| 100% | LEVEE | 5 | “Drove my Chevy to the ___” ("American Pie” lyric) |
| 100% | LEVEE | 5 | "Drove my Chevy to the ___ ..." ("American Pie" lyric) |
| 100% | LEVEE | 5 | "Drove my Chevy to the ___ ... " ("American Pie" lyric) |
| 76% | LEVEE | 5 | "Drove my Chevy to the ___..." (1972 lyric) |
| 65% | LEVEE | 5 | "Drove my Chevy to the ___ ..." |
| 64% | AMERICANPIE | 11 | "Drove my Chevy to the levee" song |
| 48% | AGO | 3 | Fifth word of the lyrics to "American Pie" |
| 44% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Classic song with the lyric "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?" |
| 43% | GAS | 3 | Fuel to the Americans |
| 42% | ESOBESO | 7 | 1962 hit with the lyric "Like the samba sound, my heart begins to pound" |
| 42% | PAYNE | 5 | John Howard —, American actor-playwright who wrote the lyrics to song Home Sweet Home |
| 41% | REID | 4 | Actress Tara from the American Pie series |
| 41% | THRUSH | 6 | Plump songbird related to the American robin |
| 40% | POKEMONTHEME | 12 | Song with the lyrics "To catch them is my real test / to train them is my cause" |
| 40% | STAYWITHME | 10 | 2014 hit with the lyric “I don’t want you to leave, will you hold my hand?” |
| 40% | ANKA | 4 | He wrote the English lyrics to "My Way" |
| 40% | ANKA | 4 | Paul who wrote the lyrics to "My Way" |
| 40% | LEVEE | 5 | Embankment that's rhymed with "Chevy" in the chorus to "American Pie" |
| 39% | ASTROS | 6 | Team that moved to the American League in 2013 |
| 39% | IOWA | 4 | State that's home to the American Gothic House |
| 39% | CECILIA | 7 | 1970 hit with the lyric "I'm down on my knees, / I'm begging you please to come home" |
| 39% | ASTROS | 6 | Houston team that switched to the American League in 2013 |
| 39% | DOUGLASFIR | 10 | Christmas tree variety native to the American West (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SAVE | 4 | Copy to the hard drive, say |
| 38% | NIGHTMOVES | 10 | Top 10 song by 46-Across with the lyrics "Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | VEER | 4 | Suddenly steer to the side while driving |
| 37% | CHEF | 4 | "Give my compliments to the ___" |
| 37% | ODE | 3 | The Cranberries' "___ to My Family" |
| 37% | SEEOFF | 6 | Drive to the station, say |
| 37% | HOWE | 4 | Julia ___, first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters |