| 100% | BLACKHOLESUN | 12 | #1 hit song for 29-Across with the lyric "Won't you come / And wash away the rain" (3 wds.) |
| 55% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | ALLNIGHTLONG | 12 | 1983 No. 1 song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Well, my friends, the time has come / To raise the roof and have some fun" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | BEENLIKETHIS | 12 | 30-Across and T-Pain hit song with the lyric "That type of boom-boom, that bass" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | 1991 hit for Tom Petty and the 15-Across with the lyric "But I ain't got wings": 3 wds. |
| 46% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 46% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 46% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer-songwriter who recorded the duets "Love Won't Let You Get Away" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MANINTHEMIRROR | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "If you want to make the world a better place / Take a look at yourself, and then make a change" (4 wds.) |
| 44% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 44% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 43% | LETITGO | 7 | "Frozen" song with the lyrics "Turn away and slam the door / I don't care what they're going to say" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | TWOOFUS | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "You and me Sunday driving, not arriving / On our way back home" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 Broadway show, with music and lyrics by 41-Across, that won the first Tony for Best Musical: 3 wds. |
| 42% | SMOOTHCRIMINAL | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "Annie, are you okay? Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across that won the first Tony Award for Best Musical (3 wds.) |
| 41% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Bruce Springsteen hit song with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | FORYOUBLUE | 10 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "I feel it now, I hope you feel it too" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | THELOVEILOST | 12 | 1973 hit single by 44-Across and 30-Across with the lyrics "Take a good look at me / I'm in misery, can't you see?" (4 wds.) |
| 40% | REGINABELLE | 11 | "Baby Come to Me" singer who collaborated with 44-Across on the R&B hits "Without You" and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | ZACBROWNBAND | 12 | American country music band with the hit song "Colder Weather", that won the 2010 Grammy for Best New Artist: 3 wds. |
| 40% | KNOWNOBETTER | 12 | 2017 song by Major Lazer featuring 26-Across with the lyric "Say you different, who you kidding?" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | LASTCHRISTMAS | 13 | Wham! holiday song with the lyrics "I gave you my heart / But the very next day you gave it away" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LIKEIUSEDTO | 11 | 2018 single by 43-Across with the lyrics "Never be the same / Won't trust you ... " (4 wds.) |
| 40% | GOLDDUSTWOMAN | 13 | 1977 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "pick up the pieces and go home": 3 wds. |
| 39% | TREATMYSELF | 11 | Hit single by 9-Down with the lyric "I'll fight for me, and honestly I deserve some credit" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SADEYES | 7 | 1979 #1 song with the lyric "Turn the other way / I don't want to see you cry" (2 wds.) |