| 100% | MYWAY | 5 | Classic song that begins "And now the end is near" |
| 83% | MYWAY | 5 | Classic Frank Sinatra song that begins, "And now, the end is near" (2 wds.) |
| 77% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra song that begins, "And now, the end is near": 2 wds. |
| 77% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra classic that begins "And now, the end is near" |
| 70% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra standard that begins "And now, the end is near" |
| 49% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 47% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song that ends, "I hope some day you'll join us / And the world will be as one" |
| 47% | STANDBYME | 9 | King classic that begins, "When the night has come / And the land is dark" |
| 46% | ALL | 3 | Word that begins and ends the Three Musketeers’ motto |
| 46% | VIOLETHILL | 10 | Coldplay hit song that begins, "Was a long and dark December / From the rooftops I remember" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | US state that begins and ends with the same letter |
| 45% | NAAN | 4 | Indian flatbread that begins and ends with the letter "N" |
| 45% | EWE | 3 | Female sheep that begins and ends with the letter "E" |
| 45% | LETITSNOW | 9 | When tripled, song that begins, "Oh, the weather outside is frightful" |
| 45% | TIGHT | 5 | Skinny jeans fit, that begins and ends with the letter "T" |
| 45% | AREPA | 5 | Traditional Columbian dish that begins and ends with the letter "A" |
| 45% | EAGLE | 5 | Bald ___, USA symbol that begins and ends with the letter "E" |
| 44% | DAD | 3 | Affectionate term for father, that begins and ends with the letter "D" |
| 44% | MOM | 3 | Affectionate term for mother, that begins and ends with the letter "M" |
| 44% | LENORE | 6 | Classic verse that begins "Ah, broken is the golden bowl!" |
| 44% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Classic song that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" [2003, 1970] |
| 44% | LOSER | 5 | Beck song that begins "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" |
| 42% | THELORAX | 8 | Classic book that begins "At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows ..." |
| 42% | PEGOMYHEART | 11 | Classic song about an Irish lass that was a #1 hit in 1913 and 1947 |
| 42% | WOMAN | 5 | John Lennon song that ends "I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever" |
| 42% | MAN | 3 | "Vegetable ___," Pink Floyd song that was covered by The Jesus and Mary Chain |
| 41% | BENT | 4 | Matchbox Twenty song that begins, "If I fall along the way / Pick me up and dust me off" |
| 41% | SUEDE | 5 | "Blue ___ Shoes" (1956 song that was one of the first rock and roll records) |
| 41% | ORNEVER | 7 | "It's Now ___," a song by Elvis Presley that is based on the Italian song "O Sole Mio" and Tony Martin's "There's No Tomorrow": 2 wds. |
| 40% | OLD | 3 | "How ___ are you now?" (line that may follow the birthday song) |