| 100% | THEREIS | 7 | 1968 hit by the Dells whose title precedes "the time," "the place," "the girl" and "the face" |
| 43% | ELENORE | 7 | Title girl in a 1968 hit by the Turtles |
| 36% | SUSIEQ | 6 | 1968 hit whose title is repeated three times with "Oh" and then again after "Baby I love you" |
| 35% | JOANN | 5 | Title girl in a 1958 hit by the Playmates |
| 34% | ALOT | 4 | 2019 hit by 21 Savage whose title answers the question "How many problems you got?": 2 wds. |
| 33% | BABY | 4 | Justin Bieber hit whose title appears 56 times in the lyrics |
| 33% | AMIBLUE | 7 | 1929 #1 hit whose title follows the line "Now he's gone and we're through" |
| 33% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song |
| 32% | HOLDME | 6 | 1982 Fleetwood Mac hit whose title is sung three times after "Come on and" |
| 32% | GENTLEONMYMIND | 14 | 1968 Glen Campbell hit whose title refers to how the rivers of his memory flow: 4 wds. |
| 32% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | 1968 hit for the Troggs, and a hint to what can precede this puzzle's perimeter words |
| 31% | HAPPY | 5 | 2011 song by Pharrell Williams whose title is also a word for being joyful and describes the emotion behind a smile |
| 31% | NASA | 4 | Hit song by Ariana Grande from her 2019 album whose title is named after the U.S. space agency |
| 31% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |
| 31% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 31% | GOINGBACKTOCALI | 15 | 1997 Notorious B.I.G. hit whose title lyric precedes "strictly for the weather" |
| 30% | ITAINTME | 8 | 2017 EDM hit by Kygo and Selena Gomez whose title sounds like a denial: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ONE | 3 | Number that's the title of hit songs by Metallica and U2 |
| 30% | THEWOMANINME | 12 | 2023 memoir by 31-Across whose title comes from the lyrics of one of her hit songs (4 wds.) |
| 29% | ICECREAM | 8 | 2020 bubblegum pop hit by Blackpink and Selena Gomez whose title is a frozen treat: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PLEASEMRPLEASE | 14 | 1975 Olivia Newton-John hit whose title's first and last words are the same: 3 wds. |
| 29% | GONOW | 5 | First hit by the Moody Blues (whose title ends with an exclamation point) |
| 29% | FUNKYTOWN | 9 | 1980 #1 hit for Lipps Inc., whose singer asks "Won't you take me to" the title place |
| 29% | IMIN | 4 | "Name the time and place" |
| 29% | GOODTIMESROLL | 13 | 1979 hit by the Cars whose chorus begins, "Let the ...": 3 wds |
| 29% | GREENLIGHT | 10 | 2017 hit by Lorde (also a 2008 hit by John Legend, and a 1968 hit by the American Breed) |
| 29% | GWENSTEFANI | 11 | Singer whose 2005 #1 hit "Hollaback Girl" was produced by Pharrell Williams as half of the Neptunes: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MUDD | 4 | Roger whose 2008 memoir is titled "The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News" |
| 29% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 29% | IAMSOTHERE | 10 | "Just name the time and place!" |