| 100% | TRAITOR | 7 | 33-Across single with the lyrics "Don't you dare forget about the way / You betrayed me" |
| 46% | 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.) |
| 44% | SADEYES | 7 | 1979 #1 song with the lyric "Turn the other way / I don't want to see you cry" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BREAKUPWITHHIM | 14 | Old Dominion No. 1 country single with the lyrics "Rip it off just like a Band-Aid / The way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | SIMPLEMINDS | 11 | Band with the 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 41% | MATILDA | 7 | Single on 37-Across with the lyric "You don't have to go home" |
| 41% | 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.) |
| 40% | SIMPLEMINDS | 11 | Scottish New Wave band with the 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)": 2 wds. |
| 40% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 40% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 40% | MOON | 4 | With 6-Across, classic song with the lyric "Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way" |
| 39% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "We knew every line, now I can't remember / How it goes but I know that I won't forget her" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THELOVEILOST | 12 | 1973 hit single by 44-Across and 30-Across with the lyrics "Take a good look at me / I'm in misery, can't you see?" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | HAPPIER | 7 | 33-Across song with the lyric "So find someone great, but don't find no one better" |
| 38% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | EATIT | 5 | Hit with the lyric "I don't care if you're full" |
| 38% | LIABILITY | 9 | Single by 53-Across on 45-Across with the lyric "You're a little much for me" |
| 38% | STAYWITHME | 10 | 2014 hit with the lyric “I don’t want you to leave, will you hold my hand?” |
| 37% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | DEATHOFAUTOTUNE | 15 | Subtitle for the Jay-Z single with the lyric “Get back to rap, you T-Painin’ too much” |
| 37% | STORYOFMYLIFE | 13 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "Written on these walls are / The colors that I can't change" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | 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" |
| 37% | TRAITOR | 7 | Olivia Rodrigo song with the lyrics "You betrayed me / And I know that you'll never feel sorry" |
| 37% | LIKEIUSEDTO | 11 | 2018 single by 43-Across with the lyrics "Never be the same / Won't trust you ... " (4 wds.) |
| 36% | SOS | 3 | 49-Across song with the lyric "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" |
| 36% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |
| 36% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Stop callin' / I don't wanna talk anymore" |
| 36% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Stop callin' / I don't wanna talk anymore" |
| 36% | VALLEYGIRL | 10 | 1982 18-Across single with the lyric "Gag me with a spoon!": 2 wds. |