| 100% | AWOMANLIKEYOU | 13 | 2011 Lee Brice hit about a man who's glad he's not single: 4 wds. |
| 44% | ONEOFTHEMGIRLS | 14 | 2020 Lee Brice hit about a guy "who'd trade his whole world" for the person in the song title: 4 wds. |
| 37% | GETBACK | 7 | Beatles hit about "a man who thought he was a loner" |
| 34% | LOVELIKECRAZY | 13 | 2009 Lee Brice hit whose lyrics involve advice from a long-married man: 3 wds. |
| 34% | IHADSOMEHELP | 12 | 2024 Post Malone hit featuring Morgan Wallen that's about not taking all the blame for a breakup: 4 wds. |
| 33% | DELILAH | 7 | Tom Jones hit about a man who murders his lover |
| 32% | DAILYMAIL | 9 | Newspaper behind the hoax about a man who thought he had to run for 26 days instead of 26 miles for the London Marathon: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GLORYDAYS | 9 | The fifth single from Springsteen's album mentioned in 17a, about a man recollecting good times: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LOSTINYOUREYES | 14 | 1989 Debbie Gibson hit about being mesmerized by a lover's gaze: 4 wds. |
| 30% | THEFUGITIVE | 11 | Harrison Ford's 1993 movie (25th anniversary) in which he plays a man who is wrongfully convicted: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WAYOFTHEDRAGON | 14 | 1972 action comedy starring Bruce Lee, who was a close friend of Chuck Norris, and is his only released film with him: 4 wds. |
| 29% | THOUSANDYEARS | 13 | "A ___," Christina Perri's 2011 hit single written for a movie from the "The Twilight" series: 2 wds. |
| 29% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | #1 hit by 15-Across that's about a traveling Australian who receives a "Vegemite sandwich": 2 wds. |
| 28% | GETBACK | 7 | #1 Beatles hit that starts "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner" |
| 28% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 Jim Carrey movie where he plays a man who gains godlike powers: 2 wds. |
| 28% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon hit single about a self-absorbed lover (3 wds.) |
| 28% | SINCEUBEENGONE | 14 | 2004 Kelly Clarkson hit about freedom after a breakup: 4 wds. |
| 28% | AMANCALLEDOVE | 13 | 2014 best-selling novel about a neighborhood curmudgeon who befriends the family next door: 4 wds. |
| 28% | TIMETRAVELERS | 13 | "The ___ Wife," bestselling debut novel by Audrey Niffenegger published in 2003 about a man who moves through time and his wife: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PETESAMPRAS | 11 | Tennis great who won a record-breaking sixth men's championship at Wimbledon on July 4, 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | CAFESOCIETY | 11 | 2016 romantic-comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg (birthday today) and Steve Carell, about a man who falls in love, in Hollywood: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GEMINIMAN | 9 | 2019 Ang Lee film about a sniper who is targeted by a young clone of himself: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASPARKOFLIGHT | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a teenager who is held hostage at women's reproductive health clinic (4 wds.) |
| 27% | NEEDTOKNOW | 10 | 2021 Doja Cat hit whose title refers to her curiosity about a particular man: 3 wds. |
| 27% | JOLENE | 6 | Woman whom Dolly Parton pleads with not to take her man, in a 1973 hit |
| 27% | ASLAN | 5 | About whom Mr. Beaver says "He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion." |
| 27% | THICKASTHIEVES | 14 | 2020 Sandra Brown bestseller about a woman who investigates her father's disappearance: 3 wds. |
| 27% | BEFORESUNRISE | 13 | 1995 Ethan Hawke starrer romantic drama film about a man and woman who spend an evening in Vienna: 2 wds. |
| 27% | DONTLETMEDOWN | 13 | Hit single from The Chainsmokers, featuring Daya, which won them a Grammy for Best Dance Recording: 4 wds. |
| 27% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |