| 100% | THISKISS | 8 | Faith Hill hit song with the lyrics "It's centrifugal motion / It's perpetual bliss" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | THIS | 4 | Faith Hill hit with the lyric "It's perpetual bliss" |
| 47% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |
| 45% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Don't go 'round tonight / It's bound to take your life" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | COUNTRYROAD | 11 | 1971 song with the lyrics "take to the highway" that's on James Taylor's "Greatest Hits" album: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROADTRIPPIN | 11 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "I been thinkin, yeah / It's been a while since we got out of town" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | FREERIDE | 8 | 1973 Edgar Winter Group hit song with the lyrics "The mountain is high, the valley is low" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ALREADYGONE | 11 | 2009 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "There's no moving on": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ONEMISSISSIPPI | 14 | 2021 Kane Brown song with a state in its name that hit the top 40: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARVINGAYE | 10 | Motown artist with the 1973 hit "Let's Get It On": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BLACKDOG | 8 | 52-Across song with the lyrics "At least I know that you are trying / But that's what makes it terrifying" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | FORTUNATESON | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Some folks are born / Made to wave the flag" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SATURDAYSUIT | 12 | Art Garfunkel song with the lyrics "All week long we've been looking at / Horizons and it's hard on the brain" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CHARLIEBROWN | 12 | 1959 Coasters hit with the lyric "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ABC | 3 | Jackson 5 song with the lyric “It’s easy as 1, 2, 3” |
| 39% | LIPSAREMOVIN | 12 | 30-Across hit song with the lyric "Talking 'round in circles with your tongue" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | MISSME | 6 | Drake and Lil Wayne hit song with the lyrics "I know things have changed, know I used to be around more" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | IWILLSURVIVE | 12 | 14-Across hit song with the lyrics "Go on now, go, walk out the door" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | GETONYOURFEET | 13 | Gloria Estefan hit song with the lyric "The weight is off your shoulder" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Bruce Springsteen hit song with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | TOMPETTY | 8 | ___ and the Heartbreakers, rock band with the hit song "Mary Jane's Last Dance": 2 wds. |
| 38% | OHSUSANNA | 9 | Folk song with the lyric "a banjo on my knee": 2 wds. |
| 38% | IREALLYLIKEYOU | 14 | 2015 hit song by 49-Across with the lyrics "But how'd we get in this position? / It's way too soon, I know this isn't love" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | ABC | 3 | Jackson 5 hit with the lyric "It's easy as 1, 2, 3" |
| 38% | LASTCHRISTMAS | 13 | Wham! holiday song with the lyrics "I gave you my heart / But the very next day you gave it away" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | IMEMINE | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "No one's frightened of playing it / Everyone's saying it" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 38% | GOYOUROWNWAY | 12 | 1977 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "call it another lonely day": 4 wds. |