| 100% | IMREAL | 6 | 2001 #1 song for 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | WALKINAWAY | 10 | #1 song by 45-Across from 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | MUSICSOUNDS | 11 | With 29-Across, hit song for 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | LADYMARMALADE | 13 | 2001 #1 hit for Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink: 2 wds. |
| 54% | EYEOF | 5 | "___ the Tiger" (hit song for Survivor): 2 wds. |
| 53% | SEASHANTY | 9 | Traditional folk song for a sailor: 2 wds. |
| 53% | LONELYTONIGHT | 13 | 2014 hit song for 17- and 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | HIGHERGROUND | 12 | 1973 hit single for 45-Across from the album "Innervisions" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ISWEAR | 6 | 1994 hit country song for John Michael Montgomery: 2 wds. |
| 51% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer who wrote the songs for 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | KICKTHEDUSTUP | 13 | 2015 #1 country hit for 45-Across: 4 wds. |
| 50% | JANETJACKSON | 12 | Singer whose "Escapade" was a #1 song for three weeks in 1990 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | HAPPYBIRTHDAY | 13 | 1981 hit single for 45-Across from the album "Hotter than July" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ICROSSMYHEART | 13 | 1992 #1 song for 39-Across from the album "Pure Country" (4 wds.) |
| 50% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer of the theme song for the Bond movie "Spectre": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TOMJONES | 8 | Singer of the theme song for the Bond movie "Thunderball": 2 wds. |
| 49% | PRIMEMINISTER | 13 | Title for 14- and 45-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | 1964 #1 song for The Beatles written by 46-Across and John Lennon (4 wds.) |
| 49% | ALANNAHMYLES | 12 | Singer whose "Black Velvet" was a #1 song for two weeks in 1990 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | CHECKYESORNO | 12 | 1995 #1 song for 39-Across from his first box set album (4 wds.) |
| 48% | FEELSOCLOSE | 11 | 2011 song for 30-/32-Across: 3 wds. |
| 48% | FATHERFIGURE | 12 | 1988 #1 hit for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JUSTDANCE | 9 | 2009 #1 hit for 43-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | POKERFACE | 9 | 2009 #1 hit for 43-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MOVINONUP | 9 | 45-Across theme song (3 wds.) |
| 48% | PHANTOMPLANET | 13 | American rock band that created "California," the theme song for "The O.C.": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | Singer of the theme song for the Bond movie "No Time to Die": 2 wds. |
| 47% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Jazz bandleader who adopted 45-Across as his orchestra's signature song (2 wds.) |
| 47% | QUINCYJONES | 11 | Composer who wrote "The Streetbeater," the theme song for 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | STRESSEDOUT | 11 | Song for which Twenty One Pilots won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in 2017: 2 wds. |