| 100% | TOOSWEET | 8 | 2024 tune that was Hozier's first #1 hit: 2 wds. |
| 53% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | 1973 Elton John song that was his first #1 hit: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MAGICMAN | 8 | 1976 Heart song that was their first top 10 hit: 2 wds. |
| 44% | FAKELOVE | 8 | 2018 BTS hit that was their first top 10 single in the US: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BARBARAANN | 10 | 1965 Beach Boys hit that was first recorded by the Regents: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BLACKAND | 8 | With 44-Across, 2010 Wiz Khalifa hit that was his first #1 single: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IGETAROUND | 10 | 1964 Beach Boys hit that was the band's first #1 single: 3 wds. |
| 42% | HEYYA | 5 | OutKast hit that was #1 for nine weeks in 2003-2004: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THEENTERTAINER | 14 | Scott Joplin instrumental song that was a hit in 1974: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALLIN | 5 | Book about 32-Across that was coauthored by 1-/19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LADYMARMALADE | 13 | Song from the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!" that was a #1 hit for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and Mya: 2 wds. |
| 41% | STILLINTOYOU | 12 | 2013 single that was Paramore's first Top 10 hit on the "Billboard" Mainstream Top 40 chart (3 wds.) |
| 40% | BEVERLYHILLS | 12 | Single from the album "Make Believe" that was 42-Across's first Top 10 hit (2 wds.) |
| 40% | NOONE | 5 | 2007 #1 song by Alicia Keys that is her biggest hit to date: 2 wds. |
| 40% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | Survivor song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 40% | BLUEBAYOU | 9 | Roy Orbison song that was a #3 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 40% | POLECAR | 7 | The vehicle that is first out on the track in Indy racing, say: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GODSPLAN | 8 | Drake song that was #1 on Billboard's 2018 Year-End Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | Singer/songwriter whose first #1 hit song was 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | STAY | 4 | 2021 song that was the Kid Laroi's first #1 hit |
| 39% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John hit that was #7 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 2 wds. |
| 38% | THUNDERROAD | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Bruce Springsteen (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BAKERSTREET | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Gerry Rafferty (2 wds.) |
| 38% | POPFLIES | 8 | Looping baseball hits that are easily caught: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | The Human League song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 38% | THEWAYWEWERE | 12 | Barbra Streisand hit that was No. 1 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (4 wds.) |
| 38% | EYESCLOSED | 10 | 2023 single by 49-Across that was a #1 hit on the "Billboard" Adult Top 40 chart (2 wds.) |
| 38% | COTTONEYEDJOE | 13 | Traditional American folk song that was the inspiration for a 1994 hit by Swedish band Rednex: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 38% | GOODDAYS | 8 | SZA top 10 hit that was the lead single from her 2022 #1 album "SOS": 2 wds. |
| 37% | HEYYA | 5 | OutKast hit that asks, "What's cooler than being cool?" (2 wds.) |