| 100% | LAS | 3 | ___ Vegas (city where Elton John's had a "residency show" since 2011) |
| 44% | WEST | 4 | ___ Hollywood, Californian city where Elton John and Lady Gaga performed a pop-up concert |
| 40% | LAS | 3 | ___ Vegas (city where Shania Twain and Barry Manilow had "residency shows") |
| 36% | RIO | 3 | ___ De Janeiro, city where Elton John performed at the Estadio Do Flamengo |
| 34% | BOB | 3 | "___ the Builder," children's cartoon where Elton John made a voice cameo as himself |
| 33% | ARLES | 5 | Southern French city where Van Gogh had a bedroom |
| 33% | WILL | 4 | "___ & Grace," sitcom where Elton John made a cameo as a fictionalized version of himself |
| 33% | SIR | 3 | Elton John's title, since 1998 |
| 33% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Elton John's "___ for a Friend" |
| 31% | ADELE | 5 | Pop icon with a Las Vegas residency since 2022 |
| 31% | PARK | 4 | Central ___, venue in New York where Elton John performed for 400,000 fans in a Donald Duck costume |
| 31% | TRL | 3 | Show where, legend has it, Bey and Jay debuted as a couple |
| 30% | OSLO | 4 | City that has donated a Christmas tree to London every year since 1947 |
| 30% | THEREALWORLD | 12 | MTV show where strangers sharing a house have their lives taped |
| 30% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John track that's a little bit funny |
| 30% | STILL | 5 | "I'm ___ Standing," 1983 synth-pop song by Elton John which surprisingly has a lullaby version |
| 30% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John hit, begins "It's a little bit funny" |
| 30% | ENG | 3 | Where Elton John is from: Abbr. |
| 29% | OED | 3 | It has included a heart symbol since 2011, in brief |
| 29% | DOWNTOWN | 8 | Where a city's skyscrapers are often found |
| 29% | SIR | 3 | Elton John, since 1998 |
| 28% | PREMIERED | 9 | Had a debut showing |
| 28% | SCREENS | 7 | Has a showing of |
| 28% | WASHINGTONDC | 12 | City where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and where his national memorial is located (2 wds.) |
| 28% | GLASGOW | 7 | City where Red Clydeside, a radical era in Britain’s labor movement, began |
| 28% | EAT | 3 | Have a s'more |
| 28% | WAGGAWAGGA | 10 | City 81 miles north of 11 Across that has been a sister city to Leavenworth, Kansas since 1962 |
| 28% | PINNER | 6 | Middlesex town where Elton John was born |
| 28% | OED | 3 | It's had OMG since 2011 |
| 28% | ELOPE | 5 | Have a Vegas wedding, perhaps |