| 100% | FORTUNATESON | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Some folks are born / Made to wave the flag" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Don't go 'round tonight / It's bound to take your life" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MISSME | 6 | Drake and Lil Wayne hit song with the lyrics "I know things have changed, know I used to be around more" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | 1978 #1 hit with the lyrics "Here I am, praying for this moment to last": 2 wds. |
| 40% | FREERIDE | 8 | 1973 Edgar Winter Group hit song with the lyrics "The mountain is high, the valley is low" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | COUNTRYROAD | 11 | 1971 song with the lyrics "take to the highway" that's on James Taylor's "Greatest Hits" album: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GETONYOURFEET | 13 | Gloria Estefan hit song with the lyric "The weight is off your shoulder" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | OHSUSANNA | 9 | Folk song with the lyric "a banjo on my knee": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BAYOU | 5 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song "Born on the ___" |
| 37% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 36% | BLACKDOG | 8 | 52-Across song with the lyrics "At least I know that you are trying / But that's what makes it terrifying" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FORTUNATESON | 12 | 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song about the antiwar movement: 2 wds. |
| 36% | POKERFACE | 9 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Love Game intuition play the cards with spades to start" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THETIDE | 7 | With 18-Across, Blondie #1 hit with the lyric "I'm gonna be your number one": 2 wds. |
| 36% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 35% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival song about life on the road: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DEPECHEMODE | 11 | English New Wave band with the 1984 hit "People Are People": 2 wds. |
| 35% | NANCYSINATRA | 12 | Performer with the 1966 hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'": 2 wds. |
| 35% | SPLISHSPLASH | 12 | 1958 Bobby Darin hit with the lyrics "I was taking a bath": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BABYHOLDON | 10 | 1978 Top 20 hit by 43-Across with the lyrics "Whatever will be, will be / The future is ours to see" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit with the line "I see trouble on the way," or what can be found in three long Down entries |
| 34% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |
| 34% | PROUDMARY | 9 | 1971 Ike & Tina Turner hit that's a cover of a Creedence Clearwater Revival song: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THISKISS | 8 | Faith Hill hit song with the lyrics "It's centrifugal motion / It's perpetual bliss" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WOMANAMEN | 9 | Hit song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Every night I should be on my knees / Lord knows how lucky I am" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | FEELINGMYSELF | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I am a rap legend, just go ask the kings of rap" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MANINTHEMIRROR | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "If you want to make the world a better place / Take a look at yourself, and then make a change" (4 wds.) |
| 34% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |