| 100% | HOUNDDOG | 8 | Elvis hit that was the B-side of "Don't Be Cruel" |
| 49% | YEAH | 4 | Usher song that was the biggest hit of 2004 |
| 49% | PEOPLEGETREADY | 14 | 1965 hit that was the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ALT | 3 | Key that is on either side of the space bar |
| 46% | THATSALLRIGHT | 13 | Elvis Presley hit single whose B-side is "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | HOMERS | 6 | Hits that might be out of the park |
| 46% | BANGAGONG | 9 | T. Rex hit that was titled “Get It On” in the U.K. |
| 46% | GTO | 3 | Car that was the subject of a 1964 top 10 hit |
| 45% | HAWAII | 6 | "Blue ___," hit song that was used in Elvis Presley's titular movie which has the name of Barack Obama's birth state in its title |
| 45% | CORE | 4 | Part of a big apple that the squirrels and crows will eat, even if you don't |
| 44% | HAVEAHEART | 10 | Don't be cruel, and what the starred answers do |
| 44% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | State of having two sides that are not the same |
| 43% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 43% | ABARN | 5 | Can't hit the broad side of ___ |
| 43% | ATARI | 5 | Company that was hit hard by the video-game crash of 1983 |
| 43% | SOS | 3 | ABBA song that was the A-side of "Man in the Middle" |
| 42% | YOUCANKEEPIT | 12 | "I don't need that back," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 34-, and 40-Across |
| 42% | DANCINGMACHINE | 14 | The Jackson 5 hit that was No. 5 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BARN | 4 | "You couldn't hit the broad side of a ___!" |
| 42% | THEWAYYOUMOVE | 13 | OutKast hit that was No. 5 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 (4 wds.) |
| 42% | MOON | 4 | "Bad Side of the ___," 1970 Elton John song that was covered by April Wine |
| 42% | IFIAINTGOTYOU | 13 | Alicia Keys hit that was No. 3 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 (5 wds.) |
| 42% | IDONTWANNAKNOW | 14 | Mario Winans hit that was No. 7 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 (4 wds.) |
| 42% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 41% | JUNGLEBOOGIE | 12 | Kool & the Gang hit that was No. 12 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ROAR | 4 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2014 |
| 41% | FIREWORK | 8 | Hit song by Katy Perry that was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2012 |
| 41% | DARK | 4 | "The ___ Side of the Moon," Pink Floyd album that was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame |
| 41% | IMPRESSMEMUCH | 13 | "That Don't ___," one of Shania Twain's biggest ever hits, from the album "Come On Over" |
| 41% | BACON | 5 | Meat from the back and sides of a pig that is dried, salted and sometimes smoked |