| 100% | GOODLUCKBABE | 12 | 2024 pop hit for 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 55% | IDONTWANTTOBE | 13 | 2003 hit for 18-Across: 5 wds. |
| 54% | BRASSINPOCKET | 13 | 1980 hit for 15-Across: 3 wds. |
| 48% | BESTFOLKALBUM | 13 | 2012 Grammy won by 44-Across for 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 48% | LAWYERSINLOVE | 13 | 1983 hit for 49-Across that satirized 1980s materialism: 3 wds. |
| 46% | WHATAGIRL | 9 | With 53-Across, 2000 #1 hit for Christina Aguilera: 3 wds. |
| 46% | HOTNCOLD | 8 | 2008 #3 hit for Katy Perry: 3 wds. |
| 46% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | "Greatest" 2013 hit for One Direction: 3 wds. |
| 45% | SPEEDOFSOUND | 12 | 2005 top 10 hit for Coldplay: 3 wds. |
| 45% | WEFOUNDLOVE | 11 | 2011 #1 hit for Rihanna: 3 wds. |
| 45% | LIKEAVIRGIN | 11 | 1984 #1 hit for Madonna: 3 wds. |
| 45% | VIVALAVIDA | 10 | 2008 #1 hit for Coldplay: 3 wds. |
| 45% | ISTILLBELIEVE | 13 | 2020 biopic featuring 43-Across named for a hit song by 18-Across (3 wds.) |
| 45% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | 2012 hit that 18-Across sang on the 2013 Grammys telecast: 3 wds. |
| 45% | WHOSYOURDADDY | 13 | #1 2002 country hit for Toby Keith (1961-2024) about a young woman's rich lover: 3 wds. |
| 44% | ONEMORENIGHT | 12 | 1985 #1 hit for Genesis drummer Phil Collins: 3 wds. |
| 44% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" singer who reimagined 18-Across in a 2024 hit with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 44% | IFIAINTGOTYOU | 13 | 2004 18-Across hit that won a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: 5 wds. |
| 44% | AINT | 4 | "___ That a Shame" (#1 hit for 18-Across) |
| 43% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | 1991 hit for Tom Petty and the 15-Across with the lyric "But I ain't got wings": 3 wds. |
| 43% | DONTWANNAKNOW | 13 | 2016 top 10 hit for Maroon 5: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ONEMORENIGHT | 12 | 2012 top 10 hit for Maroon 5: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ROLLWITHIT | 10 | 1988 #1 hit for 30-Across, which was nominated for the Grammy for Record of the Year: 3 wds. |
| 43% | NEWYORKJETS | 11 | NFL team that 18-Across plays for: 3 wds. |
| 42% | LOUISVILLELIP | 13 | Nickname for 18-Across, with "The": 2 wds. |
| 42% | COMEONEILEEN | 12 | Only top 10 hit for 1980s British band Dexys Midnight Runners: 3 wds. |
| 42% | THEGREATEST | 11 | Nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | THELIVINGYEARS | 14 | 1989 #1 hit for Mike + the Mechanics (featuring Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford): 3 wds. |
| 41% | LOVESOMEBODY | 12 | 2024 Morgan Wallen hit about the search for a meaningful relationship: 2 wds. |