| 100% | PIANOMAN | 8 | 24-Down single with the lyrics "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday / The regular crowd shuffles in" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BOYGETSATRUCK | 13 | Keith Urban single with the lyrics "It's freedom flying down a two-lane / Young love steaming up the windows" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | 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" |
| 37% | PIANOMAN | 8 | 1974 hit that begins "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday" |
| 37% | DRUNKONAPLANE | 13 | Dierks Bentley single with the lyrics "Buyin' drinks for everybody / But the pilot, it's a party" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | FEELINGMYSELF | 13 | Hit single on Nicki Minaj's 2014 album "The Pinkprint" with the lyrics "I am a rap legend / Just go ask the kings of rap" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CHARLIEDAY | 10 | He plays a character with the same first name (and the last name Kelly) on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia": 2 wds. |
| 36% | SPEAKNOW | 8 | Title track on Taylor Swift's 2023 rereleased album with the lyrics "Don't wait, or say a single vow / You need to hear me out" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | VALLEYGIRL | 10 | 1982 18-Across single with the lyric "Gag me with a spoon!": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAKEMEFEEL | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | ICECUBE | 7 | It's a "rock" in "on the rocks": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" actor who is also a musician and is famous for his role in "Gulliver's Travels": 2 wds |
| 35% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IMEIGHTEEN | 10 | 40-Across hit single with the lyrics "I've got a / Baby's brain and an old man's heart" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | 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.) |
| 34% | KEEPDRIVING | 11 | Single on 37-Across with the lyric "A small concern with how the engine sounds" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ONEDAYYOUWILL | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "But down the road the sun is shining / In every cloud, there's a silver lining" (4 wds.) |
| 34% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 34% | DONTSPEAK | 9 | Single on 34-Across with the lyrics "I know just what you're sayin' / So please stop explainin' / Don't tell me 'cause it hurts" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | DIERKSBENTLEY | 13 | Country star with the 2016 hit single "Somewhere on a Beach": 2 wds. |
| 33% | GLADYOUEXIST | 12 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "Hey, look what a hello from a stranger turned into / Caught up in a moment like it's just us in this room" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | KYLEMACLACHLAN | 14 | "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" actor who is popularly known for his role as Dale Cooper in "Twin Peaks": 2 wds. |
| 33% | PETERTOSH | 9 | Reggae star with the 1976 single "Legalize It," initially banned in Jamaica: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | COBRAKAI | 8 | "The Karate Kid" sequel series on Netflix with a venomous snake in the title: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CHARLIEBROWN | 12 | 1959 Coasters hit with the lyric "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?": 2 wds. |
| 33% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Entrepreneurial reality series on ABC with a fierce ocean menace in the title: 2 wds. |
| 33% | YOUSHOULDBESAD | 14 | 2020 Top 40 single by Halsey with the lyric "Just glad I made it out without breakin' down" (4 wds.) |
| 33% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | BLANKSPACE | 10 | Second single from Taylor Swift's fifth album, that received three Grammy nominations, and had a part in the lyrics misheard by many: 2 wds. |