| 100% | ALLENTOWN | 9 | 24-Down single with the lyrics "But they've taken all the coal from the ground / And the union people crawled away" |
| 39% | PRESSURE | 8 | 24-Down single with the lyrics "But here you are in the ninth / Two men out and three men on / Nowhere to look but inside" |
| 29% | WILDHORSES | 10 | Hit single from 31-Across with the lyric "we'll ride them someday": 2 wds. |
| 28% | DOMINODANCING | 13 | Pet Shop Boys Top 20 song with the lyrics "Watch them all fall down (All day, all day)" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | PIANOMAN | 8 | 24-Down single with the lyrics "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday / The regular crowd shuffles in" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 27% | OUTINTHESTREET | 14 | Bruce Springsteen song with the lyrics "I take my hard earned money / And meet my girl down on the block" (4 wds.) |
| 27% | DJANGOJANE | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "Black girl magic, y'all can't stand it" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BAGGAGECLAIM | 12 | Miranda Lambert single with the lyrics "You got a lot of luggage in your name / When you hit the ground, check the lost and found" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |
| 26% | LETITGO | 7 | "Frozen" song with the lyrics "Turn away and slam the door / I don't care what they're going to say" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | MINING | 6 | Extracting coal and ores, say, from the ground |
| 26% | TEARINMYHEART | 13 | Twenty One Pilots single from "Blurryface" with the lyrics "The songs on the radio are okay / But my taste in music is your face" (4 wds.) |
| 26% | JUSTAGIRL | 9 | 34-Across single with the lyrics "Take this pink ribbon off my eyes / I'm exposed and it's no big surprise" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 26% | IMEIGHTEEN | 10 | 40-Across hit single with the lyrics "I've got a / Baby's brain and an old man's heart" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | HAILTOTHECHIEF | 14 | Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all" |
| 25% | SONGSABOUTYOU | 13 | 5-Down single by 11-Down with the lyric "just let them talk, talk, talk" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | BEALION | 7 | "The Wiz" tune with the lyric "You're the bravest of them all" |
| 25% | TREATMYSELF | 11 | Hit single by 9-Down with the lyric "I'll fight for me, and honestly I deserve some credit" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | LIKEICAN | 8 | 46-Across song from the album "In the Lonely Hour" with the lyric "There may be lovers who hold out their hands, but / They'll never love you" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | DRUNKONAPLANE | 13 | Dierks Bentley single with the lyrics "Buyin' drinks for everybody / But the pilot, it's a party" (4 wds.) |
| 24% | ONELOVE | 7 | Classic song with the lyric "Let's get together and feel all right" |
| 24% | ONELOVE | 7 | Reggae classic with the lyric “Let’s get together and feel all right” |
| 24% | THISISHOWWEDO | 13 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyric "Sipping on rosé, sipping on sun, coming up all lazy" (5 wds.) |
| 24% | THISISHOWWEDO | 13 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyric "Sipping on rosé / Silver Lake sun coming up all lazy" (5 wds.) |
| 24% | SCHOOLSOUT | 10 | 40-Across hit single with the lyrics "Well, we got no class / And we got no principals" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | BEACH | 5 | With 32-Across, 2022 single by 49-Across with the lyrics "I've got a weekend in paradise / And I'm probably gonna never call you" |
| 24% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyrics "I got me / And that's all I need" |
| 24% | TEAM | 4 | Iggy Azalea song with the lyric "I got me / And that's all I need" |