| 100% | WATCHING | 8 | __ the Sky, Saxon song about observing the heavens |
| 45% | LSD | 3 | Drug that the song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" is rumored to be about: Abbr. |
| 43% | TAXMAN | 6 | Beatles song about paying the government |
| 42% | THEWORLD | 8 | Heal __; MJ song about saving the planet |
| 42% | TIGHTENUP | 9 | The Black Keys song about a man looking for love |
| 41% | ROAM | 4 | 1989 B-52's song about seeing the world |
| 40% | UPON | 4 | "___ the Housetop" (holiday song about Santa Claus): 2 wds. |
| 40% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," The Beatles' song |
| 40% | TOREADOR | 8 | Carmen aria about bullfighting, The __ Song |
| 40% | MACK | 4 | Bobby Darin song about the Knife |
| 40% | BETTERTHANTODAY | 15 | Kylie Minogue song about the present |
| 40% | YESTERDAYISHERE | 15 | Tom Waits song about the past |
| 39% | ABOYNAMEDZEUS | 13 | Johnny Cash song about a sky god? |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky" (Alan Parsons Project song) |
| 39% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky With Diamonds" (Beatles song) |
| 39% | YESTERDAY | 9 | Beatles song about the previous 24 hours |
| 39% | AGAIN | 5 | "On the Road ___," Willie Nelson song about embracing the joy of travels |
| 39% | CHANGE | 6 | Song about the end to the Berlin Wall: Wind of __ |
| 39% | ROXANNE | 7 | The Police song about a woman with a red light |
| 38% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Device used for observing the sky at night |
| 38% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky" (The Alan Parsons Project song) |
| 38% | TROOPER | 7 | Iron Maiden song about the Crimean War, The __ |
| 38% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 14-Across song about the environment: 3 wds. |
| 38% | PENNYLANE | 9 | Beatles song about the Liverpool of their youth |
| 38% | HALFBREWED | 10 | Cher song about the stigma of bad coffee? |
| 38% | CASTLE | 6 | Ed Sheeran song about his youth: "__ on the Hill" |
| 38% | TOMORROWISALONG | 15 | With 69 Across, Bob Dylan song about the future |
| 38% | WITH | 4 | Penultimate word in a song about the 1-Across |
| 38% | UMA | 3 | "___ Thurman," Fall Out Boy song about the namesake actress |
| 38% | ITSSO | 5 | “___ Cold in the D” (T-Baby song about Detroit) |