| 100% | THELADYISATRAMP | 15 | Frank Sinatra song with the lyric "Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls" |
| 43% | LETITGO | 7 | "Frozen" song with the lyrics "Turn away and slam the door / I don't care what they're going to say" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | IWASHERE | 8 | Beyoncé song with the lyric “Leave something to remember, so they won’t forget” |
| 37% | IWANNABESEDATED | 15 | Classic 1978 rock song with the lyric "Nothing to do / Nowhere to go" |
| 37% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Beatles song with the lyric "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" |
| 36% | GOLDDUSTWOMAN | 13 | 1977 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "pick up the pieces and go home": 3 wds. |
| 36% | LIFEISAHIGHWAY | 14 | Tom Cochrane song with the lyrics "Come ride with me to the distant shore / We won't hesitate, break down the garden gate" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 36% | SARA | 4 | Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "Drowning in the sea of love / Where everyone would love to drown" |
| 36% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyric "Take me back / To the world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To the world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To a world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ICRY | 4 | Usher song with the lyric "'Cause these tears won't dry" |
| 35% | HERO | 4 | Mariah Carey song with the lyrics "So when you feel like hope is gone / Look inside you and be strong" |
| 35% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Don't go 'round tonight / It's bound to take your life" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | 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.) |
| 35% | HERO | 4 | 1993 Mariah Carey song with the lyrics "So when you feel like hope is gone / Look inside you and be strong" |
| 34% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "Darling won't you ease my worried mind" |
| 34% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "Where they play the right music, getting in the swing / You come to look for a king" |
| 34% | TRUECOLORS | 10 | Cyndi Lauper song with the lyric "So don't be afraid to let them show" |
| 34% | SATANS | 6 | “___ Bed” (Pearl Jam song with the lyric “I’ll wait for an angel, but I won’t hold my breath”) |
| 34% | LONE | 4 | 1994 Live hit with the lyric "And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate / To leave you there, by yourself" |
| 33% | OTANNENBAUM | 11 | Seasonal song with a hint to the last words in 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 33% | NEW | 3 | With 65- and 66-Across, when to sing the song in the circled squares |
| 33% | HAILTOTHECHIEF | 14 | Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all" |
| 33% | STARS | 5 | Les Misérables song with the lyric "And if you fall as Lucifer fell / You fall in flame" |
| 33% | MOONRIVER | 9 | Song with the lyric "I'm crossing you in style someday" |
| 33% | THEA | 4 | Which train goes to Harlem, in song |
| 33% | 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" |