| 100% | ELTON | 5 | “Circle of Life” singer John |
| 70% | TREERING | 8 | Circle of life? |
| 64% | SADE | 4 | "Kiss of Life" singer |
| 62% | PREY | 4 | Most every animal in the circle of life |
| 60% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | He sang Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man and Circle of Life |
| 56% | LEGEND | 6 | Famous singer John ___ with the hit 'All of me' |
| 56% | LANA | 4 | Singer Del Rey of "Lust For Life" |
| 56% | LENNON | 6 | John __, one of The Beatles' lead singer |
| 56% | LEGEND | 6 | John, singer husband of model Chrissy Teigen |
| 56% | LEGEND | 6 | "All of Me" singer John |
| 56% | THELIONKING | 11 | "Circle of Life" musical |
| 56% | PRIDEROCK | 9 | "Circle of Life" location |
| 55% | ELTON | 5 | Singer ___ John who was the subject of the biopic "Rocketman" |
| 55% | LEGEND | 6 | John __, singer and pianist of All of Me |
| 55% | LEGEND | 6 | John __; All of Me piano-playing singer-songwriter |
| 55% | JOSHWHITE | 9 | "Ballad of John Henry" folk singer |
| 55% | OHIO | 4 | Birthplace of singer-songwriter John Legend |
| 54% | REG | 3 | __ Dwight, birth name of singer Elton John |
| 54% | ANKA | 4 | "Times of Your Life" singer |
| 53% | UPSANDDOWNS | 11 | Vicissitudes of life, as for the inventor named in the circled squares? |
| 52% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | 2019 biopic based on the life of Elton John |
| 52% | ODAY | 4 | “Anita ___: The Life of a Jazz Singer” (2008 documentary) |
| 51% | SIMBA | 5 | Lion hoisted skyward during "Circle of Life" |
| 51% | MUSIC | 5 | "The Storyteller: Tales of Life and ___" (memoir by Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl) |
| 51% | ANITAODAY | 9 | Subject of the documentary The Life of a Jazz Singer |
| 51% | JOHN | 4 | Elton who performed "The Circle of Life" with the Broadway cast of "The Lion King" on its 20th anniversary |
| 51% | LEGEND | 6 | John ___, "All of Me" singer who has won the EGOT |
| 50% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "Songs in the Key of Life" singer-songwriter who was born on May 13, 1950 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ERYKAH | 6 | "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" singer Badu |
| 49% | SARGENT | 7 | John Singer —, Italy-born US painter of 1886’s Portrait of Mrs Robert Harrison |