| 100% | CHASER | 6 | Drink that follows a hard-liquor shot ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 74% | CHURCHBELLS | 11 | Chimes that beckon parishioners on Sunday morning ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album: 2 wds. |
| 70% | MEXICO | 6 | Country just south of the US ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 51% | STORYTELLER | 11 | Someone who narrates a fairy tale ... or the title of Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 38% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 38% | HONEYPIE | 8 | Term of endearment, or a song on the White Album |
| 37% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | Spiny crustacean, or the title of a B-52's song: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WEAREEVERYWHERE | 15 | Rallying cry that's the title of a book on the Queer Liberation Movement |
| 36% | ALASKA | 6 | State that's the title of a Maggie Rogers song |
| 36% | NAH | 3 | Informal refusal that's the title of a 2002 Shania Twain song |
| 36% | OUI | 3 | French 101 word that's also the title of a Jeremih song |
| 35% | FLORIDA | 7 | U.S. state that's the title of a 2024 Taylor Swift song |
| 35% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the title of a Neil Young song (where Cleveland is) |
| 35% | GLASSONION | 10 | Hand-blown wine bottle that's also the title of a 1968 Beatles song |
| 35% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Dark-feathered flyer, or the title of a Beatles song |
| 35% | BARRACUDA | 9 | Fish with sharp teeth, or the title of a Heart song |
| 35% | NIGHTSHADE | 10 | Song by 28-Across that was a single on the "Game of Thrones" promotional album "For the Throne" |
| 34% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Version of a song that's shorter or cleaner than the original |
| 34% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | Bunny from Wonderland, or the title of a Jefferson Airplane song: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | (5/5) End of a New Year's countdown...or the number that follows 31 on the calendar |
| 33% | MONEY | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1976 ABBA song that says "It's a rich man's world" |
| 33% | JLO | 3 | Pop nickname that was the title of a 2001 4x platinum album |
| 33% | ANNA | 4 | Title girl in a song on the first Beatles album |
| 33% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 32% | HEREANDNOW | 10 | Title song from 30-Across's 2020 album that was also the name of his 2022 tour (3 wds.) |
| 32% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 32% | OTRANTO | 7 | Town on the SE tip of Italy that's the title setting for a Horace Walpole novel |
| 32% | TRES | 4 | “___ Hombres” (ZZ Top album title that’s also a description of the band) |
| 32% | SARA | 4 | Bob Dylan's first wife and the title of a song about her |
| 31% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |