| 100% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 43% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 43% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song whose title is said eighty times in its lyrics |
| 43% | AFROBLUE | 8 | Mongo Santamaria jazz standard whose title is rhymed with "cocoa hue" in Oscar Brown Jr.'s lyrics |
| 42% | HEIGHHO | 7 | Disney song whose title is rhymed with "It's home from work we go" |
| 39% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 37% | YMCA | 4 | Village People song whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 36% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | EMO | 3 | Aesthetic whose spelled-out name is rhymed with piano in a Childish Gambino song |
| 35% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics and involves riding and performing tricks on a narrow board with wheels |
| 35% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan song whose title is spelled out before the lyric "Snap and clap and touch your toes" |
| 35% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 34% | BACKSTREETBOYS | 14 | Boy band formed in 1993 with a popular eponymous debut album and are famous for their song "I Want It That Way": 2 wds. |
| 33% | PASSIONFRUIT | 12 | Top 10 Drake song whose title shares its name with a food, from his 2017 playlist "More Life" |
| 33% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 33% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name is rhymed with “El Salvador, too,” in the “Animaniacs” song “Yakko’s World” |
| 33% | WITHOUTYOU | 10 | 2020 song by the Kid Laroi whose remix was a top 10 hit in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EMMA | 4 | 1815 classic whose title character is played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2020 film |
| 33% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 33% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 33% | MAYBE | 5 | Word loosely rhymed with “crazy” and “chase me” in a Carly Rae Jepsen song |
| 33% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 32% | LAYDOWNSALLY | 12 | 1977 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "and rest you in my arms": 3 wds. |
| 32% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose songs are featured in a hit 2001 musical and 2018 movie |
| 32% | RODDY | 5 | With 32-Across, American rapper whose "The Box" was the #3 song on Spotify in 2020 |
| 32% | TRUCKIN | 7 | Grateful Dead song with the lyric “What a long, strange trip it’s been” |
| 32% | YMCA | 4 | 1970s song whose title is spelled out with arm movements |
| 32% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 31% | GLORIA | 6 | Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus |
| 31% | LIETOME | 7 | 1997 Jonny Lang song whose title is a request for untruths |