| 100% | ELEANOR | 7 | First name on a headstone at the graveyard of St. Peter's Church that inspired a Beatles song |
| 37% | EYES | 4 | "___ Without a Face," 1960 French horror film that inspired Billy Idol's song of the same name |
| 37% | IMAGINE | 7 | First song on a John Lennon album of the same name |
| 34% | NEVE | 4 | Recording equipment brand that's also the first name of a famous actress |
| 34% | LEMONY | 6 | First name on the cover of A Series of Unfortunate Events books |
| 34% | INTROIT | 7 | Song at the start of a church service |
| 34% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, "Smoke on the Water" band whose name was inspired by a Peter DeRose song |
| 33% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 33% | UTA | 3 | First name on the cover of A Challenge for the Actor |
| 33% | OBELISK | 7 | Object at the center of St. Peter's Square |
| 33% | ANSEL | 5 | First name on a copy of "The Camera" (1980) |
| 32% | GLASSONION | 10 | Hand-blown wine bottle that's also the title of a 1968 Beatles song |
| 32% | CABBAGEPATCHKID | 15 | Doll at the center of 1983's Black Friday craze that eventually lent its name to a popular dance |
| 32% | MICHELLE | 8 | Beatles song and name of a US first lady |
| 32% | AERO | 4 | Prefix that's at the start of the first "A" in "NASA" |
| 32% | APPRENTICE | 10 | "Scentless ___," song by Nirvana that was inspired by Patrick Suskind's "Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer" |
| 31% | DOGE | 4 | Internet meme that inspired the name of a cryptocurrency |
| 31% | ANGRY | 5 | ___ Birds, mobile game that inspired a 2016 animated comedy movie of the same name |
| 31% | TENNESSEE | 9 | First name of the writer of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 31% | CHURCHBELLS | 11 | Chimes that beckon parishioners on Sunday morning ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CHASER | 6 | Drink that follows a hard-liquor shot ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 31% | KOOL | 4 | Brand at a checkout counter that's also the name of a Phoenix radio station |
| 31% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 31% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 31% | BACARDI | 7 | Liquor brand that inspired the name of a Grammy-winning rapper |
| 31% | MOSAIC | 6 | Art on the ceiling of St. Mark's Church in Venice |
| 31% | ARE | 3 | "Diamonds ___ a Girl's Best Friend," song that Kylie Minogue performed at the opening ceremony of Fox Studios in Sydney |
| 31% | RAMBLE | 6 | "___ On," song by Led Zeppelin that was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 31% | INC | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a company's name |
| 31% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of a destroyer's name |