| 100% | ITSTOOLATE | 10 | 1971 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 100% | SOFARAWAY | 9 | 1971 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 89% | ONEFINEDAY | 10 | 1980 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 39% | ITSTOOLATE | 10 | 1971 Carole King song about the end of a relationship: 3 wds. |
| 37% | ONLYTHELONELY | 13 | 1960 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, and is featured in, a 1991 John Candy film (3 wds.) |
| 37% | OHPRETTYWOMAN | 13 | 1964 Roy Orbison hit that has almost the same title as, and is featured in, a 1990 Julia Roberts film (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | American rock band that had a #1 hit with 41-Across in 1971 (3 wds.) |
| 35% | WEDONTTRUSTYOU | 14 | 2024 Future hit that's the title track of the album featuring 16-, 20-, 45-, and 54-Across: 4 wds. |
| 35% | ONEFINEDAY | 10 | 1980 Carole King song about a love-to-be that was recorded earlier by the Chiffons: 3 wds. |
| 35% | SHAPEOFYOU | 10 | 2017 Ed Sheeran hit that spent 33 weeks in the Top 10, tied for the record: 3 wds. |
| 34% | WHOCANITBENOW | 13 | 48-Across 1981 song that warns, "Don't come in" (5 wds.) |
| 34% | YOURETHETOP | 11 | Cole Porter song standard featured in 31-Across: 3 wds. |
| 34% | REBELYELL | 9 | 42-Across hit song that is featured in Metal Gear, Guitar Hero, and WWE video games (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | 1965 Byrds hit that's a "triple": 3 wds. |
| 33% | LONGTALLSALLY | 13 | 1956 Little Richard hit that's #55 on the Rolling Stone list: 3 wds. |
| 33% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel featuring a shop that always has exactly the right items in stock (2 wds.) |
| 33% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | 2012 hit that 18-Across sang on the 2013 Grammys telecast: 3 wds. |
| 33% | BYEBYEBYE | 9 | 2000 'N Sync hit that's a "triple": 3 wds. |
| 33% | GONEGONEGONE | 12 | 2013 Phillip Phillips hit that's a "triple": 3 wds. |
| 33% | FUNFUNFUN | 9 | 1964 Beach Boys hit that's a "triple": 3 wds. |
| 33% | IGETAROUND | 10 | 1964 Beach Boys hit that was the band's first #1 single: 3 wds. |
| 33% | BREAKMYSOUL | 11 | Beyonce #1 hit that won the 2023 BET Viewer's Choice Award: 3 wds. |
| 32% | EASYONME | 8 | Adele hit that spent 10 weeks at #1 in 2021-2022: 3 wds. |
| 32% | PRAYFORME | 9 | 2018 The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar hit featured in "Black Panther": 3 wds. |
| 32% | HOTHOTHOT | 9 | 1987 Buster Poindexter hit that's on VH1's list of Greatest One-Hit Wonders: 3 wds. |
| 32% | RUNNINGSCARED | 13 | 1961 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, but is not featured in, a 1986 Gregory Hines/Billy Crystal film (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MICHAELBJORDAN | 14 | "Creed" actor who plays defense attorney Bryan Stevenson in 48-Across (3 wds.) |
| 32% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | Drake song that hit #2 in 2021: 3 wds. |
| 31% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon hit that was #9 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ITS | 3 | "___ Too Late" (1971 Carole King hit) |