| 100% | TIMELESS | 8 | 2024 hit by 15-Across with Playboi Carti about having an eternal quality |
| 55% | RATHERLIE | 9 | 2025 hit by 15-Across with Playboi Carti about dishonesty: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WANNABE | 7 | 2024 hit by 16-Across with Megan Thee Stallion that inspired an Instagram twerking challenge: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TIMELESS | 8 | Having an eternal quality |
| 32% | WHOCANITBENOW | 13 | #1 hit by 15-Across that's about someone "knocking at my door": 5 wds. |
| 31% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | #1 hit by 15-Across that's about a traveling Australian who receives a "Vegemite sandwich": 2 wds. |
| 28% | BRIGHTESTBLUE | 13 | 2020 album by 44-Across with the hit single "Worry About Me" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | WHATEVER | 8 | With 44-Across, 2024 Bryson Tiller hit whose lyrics are about satisfying a woman's expensive tastes |
| 27% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 hit song by Usher with an exclamation |
| 27% | TORPEDOED | 9 | To have been hit with an underwater weapon |
| 27% | GONOW | 5 | First hit by the Moody Blues (whose title ends with an exclamation point) |
| 27% | ADEDICATEDFOLLOWER | 18 | With 84 Across, a 1966 song by the Kinks about Mussolini? |
| 26% | ITSTARTSWITHUS | 14 | 2022 bestseller by 41-Across about a woman who reconnects with an old flame (4 wds.) |
| 26% | CRYFORME | 8 | 2025 hit by 15-Across lamenting his suffering and losses: 3 wds. |
| 26% | MAGGIEMAY | 9 | Rod Stewart hit about a fling with an older woman |
| 26% | BENEKING | 8 | Singer who had a 1961 hit with Stand By Me |
| 26% | GIRLSNIGHTOUT | 13 | 1985 #1 country hit by the Judds about an evening on the town: 3 wds. |
| 26% | IMTHEONE | 8 | 2017 #1 hit by 15-Across featuring Justin Bieber and others: 3 wds. |
| 26% | WILDTHOUGHTS | 12 | 2017 #2 hit by 15-Across featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller: 2 wds. |
| 25% | LIESLIESLIES | 12 | 2024 Morgan Wallen hit about heartbreak and deception, with a repetitive title: 3 wds. |
| 25% | THREESISTERS | 12 | Novel by 15-Across about siblings who survived Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 25% | WHATISSORAREASA | 15 | With 66-Across, an observation by Lowell |
| 25% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 24% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 24% | THESECRETOFUS | 13 | 2024 album by 44-Across with the single "Risk" (4 wds.) |
| 24% | LUCYINTHESKY | 12 | With 38-Across, a track from 15-Across, sung by Lennon, that faced several controversies about its initials: 4 wds. |
| 24% | DELLA | 5 | With 70-Across, "Touched by an Angel" star |
| 24% | RADICAL | 7 | With 52-Across, 2024 25-Across album with the hits 15-Across, "Houdini," and "Training Season" |
| 24% | BLACK | 5 | "___ Ice," 2008 hit song by AC/DC with an album that has the same name |
| 24% | SENSE | 5 | Have an intuition about |