| 100% | HEALING | 7 | __ Hands, reach out for them in this Elton John hit |
| 37% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John hit prominently featured in "Moulin Rouge!": 2 wds. |
| 35% | PRINCESSOFWALES | 15 | Elton John's dedicatee for "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 34% | EGOT | 4 | Awards quartet that Elton John completed in January, for short |
| 34% | EGOT | 4 | Awards quartet that Elton John completed in 2024, for short |
| 33% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John hit that was #7 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DIPLOMAS | 8 | They are handed out in a graduation ceremony |
| 33% | THEJETS | 7 | Bennie's band, in an Elton John hit |
| 32% | MILKTEETH | 9 | They grow in for babies and fall out around age 5 |
| 32% | TKOS | 4 | Too many hits might result in them, for short |
| 31% | SOFINE | 6 | "He's" this, in a 1963 hit for the Chiffons |
| 31% | SCISSORS | 8 | Depp had these for hands in his first Burton role |
| 31% | AIDA | 4 | Broadway show that the Elton John/LeAnn Rimes hit "Written in the Stars" came from |
| 31% | OSCAR | 5 | Hollywood award that Elton John won twice for Best Original Song, in 1994 and 2019 |
| 31% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John hit single |
| 31% | YELLOW | 6 | "Goodbye ___ Brick Road," 1973 album by Elton John with the hit song "Candle in the Wind" |
| 30% | DANIEL | 6 | Title brother in a 1973 Elton John hit |
| 30% | DANIEL | 6 | 1973 Elton John hit |
| 30% | LEVON | 5 | 1972 Elton John hit |
| 30% | THEONE | 6 | 1992 Elton John hit |
| 30% | MAN | 3 | "Rocket ___," Elton John hit |
| 30% | EMPTYSKY | 8 | Debut album for Elton John, devoid in the heavens |
| 30% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John hit on Moulin Rouge soundtrack |
| 30% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John hit covered by Ellie Goulding |
| 30% | FREEDOM | 7 | "Philadelphia ___" (1975 Elton John hit) |
| 30% | TINY | 4 | "___ Dancer" (1972 Elton John hit) |
| 29% | ILLBETHERE | 10 | Words after "Reach Out" in a #1 Four Tops hit |
| 29% | SIR | 3 | Elton John, for one |
| 29% | SIR | 3 | Elton John, for example |
| 29% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |