| 100% | TRUMPETS | 8 | 2013 song by Jason Derulo with a brass instrument in its title |
| 57% | TROMBONE | 8 | "___ Dixie," 1990 instrumental song by the Beach Boys with a brass instrument in its title |
| 53% | GUITAR | 6 | "Teardrops On My ___," 2006 song by Taylor Swift with a string instrument in its title |
| 52% | DRUM | 4 | "Bang the ___ All Day," 1983 song by Todd Rundgren with a percussion instrument in its title |
| 50% | OBOE | 4 | "Gabriel's ___," 1986 song composed by Ennio Morricone with a wind instrument in its title |
| 47% | BASS | 4 | "All About That ___," 2014 song by Meghan Trainor with a low-pitched instrument in its title |
| 46% | MANDOLIN | 8 | "___ Rain," 1986 song by Bruce Hornsby and the Range with a string instrument in its title |
| 43% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 41% | WATERMELON | 10 | "___ in Easter Hay," 1979 song by Frank Zappa with a fruit in its title |
| 39% | EMO | 3 | Likely genre for a song with a lengthy parenthetical in its title |
| 35% | MARS | 4 | "Life on ___?", 1971 song by David Bowie with the Red Planet in its title |
| 35% | MERCEDESBENZ | 12 | Janice Joplin hit song with a 44-Down in its title (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MERCURYBLUES | 12 | Alan Jackson hit song with a 44-Down in its title (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MUSTANGSALLY | 12 | Wilson Pickett hit song with a 44-Down in its title (2 wds.) |
| 34% | PORGY | 5 | "Georgy ___," song by Toto with a rhyming title |
| 34% | SUPER | 5 | "___ Trouper," song by ABBA with a rhyming title |
| 34% | ROCKET | 6 | "___ Man," 1972 song by Elton John with an astronaut's vehicle in its title |
| 34% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 33% | THEPIANO | 8 | 1993 film with an instrument in its title |
| 33% | WOLF | 4 | "The ___ of Wall Street," 2013 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio with a howling canine in its title |
| 33% | SPACE | 5 | "___ Truckin'," 1972 song by Deep Purple with an astrophysicist's domain in its title |
| 32% | DESIREE | 7 | Title girl who "made it right" in a Neil Diamond song |
| 32% | WHAT | 4 | With 34-Across, question in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 32% | TOE | 3 | "Tip ___," song by Jason Derulo |
| 32% | STARS | 5 | "A Sky Full of ___," 2014 song by Coldplay with cosmic twinklers in its title |
| 32% | HAVANA | 6 | Hit song by Camila Cabello that shares its title with the capital of Cuba |
| 32% | GOLDDUSTWOMAN | 13 | Fleetwood Mac song with a traditional fortieth anniversary gift in its title (3 wds.) |
| 32% | TINSOLDIERMAN | 13 | The Kinks song with a traditional tenth anniversary gift in its title (3 wds.) |
| 32% | HIGHSCHOOL | 10 | What 1986 ___ romantic comedy got its title from a song by the Psychedelic Furs? |
| 32% | TOSIRWITHLOVE | 13 | 1967 movie starring 51-Across with a #1 title song by Lulu: 4 wds. |