| 100% | WHOSYOURDADDY | 13 | #1 2002 country hit for Toby Keith (1961-2024) about a young woman's rich lover: 3 wds. |
| 46% | MADEINAMERICA | 13 | #1 2011 country hit for Toby Keith about not wanting to buy foreign goods: 3 wds. |
| 42% | STAYSINMEXICO | 13 | #3 2004 country hit for Toby Keith about an affair south of the border: 3 wds. |
| 26% | VIVALAVIDA | 10 | 2008 #1 hit for Coldplay: 3 wds. |
| 26% | LOSTINYOUREYES | 14 | 1989 Debbie Gibson hit about being mesmerized by a lover's gaze: 4 wds. |
| 26% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 18-Across novel about a missing woman that was made into a 2007 Ben Affleck film: 3 wds. |
| 24% | EMERALDFENNELL | 14 | Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 2020's "Promising Young Woman": 2 wds. |
| 24% | THICKASTHIEVES | 14 | 2020 Sandra Brown bestseller about a woman who investigates her father's disappearance: 3 wds. |
| 23% | BREAKMYSOUL | 11 | Beyonce #1 hit that won the 2023 BET Viewer's Choice Award: 3 wds. |
| 23% | THELOCOMOTION | 13 | #1 hit for Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk Railroad (1974): 2 wds., hyph. |
| 23% | INDACLUB | 8 | 2003 #1 song that was 50 Cent's breakout hit: 3 wds. |
| 23% | ALLMYLIFE | 9 | 2023 Lil Durk hit about self-improvement: 3 wds. |
| 22% | SOLDIERBOY | 10 | *No. 1 hit for the Shirelles about a man sent off to war |
| 22% | LIAR | 4 | "Boy's a ___ Pt. 2" (breakout hit for PinkPantheress and Ice Spice) |
| 22% | STANDBYME | 9 | 2023 Lil Durk hit about loyalty: 3 wds. |
| 22% | SPEEDOFSOUND | 12 | 2005 top 10 hit for Coldplay: 3 wds. |
| 21% | ADDTOCART | 9 | Button on a retailer's website: 3 wds. |
| 21% | WAR | 3 | It's good for "absolutely nothing," per a 1970 #1 hit |
| 20% | WHOSCRYINGNOW | 13 | 1981 Journey hit whose title is a question: 3 wds. |
| 20% | EMMA | 4 | Cline whose novel “The Guest” follows a young woman kicked out of her rich boyfriend’s beach house in the Hamptons (May, 2023) |
| 20% | ASILAYDYING | 11 | Faulkner novel about a poor family's journey to bury their matriarch: 4 wds. |
| 20% | ILLBE | 5 | With 33-Across, #1 hit for the Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992): 2 wds. |
| 20% | DIEFORYOU | 9 | 2017 song whose remix hit #1 in 2023: 3 wds. |
| 20% | CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 14 | Vangelis instrumental song that was a hit in 1982: 3 wds. |
| 20% | OURS | 4 | Country hit for Taylor Swift about belonging |
| 19% | SUPERFREAKY | 11 | With 50-Across, 2022 Nicki Minaj hit that broke Spotify's record for a solo female rapper's biggest debut: 2 wds. |
| 19% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | 2012 Ang Lee film about a shipwrecked boy and tiger: 3 wds. |
| 19% | MUSICBOXDANCER | 14 | Frank Mills instrumental song that was a hit in 1979: 3 wds. |
| 19% | BRICE | 5 | Lee with the #1 country hit "A Woman Like You" |
| 19% | ONTO | 4 | "Hold ___ the Nights" (1988 #1 hit for Richard Marx): 2 wds. |