| 100% | THEWAYITIS | 10 | 1986 Bruce Hornsby and the Range song sampled in Tupac Shakur's "Changes": 4 wds. |
| 44% | MANDOLIN | 8 | "___ Rain," 1986 song by Bruce Hornsby and the Range with a string instrument in its title |
| 38% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit parodied in a "Sesame Street" song about shapes: 4 wds. |
| 30% | CALIFORNIA | 10 | Tupac Shakur's hip hop song, "___ Love" that featured Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman and was his first single as the newest artist |
| 29% | MOSTWANTED | 10 | Tupac Shakur's "2 of Amerikaz ___" written along with Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger and later was included in his "Greatest Hits" album: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CANTFEELMYFACE | 14 | The Weeknd song that hit #1 in August 2015: 4 wds. |
| 28% | HIPHOP | 6 | Music genre for Tupac Shakur that's also known as disco rap, which originated in the Bronx in the mid-1980s: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ITIS | 4 | Bruce Hornsby hit song "The Way ___" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | CANTFEELMYFACE | 14 | The Weeknd song hit that #1 three separate times in 2015: 4 wds. |
| 28% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 28% | BORNTORUN | 9 | Bruce Springsteen's autobiography that was named after an iconic album and song of his, and was released in September 2016: 3 wds. |
| 27% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | Geometry teacher's favorite Huey Lewis and the News song?: 4 wds. |
| 27% | KANYEWEST | 9 | Rapper whose album "Graduation" and song "Stronger" both topped the charts in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 27% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | Rapper whose album "Damn" and song "Humble" both topped the charts in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEBEEGEES | 10 | Brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin who had nine #1 songs in the 1970s (3 wds.) |
| 27% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Song from Alicia Keys' fifth studio album which was a commercial hit with over 4 million paid downloads in the U.S.: 3 wds. |
| 27% | ITSOK | 5 | "___", song by Tom Rosenthal, featured in the trailers of "Comet" and "Anesthesia" : 2 wds. |
| 27% | FIGHTFORYOU | 11 | "Judas and the Black Messiah" song that won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2021 (3 wds.) |
| 27% | WALKLIKEAMAN | 12 | No. 1 song by 30-Across that's included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's list of "Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" (4 wds.) |
| 26% | HARLANHOWARD | 12 | Songwriter in the Nashville Songwriters, Country Music, and Songwriters Halls of Fame who wrote the songs on 40-Across's 2023 album (2 wds.) |
| 26% | LIONELRICHIE | 12 | Singer who won the Oscar in 1986 for Best Original Song, "Say You, Say Me": 2 wds. |
| 26% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | English singer whose album "÷" and song "Shape of You" both topped the charts in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 26% | JOHNCORBETT | 11 | "Sex and the City" actor who plays Rebel's husband Grady in "Rebel": 2 wds. |
| 26% | IMLATE | 6 | The White Rabbit's song in "Alice in Wonderland" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | BACKSTREETS | 11 | Springsteen song, and what's contained in the circles |
| 25% | ITIS | 4 | Bruce Hornsby's "The Way ___" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | DEER | 4 | Antelope's playmate on the range, in song |
| 25% | ESTREET | 7 | Bruce Springsteen and the ___ Band: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ETSEQ | 5 | And the following, in footnotes: 2 wds. |
| 25% | UNDERPRESSURE | 13 | 1981 Queen/David Bowie song sampled in Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby": 2 wds. |