| 100% | ITSINHISKISS | 12 | Answer to "How can I tell if he loves me so?" in "The Shoop Shoop Song" |
| 35% | EVERLONG | 8 | Foo Fighters song with the lyric "Breathe out, so I can breathe you in" |
| 35% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 35% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer with four #1 songs in the 1980s, including "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer with four No. 1 songs in the 1980s, including "I Just Called To Say I Love You" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ROMEO | 5 | Dolly Parton song with the line "I may not be in love, but let me tell you I'm in heat" |
| 34% | BURN | 4 | "Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | TILLYOULOVEME | 13 | Reba McEntire song with the lyric "I guess I can wait if that's what I have to do" |
| 33% | EVA | 3 | "Me" in the Oscar-winning song "You Must Love Me" |
| 33% | SESAME | 6 | Can you tell me how to get to __ Street? |
| 33% | ACROSS | 6 | How the answer to this clue goes in the grid |
| 33% | LET | 3 | "___ Me," a song by Elvis Presley that was featured in the film he acted in, "Love Me Tender" |
| 33% | SON | 3 | One whose parents might need the baby products heard in the starred answers (he'll learn how to spell them when he's a bit older) |
| 32% | BALL | 4 | "Wrecking ___" (Miley Cyrus hit with the lyrics "I never hit so hard in love / All I wanted was to break your walls") |
| 32% | FRIDAY | 6 | Song by UK rock band The Cure, __ I'm in Love |
| 32% | PANAM | 5 | Airline in the movie "Catch Me If You Can" |
| 32% | PONYBOY | 7 | Johnny tells him to "Stay gold" in The Outsiders |
| 32% | PARIS | 5 | "Do not deny to him that you love me" speaker, in literature |
| 32% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 31% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 31% | HOTANDCOLD | 10 | How emotions may blow, and a hint to the switches in the theme answers |
| 31% | AYE | 3 | Positive answer to Patchy the Pirate in the "SpongeBob Squarepants" theme song |
| 31% | SAGET | 5 | He voices the narrator in How I Met Your Mother |
| 31% | FRUITLESSLY | 11 | In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 31% | TRAILMUCK | 9 | "... but dogs can't spoil how much I enjoy driving around in the ___" |
| 31% | MRSUN | 5 | He's asked to "please shine down on me," in song |
| 31% | CAROUSEL | 8 | 1945 musical featuring the song If I Loved You |
| 31% | MOOD | 4 | "I'm in the ___ for Love" (classic song) |
| 31% | SIRI | 4 | In answer to the request "Talk dirty to me," she sometimes says "The carpet needs vacuuming" |