| 100% | DIDNT | 5 | “We ___ Start the Fire” |
| 100% | DIDNT | 5 | "We — Start the Fire" |
| 93% | DIDNT | 5 | "We ___ Start the Fire" (Billy Joel hit) |
| 93% | DIDNT | 5 | “We ___ Start the Fire” (Billy Joel hit) |
| 85% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer |
| 84% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy |
| 84% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy ___ |
| 77% | JOEL | 4 | Billy who sang "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 76% | LISTSONGS | 9 | Numbers like "We Didn't Start the Fire" and "The Elements" |
| 75% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | This Piano Man Didn't Start the Fire |
| 75% | LIT | 3 | Got the fire started |
| 72% | WHERES | 6 | Start of the fire? |
| 71% | OLEARY | 6 | Mrs. whose cow started the Chicago Fire |
| 71% | LIT | 3 | Got the fire started, with a matchstick |
| 69% | EDSEL | 5 | Auto mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 69% | REDCHINA | 8 | It comes after Doris Day in "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 68% | NERO | 4 | Emperor accused of starting the Great Fire of Rome |
| 68% | MOVINOUT | 8 | Jukebox musical featuring "We Didn't Start the Fire" and other Billy Joel tunes (2 wds.) |
| 68% | NEW | 3 | Word that starts the names of four US states |
| 66% | COLAWARS | 8 | 1980s conflict mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 66% | ROYCOHN | 7 | McCarthyite called out in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 66% | IGNITION | 8 | The moment a fire starts; __ key starts an engine |
| 65% | EDSEL | 5 | “Hula hoops, Castro, ___ is a no-go” (“We Didn’t Start the Fire” lyric) |
| 65% | FORT | 4 | ___ Sumter (where the US Civil War started) |
| 64% | OLEARY | 6 | Catherine whose cow is said to have started the Great Chicago Fire |
| 64% | IOWA | 4 | The only US state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 64% | PUDDING | 7 | __ Lane, where The Great Fire of London started |
| 63% | OHIO | 4 | US state whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 61% | EDSEL | 5 | It was "a no-go" in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 61% | COLA | 4 | “Rock and roller ___ wars” (final historical event referenced in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”) |