| 100% | RIO | 3 | 1982 Duran Duran album (or the hit song with the same title) |
| 77% | RIO | 3 | 1982 Duran Duran album, or the hit song by the same name |
| 61% | RIO | 3 | Duran Duran song, or the 1982 hit album that included it |
| 50% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TITLE | 5 | With 54-Down, song with the same name as its album |
| 45% | GHOSTBUSTERS | 12 | 1984 film whose soundtrack had a #1 hit with the same title |
| 45% | ATOMICDOG | 9 | 1982 P-Funk hit song with the lyric "Bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah" |
| 42% | TOTOIV | 6 | Triple-platinum 1982 album with the #1 hit "Africa" |
| 42% | HUM | 3 | "Rattle and ___" (U2 album with the hit song "Desire") |
| 42% | AJA | 3 | Steely Dan album with the hit song "Deacon Blues" |
| 42% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | 2021 Drake song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 42% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson's album with the hit song "Smooth Criminal" |
| 41% | SORRYNOTSORRY | 13 | 2017 Demi Lovato song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 41% | LAP | 3 | "___ of Luxury" (Cheap Trick album with the hit song "The Flame") |
| 41% | BAD | 3 | "Good Girl Gone ___" (2007 Rihanna album with the hit song "Umbrella") |
| 41% | EAGLE | 5 | "Comfort ___" (Cake album with the hit song "Short Skirt/Long Jacket") |
| 41% | BARRACUDA | 9 | Fish with sharp teeth, or the title of a Heart song |
| 41% | HAVANA | 6 | Hit song by Camila Cabello that shares its title with the capital of Cuba |
| 41% | EMMA | 4 | "For ___, Forever Ago" (Bon Iver album with the hit song "Skinny Love") |
| 40% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | 2021 Cole Swindell/Lainey Wilson song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 40% | WHATSLOVE | 9 | With 14- and 16-Across, Tina Turner hit or the title of her 1993 biopic |
| 39% | HEADABOVEWATER | 14 | 2019 album by 30-Across with the hit single of the same name (3 wds.) |
| 39% | COUNTRYROAD | 11 | 1971 song with the lyrics "take to the highway" that's on James Taylor's "Greatest Hits" album: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 38% | NASA | 4 | Hit song by Ariana Grande from her 2019 album whose title is named after the U.S. space agency |
| 38% | ANNIE | 5 | Hit musical with the song "Tomorrow" |
| 38% | MEXICO | 6 | Country just south of the US ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 38% | MAME | 4 | Hit musical with the song "Bosom Buddies" |
| 38% | CHICAGO | 7 | Hit musical with the song "Razzle Dazzle" |
| 38% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | 1982 hit for Survivor with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 4 wds. |