| 100% | LEANONME | 8 | Bill Withers hit song that begins, "Sometimes in our lives we all have pain / We all have sorrow" (3 wds.) |
| 82% | LEAN | 4 | With 51-Across, Bill Withers hit song that begins, "Sometimes in our lives / We all have pain" |
| 71% | LEANONME | 8 | Bill Withers hit that begins, "Sometimes in our lives / We all have pain" |
| 41% | LEANONME | 8 | Song that was a #1 hit for Bill Withers in 1972 and for Club Nouveau in 1987: 3 wds. |
| 39% | LIFEGOESON | 10 | 2020 BTS song that hit #1 in the US: 3 wds. |
| 36% | PURPLERAIN | 10 | Prince hit song that begins, "I never meant to cause you any sorrow / I never meant to cause you any pain" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 34% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | Drake song that hit #2 in 2021: 3 wds. |
| 34% | STARWARSTHEME | 13 | Meco instrumental song that hit #1 in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 33% | BOTHSIDESNOW | 12 | 12-Down hit song that begins with the lyrics "Rows and flows of angel hair / And ice cream castles in the air" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | SEEYOUAGAIN | 11 | Wiz Khalifa song that hit #1 in April 2015: 3 wds. |
| 32% | IFALLAPART | 10 | Song by 42-Across that became a hit after a live-performance video went viral in 2017 (3 wds.) |
| 32% | CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 14 | Vangelis instrumental song that was a hit in 1982: 3 wds. |
| 32% | MUSICBOXDANCER | 14 | Frank Mills instrumental song that was a hit in 1979: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ILLBEAROUND | 11 | 1972 Top 10 R&B hit by the Spinners that begins, "This is our fork in the road / Love's last episode" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | FAIRTRADE | 9 | Drake song that hit #3 in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GIVEMESTRENGTH | 14 | Song from 19a that was previously unreleased, although it has been performed live occasionally: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 31% | BELLYACHE | 9 | Hit song by 30-Across that begins "Sittin' all alone / Mouth full of gum / In the driveway" |
| 31% | GOINGGOINGGONE | 14 | 2022 Luke Combs No. 1 country hit that begins, "Some things in life are meant to fly / And others, they were born to run" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | LIVEYOURLIFE | 12 | T.I. song featuring Rihanna that hit #1 three separate times in 2008: 3 wds. |
| 31% | WALKONBY | 8 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 3 wds. |
| 30% | AINTNOSUNSHINE | 14 | Bill Withers hit: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ABOVE | 5 | ___ & Beyond, an EDM group that has hit songs like "Sun & Moon" and "We're All We Need" |
| 30% | WEAREYOUNG | 10 | #1 fun. hit released in 2011 that won the Grammy for Song of the Year: 3 wds. |
| 30% | SADSONGS | 8 | Elton John hit that begins "Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain" |
| 30% | LETITBE | 7 | Beatles song that begins "When I find myself in times of trouble" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | LETITBE | 7 | Beatles song that begins, "When I find myself in times of trouble" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | IGOTTAFEELING | 13 | The Black Eyed Peas' song that's seventh in the Billboard magazine's Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958-2018): 3 wds. |
| 29% | CRADLEOFLOVE | 12 | 42-Across hit song that was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1991 (3 wds.) |