| 100% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" |
| 37% | NOWHEREMAN | 10 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
| 35% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic poem with the lines "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ... Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear" |
| 33% | IHATEMEN | 8 | "Kiss Me, Kate" song with the lyric "For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother" |
| 32% | BAGGAGECLAIM | 12 | Miranda Lambert single with the lines "You got a lot of luggage in your name / When you hit the ground, check the lost and found" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 30% | EGO | 3 | Beyoncé song with the line "He walk like this 'cause he can back it up" |
| 30% | CCRIDER | 7 | Classic blues song with the line "I'd rather be dead than to stay here and be your dog" |
| 30% | TAKEMETOCHURCH | 14 | *Hozier song with the lyric "I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies" |
| 30% | ONELOVE | 7 | Classic 1977 song with the repeated line "Let's get together and feel all right" |
| 29% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | YES | 3 | Band with the 1983 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" |
| 29% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 29% | MYFAIRLADY | 10 | Classic musical with the song "A Hymn to Him" |
| 29% | STANLEE | 7 | He had a cameo in The Avengers with the line "Superheroes in New York? Give me a break!" |
| 29% | ATLAST | 6 | Classic song with the line "My love has come along" |
| 28% | HEARTLIKEMINE | 13 | Miranda Lambert song with the lines "'Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine / And I bet we'd get along just fine" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | FISHHEADS | 9 | 1978 novelty song with the line "Eat them up! Yum!" ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 28% | BLUEJEANS | 9 | Song by Lana Del Rey and a classic of the closet |
| 28% | WEAREFAMILY | 11 | Sister Sledge classic whose second line is "I got all my sisters with me," and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across |
| 28% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 cult-classic film with the line “Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable” |
| 28% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic 1950 book with the line "It's your fiction that interests me. Your studies of the interplay of human motives and emotion" |
| 28% | MANANA | 6 | Jimmy Buffett tune with a Spanish name with the closing line "And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs" |
| 28% | ONLYPRETTIER | 12 | Miranda Lambert song with the lines "I'll keep drinkin' and you'll keep gettin' skinnier / Hey I'm just like you" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | WRINKLEINTIME | 13 | With "A," classic science fantasy novel, and a feature of the theme answers |
| 28% | BARRACUDA | 9 | Fish with sharp teeth, or the title of a Heart song |
| 28% | EVER | 4 | "If you're ___ in a jam, here I am" (first line of the classic song "Friendship") |
| 27% | ARRIVEDERCIROMA | 15 | Song with the lyric "City of a million warm embraces" |
| 27% | ELF | 3 | Movie with the line "Son of a nutcracker!" |
| 27% | NYALA | 5 | Southern African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along the length of its back and neck |