| 100% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1960s hit covered by Salt-N-Pepa |
| 60% | MAN | 3 | "Whatta ___," collab song by Salt N Pepa and En Vogue |
| 51% | OUR | 3 | "___ Day Will Come" (1960s hit covered by Amy Winehouse in 2003) |
| 46% | THISWAY | 7 | Walk __, Aerosmith hit covered by Run-DMC |
| 46% | YOURSONG | 8 | Elton John hit covered by Ellie Goulding |
| 46% | IPUTASPELLONYOU | 15 | R&B hit covered by Nina Simone |
| 46% | PIECEOFMYHEART | 14 | Erma Franklin hit covered by Janis Joplin |
| 45% | DOG | 3 | "Hound ___," a hit cover by Elvis Presley |
| 45% | AMIE | 4 | Pure Prairie League hit covered by Garth Brooks |
| 44% | SUSIEQ | 6 | 1957 hit covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968 |
| 44% | FASTCAR | 7 | Tracy Chapman hit covered by Luke Combs in 2023 |
| 44% | PUSHIT | 6 | 1988 Salt-N-Pepa hit |
| 44% | SHOOP | 5 | 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit |
| 43% | TOGETHER | 8 | Let's Stay __, 1972 hit covered by Joesef in 2023 |
| 43% | HAZY | 4 | "A ___ Shade of Winter" (Simon & Garfunkel hit covered by The Bangles) |
| 42% | DOYOUWANTTODANCE | 16 | 1958 Bobby Freeman hit covered by the Beach Boys and the Ramones |
| 41% | VERYNECESSARY | 13 | 1993 Salt-N-Pepa album with the hit “Shoop” |
| 41% | SEX | 3 | "Let's Talk About ___" (1991 Salt-N-Pepa hit) |
| 41% | PUSHITREALGOOD | 14 | Command from Salt-N-Pepa in a 1987 hit |
| 40% | WHATTAMAN | 9 | 1994 Salt-N-Pepa hit featuring 55-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | HOT | 3 | "___ N Cold," 2008 hit by Katy Perry |
| 40% | TOLD | 4 | "I ___ You So," Randy Travis hit covered by Carrie Underwood for her album " Carnival Ride" |
| 39% | SHOOP | 5 | 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit whose title is a nonsense word |
| 38% | SHOOP | 5 | Title lyric before "ba-doop" in a 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit |
| 37% | SIXTEENTALONS | 13 | Cover version of a Tennessee Ernie Ford hit by the Eagles? |
| 36% | SWEET | 5 | "___ Child o' Mine," hit by rock band Guns n Roses |
| 36% | PUSH | 4 | "___ It" (Salt-N-Pepa hit song) |
| 36% | TOOMANYRIVERS | 13 | Song by 17-Across covered by 40-Across that was a hit for Brenda Lee in the 1960s (3 wds.) |
| 36% | WHATTA | 6 | “— Man” (1994 hit for Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue) |
| 35% | ROCKINTHEUSA | 12 | 1985 hit by John Mellencamp that saluted 1960s music: 4 wds., abbr. |