know who I am" |
| 47% | BUILDASNOWMAN | 13 | "Do You Want to ___", catchy song from "Frozen" that is the second most best-selling Christmas/holiday single: 3 wds. |
| 47% | DIAMOND | 7 | "Shine On You Crazy ___," 1975 Pink Floyd song that was a tribute to the band's co-founder Syd Barrett |
| 46% | BRENDALEE | 9 | Artist whose Christmas song beat "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to No. 1 on the Billboard charts this month |
| 46% | BEDSIDE | 7 | Something next to the place where you sleep |
| 46% | THEE | 4 | The way you used to be? |
| 46% | EGOIDEAL | 8 | The person you want to be |
| 46% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Singer whose rendition of the 1924 song "It Had to Be You" was the theme for "When Harry Met Sally" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | GINGERROGERS | 12 | Actress who sings the title song with co-star Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film "It Had to Be You" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MISSING | 7 | "I'll Be ___ You," 1997 Puff Daddy and Faith Evans song that was a tribute to rapper The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 45% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 45% | STILLFALLING | 12 | "___ for You," 2016 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Bridget Jones's Baby": 2 wds. |
| 45% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | 1985 Top 10 song by 42-Across that begins, "I wanted to be with you alone / And talk about the weather" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | ILIE | 4 | "Why would ___ to you?" (not tell the truth): 2 wds. |
| 45% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News hit song) |
| 45% | HYDRANTS | 8 | The curb is often painted next to them |
| 45% | ENTITLED | 8 | Acting like the world is owed to you |
| 45% | HAD | 3 | "It __ to Be You"; Sinatra song |
| 44% | LIE | 3 | "Would I ___ to You?" (1985 Top 10 song for the Eurythmics) |
| 44% | JEANNIE | 7 | Little __, "I want you to be my acrobat" song |