| 100% | AMEAN | 5 | “This is ___ old world to be alone” (blues-song lyric) |
| 52% | HOME | 4 | Sing along to this classic Lynyrd Skynyrd song! "Sweet ___ Alabama, where the skies are so blue..." |
| 47% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | ATMYAGE | 7 | "When you get to be this old . . ." |
| 45% | SAFFRON | 7 | Old world plant whose dried stigmas are used to flavour food |
| 44% | ISLE | 4 | "... this uncharted desert ___" (where Gilligan was, according to the theme song) |
| 44% | SANMARINO | 9 | It's said to be the world's oldest republic |
| 44% | MEETMEHALFWAY | 13 | The Black Eyed Peas song from "The E.N.D." with the lyric, "Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | FLORIDA | 7 | This US state is home to Disney World |
| 44% | OTEA | 4 | “I just want to be your cup ___” (Don Williams song lyric) |
| 43% | COKE | 4 | "I'd like to buy the world a ___" (classic ad song lyric) |
| 43% | MERCYMERCYME | 12 | 1971 Top 10 song by 28-Across with the lyrics "Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no / Where did all the blue skies go?" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | DENMARK | 7 | This country's flag is the oldest in the world |
| 42% | WALKONBY | 8 | Dionne Warwick song about wanting to be left alone while crying in public |
| 42% | SIENA | 5 | Italian city home to what many consider to be the world's oldest bank |
| 42% | GOLDENSLUMBERS | 14 | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |
| 42% | DECKTHEHALLS | 12 | Song whose refrain has been prefixed to nine answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | USED | 4 | "This ___ to Be My Playground" (Madonna song) |
| 41% | {TAX}ES | 7 | "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and ___": Benjamin Franklin |
| 41% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 41% | SINAI | 5 | Locale of St. Catherine's Monastery, said to be the world's oldest working monastery |
| 41% | EMINEM | 6 | He had the 2000 autobiographical lyric "I think I was put here to annoy the world |
| 40% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 40% | NEEM | 4 | Large Old World tree of the mahogany family whose bark is used to make a tonic |
| 40% | OSOLEMIO | 8 | Song whose opening lyric translates to "What a beautiful thing is a sunny day" |
| 40% | REVOLUTION | 10 | 1968 song with the lyric "We all want to change the world" |
| 40% | GOODLUCKBABE | 12 | 19-Across song with the lyric "You'd have to stop the world to stop the feeling" |
| 40% | SEED | 4 | The Coco de mer is the world's largest one of these at up to 55 lb |
| 40% | ASOCIAL | 7 | Preferring to be alone |