| 100% | WHOCANITBENOW | 13 | 48-Across 1981 song that warns, "Don't come in" (5 wds.) |
| 43% | ONTHEROADAGAIN | 14 | 28-/40-Across hit that won the Grammy for Best Country Song in 1981: 4 wds. |
| 42% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 40% | LIVEYOURLIFE | 12 | T.I. song featuring Rihanna that hit #1 three separate times in 2008: 3 wds. |
| 40% | KEEPOUT | 7 | "Don't come in!": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BODYLIKEA | 9 | With 48-Across, Sam Hunt song that spent 34 weeks atop the Hot Country charts in 2017: 3 wds. |
| 38% | JOURNEY | 7 | Band that released Don't Stop Believin' in 1981 |
| 37% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | Song that was the first of three #1 singles by 42-Across in 1979 (3 wds.) |
| 37% | BLUEBAYOU | 9 | Roy Orbison song that was a #3 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GIRLSLIKEYOU | 12 | Maroon 5 song featuring Cardi B that spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018 (3 wds.) |
| 36% | CRADLEOFLOVE | 12 | 42-Across hit song that was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1991 (3 wds.) |
| 36% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | 48-Across 1980 song that mentions a "Vegemite sandwich" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | FAIRTRADE | 9 | Drake song that hit #3 in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | Drake song that hit #2 in 2021: 3 wds. |
| 35% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEENTERTAINER | 14 | Scott Joplin instrumental song that was a hit in 1974: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MUSICBOXDANCER | 14 | Frank Mills instrumental song that was a hit in 1979: 3 wds. |
| 35% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | Survivor song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 35% | STARWARSTHEME | 13 | Meco instrumental song that hit #1 in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 35% | WHITEWEDDING | 12 | 42-Across hit song that plays over a bridal montage in a 1998 Adam Sandler film (2 wds.) |
| 35% | REBELYELL | 9 | 42-Across hit song that is featured in Metal Gear, Guitar Hero, and WWE video games (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SARAHCONNOR | 11 | Action hero played by 48-Across in a film series that began with 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | EMBRACEABLEYOU | 14 | Song by 16-Across that was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the musical "Girl Crazy": 2 wds. |
| 35% | WHATSNEXT | 9 | 49-Across song that debuted at #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HAPPYTALK | 9 | "South Pacific" song that asks "If you don't have a dream, / How you gonna have a dream come true?" |
| 34% | CANTFEELMYFACE | 14 | The Weeknd song that hit #1 in August 2015: 4 wds. |
| 34% | SEEYOUAGAIN | 11 | Wiz Khalifa song that hit #1 in April 2015: 3 wds. |
| 34% | ATASTEOFHONEY | 13 | Herb Alpert instrumental song that hit #7 in 1965: 4 wds. |
| 34% | LIFEGOESON | 10 | 2020 BTS song that hit #1 in the US: 3 wds. |
| 34% | CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 14 | Vangelis instrumental song that was a hit in 1982: 3 wds. |