| 100% | HEYMRDJ | 7 | 1990s hit with the line "keep playing that song, all night" |
| 62% | HEYMRDJ | 7 | 1993 hit with the lyric "Keep playin' that song all night" |
| 58% | HEYMRDJ | 7 | 1993 R&B hit with the lyric "Keep playin' that song all night" |
| 43% | MOONDANCE | 9 | Van Morrison hit with the line "A fantabulous night to make romance" |
| 43% | IWONTBACKDOWN | 13 | Tom Petty song with the line "In a world that keeps on pushin' me around" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | THISISHOWWEDOIT | 15 | Montell Jordan hit with the line “To all my neighbors, you got much flavor” |
| 42% | MTA | 3 | 1959 folk hit with the line "Charlie couldn't get off of that train" |
| 40% | EVITA | 5 | 1979 Broadway hit with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" |
| 40% | CHICAGO | 7 | 1996 Tony-winning musical revival with the song "All That Jazz" currently playing at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre |
| 40% | GOODGOLLY | 9 | With 48-Across, 1958 Little Richard hit that's #94 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONEONONE | 8 | Hall & Oates hit with the lyric "I wanna play that game tonight" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | CASSADEEPOPE | 12 | Pop singer with the hit song "Wasting All These Tears" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BACKINBW | 8 | Iconic AC/DC album with the song "You Shook Me All Night Long" |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | ___ of Base (1990s band with the hit "All That She Wants") |
| 38% | BAYCITYROLLERS | 14 | Pop rock band with the hit songs "Money Honey" and "Saturday Night" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic poem with the lines "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ... Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear" |
| 38% | LOLA | 4 | Hit song with the line "When she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine" |
| 37% | RIGHTEOUS | 9 | 2020 Juice WRLD song that opens with the line "All-white Gucci suit" |
| 37% | BLACKPINK | 9 | Korean girl group with the hit songs "How You Like That," 17-Across, and 27-Across |
| 37% | PARIS | 5 | Hit song by The Chainsmokers that shares its name with Eiffel Tower's city |
| 37% | GYPSY | 5 | 1959 Broadway hit with the song "All I Need Is the Girl" |
| 37% | LIONEL | 6 | Richie with the #1 hit "All Night Long" |
| 36% | BAD | 3 | With 7-Down, Billie Eilish hit that won the 2020 Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 36% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé hit with the line "I got my angel now" |
| 36% | TOOSWEET | 8 | Hozier hit with the line "I take my whiskey neat" |
| 36% | LEAN | 4 | With 51-Across, Bill Withers hit song that begins, "Sometimes in our lives / We all have pain" |
| 36% | BELLYACHE | 9 | Hit song by 30-Across that begins "Sittin' all alone / Mouth full of gum / In the driveway" |
| 36% | BLACK | 5 | "___ Ice," 2008 hit song by AC/DC with an album that has the same name |
| 35% | TNT | 3 | AC/DC song that ends with the line “Watch me explode” |
| 35% | SHESALADY | 9 | Tom Jones hit with the line "Always treat her with respect" |