| 100% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song on "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" whose title ends with a music genre (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Top 10 song from the 47-Across album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SATISFYMYSOUL | 13 | Bob Marley and the Wailers song on "Kaya" whose title ends with a music genre (3 wds.) |
| 42% | INGODSCOUNTRY | 13 | U2 song on "Joshua Tree" whose title ends with a music genre (3 wds.) |
| 36% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | 1972 Elton John song with a sharp-toothed title: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | Country music legend whose 73rd solo studio album is "I Don't Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of 17-Across" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | GEORGEMICHAEL | 13 | Elton John's collaborator on the 1991 hit single "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me": 2 wds. |
| 32% | SPEAKNOW | 8 | Title track on Taylor Swift's 2023 rereleased album with the lyrics "Don't wait, or say a single vow / You need to hear me out" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SUN | 3 | "Don't Let the ___ Go Down on Me," 1974 song by Elton John that peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 32% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 31% | MOLLYSHANNON | 12 | "I Love That for You" actress who wrote the 2022 memoir whose title rhymes with a famous Broadway musical (2 wds.) |
| 31% | PAPERPLANES | 11 | 2008 M.I.A. hit whose title includes things in the sky: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SPARKSFLY | 9 | Song on 15-Across with the lyrics "I'm captivated by you, baby / Like a fireworks show" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CAB | 3 | Train song whose title completes the lyric "Sometimes I think I'm the only ___ on the road" |
| 30% | HONKYCAT | 8 | 1972 Elton John song where the title character is told to "get back": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 Meryl Streep drama, based on a William Styron novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ILIKEYOU | 8 | 2022 Post Malone and Doja Cat hit whose title ends with "(A Happier Song)": 3 wds. |
| 29% | ROSEMARYSBABY | 13 | 1968 Mia Farrow horror film, based on an Ira Levin novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | 2006 Julia Roberts kids' movie, based on an E.B. White novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | 2021 Drake song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 29% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | 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.) |
| 29% | KIKIDEE | 7 | Elton John's collaborator on the 1976 hit single "Don't Go Breaking My Heart": 2 wds. |
| 29% | COBRAKAI | 8 | "The Karate Kid" sequel series on Netflix with a venomous snake in the title: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SORRYNOTSORRY | 13 | 2017 Demi Lovato song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 29% | GETSHORTY | 9 | Epix series derived from a 1995 John Travolta film with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SHARKTANK | 9 | Entrepreneurial reality series on ABC with a fierce ocean menace in the title: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEMOON | 7 | "Racing With ___," drama film featuring Sean Penn as Henry Nash whose title is also a Vaughn Monroe song: 2 wds. |
| 28% | COLDWATER | 9 | 2016 Major Lazer hit whose title ends with something wet: 2 wds. |