| 100% | CECILIA | 7 | 1970 hit with the lyric "I'm down on my knees, / I'm begging you please to come home" |
| 45% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel hit with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" |
| 44% | ONBENDEDKNEE | 12 | Boyz II Men 1994 hit with the line "I'm begging you, begging you come back to me": 3 wds. |
| 43% | JOLENE | 6 | #1 Dolly Parton country hit with the lyric "I'm beggin' of you, please don't take my man" |
| 42% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 41% | MAPS | 4 | Maroon 5 hit song with the lyric "When all the roads you took came back to me" |
| 41% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 40% | STAYWITHME | 10 | 2014 hit with the lyric “I don’t want you to leave, will you hold my hand?” |
| 39% | WOMANAMEN | 9 | Hit song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Every night I should be on my knees / Lord knows how lucky I am" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "You've got me on my knees" |
| 39% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | EVERYMOTHERSSON | 15 | Group with the 1967 hit "Come On Down to My Boat" |
| 38% | CANTLETGO | 9 | Mariah Carey hit with the lyric “But still you remain on my mind” |
| 37% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel song with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric “Got me on my knees” |
| 37% | CLOSINGTIME | 11 | Semisonic hit with the lyrics "You don't have to go home / But you can't stay here" |
| 37% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Taylor Swift hit with the lyric "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 37% | MAN | 3 | Complete the Dolly Parton lyric, "Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging of you, please don't take my ___..." |
| 37% | REGINABELLE | 11 | "Baby Come to Me" singer who collaborated with 44-Across on the R&B hits "Without You" and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LITTLELIES | 10 | Fleetwood Mac hit with the lyric "I'll settle for one day to believe in you" |
| 37% | DIANE | 5 | 1928 hit with the lyric "I'm in heaven when I see you smile" |
| 36% | CCRIDER | 7 | 1950s-'60s hit with the lyric "Ah, you made me love you / Now, now, now, now your man is come" |
| 36% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 36% | DEFDOGNIGHT | 11 | Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" |
| 36% | TRUE | 4 | Spandau Ballet hit song with the lyrics "I bought a ticket to the world / But now I've come back again" |
| 35% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | Band with the 1970 #1 hit "Mama Told Me Not to Come": 3 wds. |
| 35% | JOLENE | 6 | The "you" of the song lyric "I'm begging of you, please don't take my man" |
| 35% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Springsteen hit with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" |
| 35% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |