| 100% | TRALA | 5 | Cheery, nonsensical syllables in a song refrain: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LALA | 4 | "Tra ___" (sounds in a song): 2 wds. |
| 50% | TRALA | 5 | Carefree nonsense sounds in a song: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LALA | 4 | Sounds after "tra" in a song: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GOODSHIP | 8 | With 44-Across, boat in a song by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LALA | 4 | Sounds that often follow "tra" in a song: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | Girl in a Beatles song from the "White Album": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LALA | 4 | Sounds after "tra" in a refrain: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SWEETVIRGINIA | 13 | Girl in a Rolling Stones song from "Exile on Main St.": 2 wds. |
| 45% | CHRISTIANDIOR | 13 | French designer honored in a 2010 Kanye West song ("___ Denim Flow"): 2 wds. |
| 44% | TIMEWARP | 8 | 1970s novelty dance based on a song in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LADYANTEBELLUM | 14 | "American Honey" group who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 44% | DAVIDBOWIE | 10 | "Space Oddity" singer who cowrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 44% | TRALA | 5 | Syllables in a gay refrain |
| 43% | TRA | 3 | Syllable that might be sung in a song's refrain |
| 43% | TRA | 3 | With 42-Down, nonsense syllables in a song |
| 43% | PIANOMAN | 8 | Person who was asked to "sing us a song tonight" in a Billy Joel hit: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HIHO | 4 | Syllables in a children's refrain |
| 43% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | Actress who had a song from "Pitch Perfect" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | Actress who had a song from "Les Misérables" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WITHOUTME | 9 | A song by rapper Eminem - whose birthday it is today - which featured a video that parodied comics in general: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MRSUN | 5 | Personified heavenly body in a children's song (2 wds.) |
| 42% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 42% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 42% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SANJOSE | 7 | California city in a 1968 Dionne Warwick hit song (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JACKFROST | 9 | Guy "nipping at your nose," in a holiday song (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | Actor who had a song from "A Star Is Born" chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |