| 100% | ALLBE | 5 | "We'll ___ there to greet her" (old song lyric) |
| 41% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | "Don't mess with" him, per an old song lyric ... or a hint to 18-, 20-, 55- and 58-Across |
| 40% | VOGUE | 5 | Madonna song with the lyric "Strike a pose, there's nothing to it" |
| 39% | GOLDENSLUMBERS | 14 | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |
| 39% | ABCDEFGHIVE | 11 | Start of an old song lyric |
| 38% | AINT | 4 | Old song "_____ She Sweet?" |
| 38% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 37% | DEJA | 4 | "___ Vu" (Olivia Rodrigo song with the lyrics "So when you gonna tell her / That we did that, too?") |
| 35% | TEAM | 4 | Lorde song with the lyric “We sure know how to run things” |
| 34% | JUSTFRIENDS | 11 | Song by Virginia to Vegas with the lyric "And you're telling me you wanna kiss me / But we shouldn't 'cause we're ..." |
| 34% | YON | 3 | Over there, to an old poet |
| 34% | ANITABAKER | 10 | She gives us songs, not soufflés |
| 34% | CALI | 4 | LL Cool J song "Going Back to ___" |
| 34% | NOTYET | 6 | Answer to "Are we there?" |
| 34% | NOTYET | 6 | Answer to “Are we there?” |
| 34% | EER | 3 | "Give my regards to old Broadway / And say that I'll be there ___ long" |
| 34% | BADGIRLFRIEND | 13 | Theory of a Deadman song with the lyric "She's naughty to the end" |
| 33% | AMEAN | 5 | “This is ___ old world to be alone” (blues-song lyric) |
| 33% | ALOHAOE | 7 | Song with the lyric "Until we meet again" |
| 33% | ISAW | 4 | "___ Her Standing There" (Beatles song): 2 wds. |
| 33% | TWA | 3 | Old "You're going to like us" sloganeer |
| 33% | SAW | 3 | "I ___ Her Standing There" (Beatles song) |
| 33% | SOON | 4 | Response to "Are we there yet?" |
| 33% | ITSNOTFAR | 9 | Response to "Are we there yet?" |
| 33% | LUMBAGO | 7 | Old word we used to refer to back pain |
| 33% | THY | 3 | "Guide us to ___ perfect light" ("We Three Kings" lyric) |
| 33% | HED | 3 | "___ like to come and meet us" (David Bowie lyric) |
| 33% | KATIE | 5 | She went to Haiti, in a Cole Porter song |
| 33% | KATIE | 5 | She went to Haiti in a Cole Porter song |
| 33% | YES | 3 | "___! We Have No Bananas" (novelty song of old) |