| 100% | GIVEYOUUP | 9 | (1/4) Rick Astley lyrics - "Never gonna ___...": 3 wds. |
| 97% | LETYOUDOWN | 10 | (2/4) Rick Astley lyrics - "... Never gonna ___...": 3 wds. |
| 89% | RUNAROUND | 9 | (3/4) Rick Astley lyrics - "... Never gonna ___...": 2 wds. |
| 56% | DESERTYOU | 9 | (4/4) Rick Astley lyrics - "and ___...": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GIVEYOUUP | 9 | Hit by singer Rick Astley, Never Gonna __ |
| 45% | YOUUP | 5 | Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give ___” |
| 45% | YOUUP | 5 | Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give --” |
| 38% | ATNOTIME | 8 | Never: 3 wds. |
| 37% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 37% | PAR | 3 | Word often seen before 3, 4 or 5, but never 1 |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 |
| 36% | AGES | 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4, ... |
| 35% | DIGITS | 6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. |
| 35% | DIGIT | 5 | 1, 2, 3 or 4 |
| 35% | GIVE | 4 | "Never Gonna ___ You Up" (Rick Astley hit) |
| 34% | NOS | 3 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.: Abbr. |
| 34% | TEN | 3 | 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 |
| 34% | ODDNUMBER | 9 | 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FLOORS | 6 | 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 11, 12, 14, etc. |
| 33% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | 15-Across's 1971 #1 hit whose lyrics begin "Jeremiah was a bullfrog": 4 wds. |
| 33% | THEDEADDONTDIE | 14 | 2019 zombie comedy movie starring 1-Across: 4 wds. |
| 33% | ADD | 3 | Figure out that 3 + 1 is 4 |
| 32% | TOPROW | 6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., on a standard keyboard |
| 32% | MYLOVIN | 7 | 1992 55-Across hit subtitled "(You're Never Gonna Get It)": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ODD | 3 | Like 1 or 3, but not 2 or 4 |
| 32% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | Going backward in numbers, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| 31% | SUBW8RAIN | 9 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, in New York City |
| 31% | PASSWORD | 8 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 is a really bad one, apparently |
| 31% | IAMTHEWALRUS | 12 | 1967 Beatles tune known for its confusing lyrics: 4 wds. |