| 100% | GLEN | 4 | Campbell who sang "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" |
| 76% | GLEN | 4 | "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" singer Campbell |
| 57% | ARIZONA | 7 | "By the Time I get to ___," 1991 song by Public Enemy honoring Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 44% | MERCER | 6 | Mabel who sang "Fly Me to the Moon" |
| 43% | OKEEFE | 6 | Danny who sang "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" |
| 43% | ANITA | 5 | Baker who sang "Giving You the Best That I Got" |
| 43% | KIKI | 4 | Dee who sings "I've Got the Music in Me" |
| 43% | IGET | 4 | "By the Time __ to Phoenix" |
| 43% | BINGCROSBY | 10 | Crooner who sings "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For" in the Thanksgiving scene of 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MIGHTYMOUSE | 11 | Rodent superhero who sings "Here I come to save the day!": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TIMEI | 5 | "By the ___ Get to Phoenix" |
| 39% | WIDER | 5 | What I seem to have gotten as the years have passed by |
| 39% | AGELESS | 7 | Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | LATECOMER | 9 | Person who did not get to the party on time |
| 37% | VIOLA | 5 | With 28-Across, "How to Get Away with Murder" actress who wrote the 2022 memoir "Finding Me" |
| 37% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | "Tommy" song sung by 47-Across that's the only cover of a Who song to reach the Top 10 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ROBERTA | 7 | Flack who sang "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" |
| 37% | MET | 3 | Got to know for the first time |
| 37% | MIDNIGHTRIDER | 13 | 1971 song co-written by the late Gregg Allman that begins, "Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin'" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SAM | 3 | Who sings "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca" |
| 36% | KNOWYOU | 7 | Getting to __, from Rodgers' The King and I |
| 36% | KNOWYOU | 7 | Getting to __, song from the King and I |
| 36% | ELIA | 4 | Kazan who sang to the HUAC |
| 36% | SERENADER | 9 | One who sings to the balcony |
| 36% | CANARY | 6 | One who sings to the cops |
| 36% | MARC | 4 | Anthony who sang “You Sang to Me” |
| 36% | MINOGUE | 7 | Dannii who sang Jump to the Beat |
| 36% | IRENE | 5 | Cara who sang the theme to Fame |
| 36% | AXLROSE | 7 | Rocker who sings "Welcome to the Jungle" |
| 35% | GLADYSKNIGHT | 12 | Who sang the 1973 #1 hit "Midnight Train to Georgia" |