| 100% | ILED | 4 | "Where Is the Life That Late ___?" ("Kiss Me, Kate" number) |
| 88% | ILED | 4 | "Where Is the Life That Late ___?" ("Kiss Me Kate" song) |
| 60% | ILED | 4 | Cole Porter’s “Where Is the Life That Late —?” |
| 46% | SHREW | 5 | The Taming of the ___ (Shakespeare play that Kiss Me, Kate was based on) |
| 43% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 43% | KITCHEN | 7 | I am the room where flavors unite, a culinary haven that brings delight. Who am I? |
| 40% | WHEN | 4 | "___ I Look at You," hit song by Miley Cyrus that was featured in the 2010 film "The Last Song" |
| 39% | LOOKWHATYOU | 11 | "___ Made Me Do," the first single from 16a that was released late August and is a huge hit: 3 wds. |
| 39% | ILSA | 4 | "Kiss me as if it were the last time" speaker |
| 39% | IMSODONE | 8 | "This is the last straw for me" |
| 39% | IHATEMEN | 8 | "Kiss Me, Kate" song with the lyric "For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother" |
| 38% | WITHSOMEBODY | 12 | "I Wanna Dance ___ (Who Loves Me)," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that was featured in the film "13 Going on 30": 2 wds. |
| 38% | 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 |
| 38% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | 1962 novelty hit that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" |
| 38% | WHIPPINGPOST | 12 | 1969 song written by the late Gregg Allman that begins, "I've been run down and I've been lied to" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | NEED | 4 | "All the Man That I ___," number-one hit single by Whitney Houston that is a cover of Linda Clifford's version |
| 37% | DAZE | 4 | State that might prompt the question "Where am I?" |
| 37% | TEN | 3 | Number that the metric system is based on |
| 37% | TEN | 3 | Number that the decimal system is based on |
| 37% | TOURLEADERBOARD | 15 | Where the latest pro golf results are listed |
| 37% | LINE | 4 | "This is where I draw the ___!" |
| 37% | DRAW | 4 | "This is where I ___ the line" |
| 37% | DOWN | 4 | ___ to the wire, phrase that originated in horse racing that refers to a situation where the outcome is decided at the last possible minute |
| 37% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Classic song that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" [2003, 1970] |
| 37% | BETH | 4 | KISS song that was, arguably, the first power ballad |
| 37% | USA | 3 | The land that was made for you and me |
| 37% | LINE | 4 | "I Walk the ___," 1956 song by Johnny Cash that was his first number one hit on Billboard |
| 37% | USEFUL | 6 | "Choose the life that is most ______, and habit will make it the most agreeable" — Francis Bacon |
| 37% | SHAPEOFYOU | 10 | 51-Across song that begins, "The club isn't the best place to find a lover / So the bar is where I go" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | EDEN | 4 | Where the tree of life is located, in the Bible |