| 100% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | #1 hit by 15-Across that's about a traveling Australian who receives a "Vegemite sandwich": 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHOCANITBENOW | 13 | #1 hit by 15-Across that's about someone "knocking at my door": 5 wds. |
| 43% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HAPPYTOGETHER | 13 | 1967 song by 15-Across that was the group's biggest hit: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LOVELYRITA | 10 | A track from 15-Across, written and sung by Paul McCartney, that is about affection towards a female traffic warden: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LITTLEPRINCE | 12 | "The ___," children's book written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery about a boy who leaves his tiny planet to travel the universe: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RATHERLIE | 9 | 2025 hit by 15-Across with Playboi Carti about dishonesty: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LONGNECKBOTTLE | 14 | 1997 #1 hit by Garth Brooks about a beer: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALLIN | 5 | Book about 32-Across that was coauthored by 1-/19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THREESISTERS | 12 | Novel by 15-Across about siblings who survived Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 36% | WALKONBY | 8 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 3 wds. |
| 36% | REACHOUTFORME | 13 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 4 wds. |
| 36% | STAYINALIVE | 11 | Disco hit by the Bee Gees that was a part of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PONYTIME | 8 | 1961 #1 hit for 34-Across that launched a horse-riding dance: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EYESCLOSED | 10 | 2023 single by 49-Across that was a #1 hit on the "Billboard" Adult Top 40 chart (2 wds.) |
| 35% | YEAHGLO | 7 | 2024 hit about 16-Across's luxurious life as a rapper: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | "Tommy" song sung by 47-Across that's the only cover of a Who song to reach the Top 10 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LUCYINTHESKY | 12 | With 38-Across, a track from 15-Across, sung by Lennon, that faced several controversies about its initials: 4 wds. |
| 35% | LAVENDERHAZE | 12 | 2022 top 10 hit by Taylor Swift that has a foggy weather term in the title: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MIDNIGHTRAIN | 12 | 2022 top 10 hit by Taylor Swift that has a wet weather term in the title: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 35% | FUNNYSTORY | 10 | 2024 romance novel by 44-Across about a librarian who becomes roommates with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex (2 wds.) |
| 35% | FLYOVERSTATES | 13 | #1 song by 40-Across that's about the Midwest (2012): 3 wds. |
| 34% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | "That's What Friends Are For" singer who received a 2023 Kennedy Center Honor: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HEATWAVES | 9 | Single by 29-Across that took 59 weeks to hit #1 in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LIFECHANGES | 11 | Grammy-nominated 2017 album by 36-Across that had four No. 1 hit songs on Billboard's U.S. Country Airplay chart (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SOULSACRIFICE | 13 | Instrumental song by 41-Across that was a hit at Woodstock (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MOVESLIKE | 9 | "___ Jagger," a hit song by Maroon 5, that featured Christina Aguilera: 2 wds. |