| 100% | REDNOSED | 8 | Descriptor akin to shiny, in song |
| 44% | DOGIE | 5 | In song, one that needs to "git along" |
| 43% | SHAH | 4 | Title akin to a king in Iran |
| 39% | BODY | 4 | Soul mate, in song (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 39% | ATRAIN | 6 | Transportation to Sugar Hill, in a 1941 song |
| 39% | ATRAIN | 6 | Transport to Sugar Hill, in a classic song |
| 38% | THEA | 4 | Which train to take, in song |
| 38% | EAR | 3 | Song played at the school dance in "Back to the Future" |
| 38% | SALLY | 5 | Gal asked to "lay down" in a Clapton song |
| 38% | LULLABY | 7 | Gentle song sung to a baby in its cradle |
| 38% | ATRAIN | 6 | What to "take" in a Duke Ellington song |
| 38% | ALOHAOE | 7 | Song sung to Lilo in "Lilo & Stitch" |
| 38% | ATRAIN | 6 | "Quickest way to Harlem," in song |
| 37% | DECKTHEHALLS | 12 | Song whose refrain has been prefixed to nine answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | COMMACHAMELEON | 14 | Song in which Culture Club dons lizard costumes to teach punctuation? (1983) |
| 37% | BALLGAME | 8 | *Something to "take me out to," in an old song |
| 37% | OBLA | 4 | Lead-in to "di" or "da" in a Beatles song |
| 37% | MRS | 3 | Lead-in to Brown or Robinson in #1 song titles |
| 37% | GIRLS | 5 | They "just want to have fun" in a 1984 song |
| 37% | ROW | 3 | What to do "gently down the stream," in a song |
| 37% | SUE | 3 | Name given to toughen up a boy, in a song |
| 37% | AUTO | 4 | "Otto, You Ought to Take Me in Your ___" (1905 song) |
| 37% | BYE | 3 | Word repeated to Miss American Pie in a popular song |
| 37% | MRSUN | 5 | Character asked to "shine down," in a children's song |
| 37% | STEWPITDITTY | 12 | Song to sing while slow-cooking dinner in a hole in the ground? |
| 36% | ARIEL | 5 | Girl Sebastian is referring to in the song "Kiss the Girl" |
| 36% | IVES | 4 | Currier & ___ (company referred to in the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride") |
| 36% | ELTON | 5 | ___ John (musician whose songs Nathan Chen skated to in the Olympics) |
| 36% | MEETME | 6 | What to do "in St. Louis," in an old song |
| 36% | SEXY | 4 | Lead-in to "back" in a Justin Timberlake song |