| 100% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "The history book on the shelf / Is always repeating itself" |
| 88% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the lyrics "The history book on the shelf / Is always repeating itself" |
| 39% | TICKETTORIDE | 12 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "She said that living with me / Is bringing her down" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | 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.) |
| 38% | TICKETTORIDE | 12 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "She said that living with me / Is bringing her down" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | NEWYEARS | 8 | With 15-Across, 1983 U2 song with the repeated lyric "I will be with you again" |
| 37% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 37% | JUNEINJANUARY | 13 | Dean Martin love song with the lyrics "It always is spring in my heart / With you in my arms" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | OUTINTHESTREET | 14 | Bruce Springsteen song with the lyrics "I take my hard earned money / And meet my girl down on the block" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | FAIRLYLOCAL | 11 | Twenty One Pilots single from "Blurryface" with the lyrics "Yo, this song will never be on the radio" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FAIRLYLOCAL | 11 | Twenty One Pilots single from "Blurryface" with the lyric "Yo, this song will never be on the radio" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | SATURDAYSUIT | 12 | Art Garfunkel song with the lyrics "All week long we've been looking at / Horizons and it's hard on the brain" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DOWNTOWN | 8 | Petula Clark song with the lyrics, "Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city / Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty" |
| 35% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "Where they play the right music, getting in the swing / You come to look for a king" |
| 35% | AMELIA | 6 | Joni Mitchell song with the lyric "She was swallowed by the sky" |
| 35% | AMERICA | 7 | Song with the lyrics "God shed his grace on thee" |
| 35% | CREEP | 5 | #1 TLC hit with the lyric "Just keep it on the down low" |
| 35% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 34% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | AMEN | 4 | Beyoncé song with the lyric “Say a prayer for what has been” |
| 34% | LOUIE | 5 | When repeated, classic song with the lyric "Me gotta go" |
| 34% | THISISAMERICA | 13 | Childish Gambino song with the lyric “Police be trippin’ now” |
| 34% | 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.) |
| 34% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts" with the lyric "When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | IFEELFREE | 9 | Cream song with the lyric "Dance floor is like the sea, / Ceiling is the sky" |
| 34% | WOMANAMEN | 9 | Hit song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Every night I should be on my knees / Lord knows how lucky I am" (2 wds.) |