| 100% | LET | 3 | First word of Beatles' song ending It Be |
| 56% | MEMORIES | 8 | First word of the Barbra Streisand song "The Way We Were" |
| 48% | ITS | 3 | First word of Mr. Rogers' song |
| 48% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 48% | HES | 3 | First word of the Beatles' "Nowhere Man" |
| 48% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of the 1988 song "Kokomo" |
| 48% | TIS | 3 | First word of the song "Simple Gifts" |
| 47% | WERE | 4 | First word of a ''Wizard of Oz'' song |
| 47% | SUNNY | 5 | First word of the "Sesame Street" theme song |
| 47% | XXXXX | 5 | First words of a well-known "Walrus" song |
| 47% | BORN | 4 | First word of two Bruce Springsteen hit songs |
| 47% | LET | 3 | Beatles song "___ it be" |
| 47% | ADESTE | 6 | First word of a song including ''venite in Bethlehem'' |
| 46% | LET | 3 | "__ It Be"; Beatles song |
| 46% | AULD | 4 | First word of a traditional New Year's Eve song |
| 46% | IREAD | 5 | First words of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" |
| 45% | FIELDHOCKEY | 11 | Sport played on the first word of its name |
| 45% | ARENAFOOTBALL | 13 | Sport played in the first word of its name |
| 45% | TABLETENNIS | 11 | Sport played on the first word of its name |
| 45% | LET | 3 | "___ It Be," song by The Beatles |
| 44% | MONO | 4 | Early Beatles songs are in it |
| 44% | MICHELLE | 8 | Beatles song and name of a US first lady |
| 44% | IMSOTIRED | 9 | Beatles song that ends with a color (sort of) |
| 44% | DOE | 3 | First word in a popular "Sound of Music" song |
| 44% | ISNT | 4 | First word in a song of Wonder |
| 44% | AMENDMENTI | 10 | Its first word is "Congress" |
| 43% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 43% | REO | 3 | 1976 rock album, or the first word of the band that made it |
| 43% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 43% | DOE | 3 | First word in a classic song from "The Sound of Music" |