| 100% | MYFATHER | 8 | Dance with __, emotional hit for Luther Vandross |
| 52% | IWANNA | 6 | __ Dance With Somebody, hit for Whitney in 1987 |
| 44% | MRBOJANGLES | 11 | 1971 hit with the lyric "He danced for those at minstrel shows" |
| 44% | SOUL | 4 | Genre for Luther Vandross |
| 39% | VANDROSS | 8 | Dance With My Father singer, Luther __ |
| 38% | WANNA | 5 | "I ___ Dance With Somebody" (Whitney Houston hit) |
| 37% | CANDYMAN | 8 | 1972 #1 hit for Sammy Davis Jr., with "The" |
| 37% | LIVINGYEARS | 11 | 1989 #1 hit for Mike + The Mechanics, with "The" |
| 37% | SNL | 3 | Hit with skits, for short |
| 36% | WHATTA | 6 | “— Man” (1994 hit for Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue) |
| 36% | SOAK | 4 | Hit with a giant water balloon, for example |
| 36% | STUN | 4 | Hit with a taser, for example |
| 36% | SWAT | 4 | Hit with a newspaper, for example |
| 36% | SOS | 3 | #1 hit for Rihanna with the lyrics "Please someone help me" |
| 36% | ALLI | 4 | "___ Have" (2003 #1 hit for Jennifer Lopez with LL Cool J) |
| 35% | GIBB | 4 | Andy with the #1 hit "Shadow Dancing" |
| 35% | MMA | 3 | Sport with hits and strikes, for short |
| 35% | VANDROSS | 8 | Luther, had a hit with Never Too Much in 1981 |
| 35% | MUSICSOUNDS | 11 | With 29-Across, hit song for 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CHEERS | 6 | Hit show with the series finale "One for the Road" |
| 35% | MELLOW | 6 | With 46-Across, colorful rhyme for a 1966 Donovan hit |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | 1978 Village People hit with a distinctive dance |
| 35% | MODE | 4 | Depeche ___ (band with the 2013 dance hit "Heaven") |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit with a spelling-based dance |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit with a letter-spelling dance |
| 34% | SUNNYAFTERNOON | 14 | 1966 hit for the Kinks with the chorus "in the summertime": 2 wds. |
| 34% | AMOS | 4 | Singer Tori with the 2012 dance club hit "Flavor" |
| 34% | YMCA | 4 | Village People's hit song with a spelling dance |
| 34% | BTS | 3 | Group with the 2021 #1 hit "Permission to Dance" |
| 34% | MINUET | 6 | 17th-century French dance for two with small steps |