| 100% | AGUILERA | 8 | Christina with the hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Beautiful" |
| 51% | AGUILERA | 8 | Christina __ knows what a girl wants |
| 50% | WHAT | 4 | "___ a Girl Wants" (#1 hit for Christina Aguilera) |
| 49% | CANVAS | 6 | With "the," what a boxer doesn't want to hit? |
| 48% | LETSDANCE | 9 | 1983 album with the hits "China Girl" and "Modern Love" |
| 48% | PINK | 4 | Singer with the hits "Get the Party Started" and "So What" |
| 45% | WHAT | 4 | "___ a Girl Wants," 1999 song by Christina Aguilera that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 45% | MATTEA | 6 | Kathy with the #1 country hit "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
| 45% | HARLOW | 6 | Rapper Jack with the hits "Whats Poppin" and "First Class" |
| 45% | STICK | 5 | What you hit the ball with during a hockey game? |
| 45% | BAT | 3 | What you hit the ball with during a baseball game? |
| 45% | CLUB | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a golf match? |
| 45% | HAND | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a volleyball match? |
| 44% | SEDATED | 7 | What the Ramones wanted to be in a 1978 hit song |
| 44% | CUE | 3 | What you hit the white ball with during a billiards game? |
| 44% | GLAD | 4 | "___ You Came," The Wanted hit with a "happy" title |
| 44% | AQUA | 4 | European pop group with the 1997 hit "Barbie Girl," or a shade of blue |
| 44% | SHEILA | 6 | Girl with blue eyes and a ponytail, in a 1962 #1 hit |
| 44% | TATTOO | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon __, a book and a movie |
| 43% | MEN | 3 | What "it's raining" in a classic dance hit by the Weather Girls |
| 43% | DRUG | 4 | Huey Lewis and the News hit song "I Want a New ___" |
| 43% | SAVAGE | 6 | __ Garden had a 1997 hit with To The Moon and Back |
| 43% | EARL | 4 | "Me and ___ and the Dying Girl" (2015 film with a rhyming title) |
| 42% | INXS | 4 | Band with the hits "What You Need" and "Need You Tonight" |
| 42% | EXCUSEMEOFFICER | 15 | With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said |
| 42% | ENVOGUE | 7 | Girl group with the 1990s hits "Hold On" and "Free Your Mind": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 41% | AQUA | 4 | Band with the hit "Barbie Girl" |
| 41% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 41% | KARATECHOP | 10 | What's a big hit with the school board? |