| 100% | ROCKSTAR | 8 | 2023 collection of new songs, collaborations, and covers that is 40-Across's 49th studio album |
| 35% | POPMUSIC | 8 | Album and song genre that balloons are scared of |
| 32% | WEFOUNDLOVE | 11 | Single from Rihanna's 6th studio album, a collaboration with DJ Calvin Harris, that won her a Grammy and was featured in "Sherlock" : 3 wds. |
| 32% | BORNTORUN | 9 | Bruce Springsteen's autobiography that was named after an iconic album and song of his, and was released in September 2016: 3 wds. |
| 31% | MUDONTHETIRES | 13 | Studio album that was #1 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart and whose title track was Brad Paisley's fourth #1 hit on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart (4 wds.) |
| 31% | BEFOREANDAFTER | 14 | 2023 studio album by Neil Young that features acoustic re-recordings of some of his classic songs (3 wds.) |
| 31% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 30% | HARLANHOWARD | 12 | Songwriter in the Nashville Songwriters, Country Music, and Songwriters Halls of Fame who wrote the songs on 40-Across's 2023 album (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ALBUM | 5 | Collection of songs by the band Paradise Lost that is named "Gothic" |
| 29% | HEARTOFGOLD | 11 | Song on 40-Across's 1972 album "Harvest" that was his only #1 hit (3 wds.) |
| 29% | GIFT | 4 | Something that can be wrapped using the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 29% | YOU | 3 | "Now That I Found ___," 2019 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Dedicated" and is co-produced by Captain Cuts |
| 28% | LADYMARMALADE | 13 | A popular song that was covered by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink for the soundtrack of "Moulin Rouge!": 2 wds. |
| 28% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 27% | REPUTATION | 10 | Sixth studio album by 22a, that will be released on the 10th of November, 2017 |
| 27% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | Country music legend whose 73rd solo studio album is "I Don't Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of 17-Across" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SEAL | 4 | Single-named singer whose new album of covers is titled "Standards" |
| 27% | SLEEVE | 6 | Collection of tattoos that cover a person's arm |
| 27% | CRACKERISLAND | 13 | 2023 Gorillaz album that features collaborations with Stevie Nicks and Bad Bunny: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PENCE | 5 | Coins that are fractions of a 40-Across |
| 27% | NOTTHATFANCY | 12 | 2023 album of acoustic covers of hit songs by 43-Across (3 wds.) |
| 27% | NICO | 4 | “The Velvet Underground & ___” (1967 album that topped Billboard’s list of the best album covers of all time in August, 2023) |
| 27% | WEEZER | 6 | 14-Across, 19-Across, and 33-Across rock band whose self-titled albums are known by the colors of the album covers |
| 27% | NETFLIX | 7 | Video service that streams "House of Cards" and "Orange Is the New Black" |
| 26% | LONESOME | 8 | "Blue & ___," 25th American studio album by The Rolling Stones and the first one to feature only cover songs |
| 26% | CALIFORNIA | 10 | Tupac Shakur's hip hop song, "___ Love" that featured Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman and was his first single as the newest artist |
| 26% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | 1989 pop rock song by Madonna that is a part of her fourth studio album of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 26% | DESOLATION | 10 | "___ Row," 1965 song written and sung by Bob Dylan which is a part of his 6th studio album, "Highway 61 Revisited" |
| 26% | OPENYOURHEART | 13 | 1986 dance-pop song by Madonna that is a part of her third studio album "True Blue": 3 wds. |
| 26% | MAKUTUED | 8 | A type of New Zealand spell that's been cast |