| 100% | CIS | 3 | Cookie Monster song "___ for Cookie" (2 wds.) |
| 73% | CIS | 3 | Cookie Monster song "___ for Cookie" |
| 66% | IFEEL | 5 | "___ for You" (Chaka Khan song): 2 wds. |
| 65% | AJAR | 4 | In ___ (where kids look for cookies): 2 wds. |
| 65% | EYEOF | 5 | "___ the Tiger" (hit song for Survivor): 2 wds. |
| 64% | CIS | 3 | "___ for Cookie" ("Sesame Street" tune): 2 wds. |
| 63% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There For You" ("Friends" theme song): 2 wds. |
| 63% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Reggae star known for "Redemption Song": 2 wds. |
| 63% | AHERO | 5 | "Holding Out for ___" (Bonnie Tyler song): 2 wds. |
| 63% | ANEW | 4 | "Looking for ___ Love" (Jody Watley song): 2 wds. |
| 62% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There For You" (Theme song from 25a): 2 wds. |
| 62% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There for You" (theme song from "Friends"): 2 wds. |
| 61% | MYWAY | 5 | Song title for Frank Sinatra or Fetty Wap: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ALLI | 4 | "___ Want for Christmas Is You" (Mariah Carey song): 2 wds. |
| 61% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There for You," "Friends" theme song: 2 wds. |
| 61% | SEASHANTY | 9 | Traditional folk song for a sailor: 2 wds. |
| 60% | IMA | 3 | "___ Believer" (Monkees song covered by Smash Mouth for "Shrek"): 2 wds. |
| 60% | TODIE | 5 | "These cookies are ___ for!"(way too delicious): 2 wds. |
| 60% | TENNISCOURT | 11 | Lorde song named for an athletic setting: 2 wds. |
| 59% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | American singer-songwriter known for his hit song "Piano Man": 2 wds. |
| 59% | ISWEAR | 6 | 1994 hit country song for John Michael Montgomery: 2 wds. |
| 59% | MUSICSOUNDS | 11 | With 29-Across, hit song for 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | LONELYTONIGHT | 13 | 2014 hit song for 17- and 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | WEARE | 5 | "___ the World" (1985 song that raised over $60 million for charity): 2 wds. |
| 58% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There For You," theme song of the sitcom "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ELEE | 4 | "Waiting for the Robert ___," song covered by Al Jolson: 2 wds. |
| 58% | THEREMBRANDTS | 13 | Duo whose "I'll Be There for You" was the theme song for "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 58% | KATYPERRY | 9 | Singer of "Roar," a 2016 campaign song for Hillary Clinton: 2 wds. |
| 58% | OHCAROL | 7 | Neil Sedaka's hit song written for musician behind "Tapestry": 2 wds. |
| 58% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer of the theme song for the Bond movie "Spectre": 2 wds. |