| 100% | ARIEL | 5 | Girl Sebastian is referring to in the song "Kiss the Girl" |
| 50% | IVES | 4 | Currier & ___ (company referred to in the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride") |
| 48% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 48% | BABOON | 6 | Rafiki is referred to as one in The Lion King |
| 47% | ARIA | 4 | Type of song referred to in the saying "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" |
| 47% | REEL | 4 | Dance that was first referred to in the 1590 witchcraft trial of Doctor Fian in "Edenbrough", Scotland |
| 45% | ABEL | 4 | The brother referred to in the biblical quote "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 45% | IONE | 4 | Girl's name in which the last three letters are equivalent to the first? |
| 45% | UPTOWN | 6 | The wealthy girl in Billy Joel song is from there |
| 44% | WAGON | 5 | "Little Red ___," 2014 song covered by Miranda Lambert which was featured in the movie "Forever My Girl" |
| 44% | MATERIAL | 8 | "___ Girl," orchestral cover of the song by Madonna that was featured in the period drama "Bridgerton" |
| 44% | ABEL | 4 | Brother referred to in the biblical line "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 44% | ABEL | 4 | The biblical brother referred to in "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 43% | BAD | 3 | "___ was the blood of the song in the cab / On your first trip to L.A." |
| 43% | SEDATED | 7 | What the Ramones wanted to be in a 1978 hit song |
| 43% | ARIEL | 5 | The girl in the Disney song "Kiss the Girl" |
| 43% | LSD | 3 | Drug that the song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" is rumored to be about: Abbr. |
| 43% | FLEABAG | 7 | 2019 Emmy-winning show in which the title character is never referred to by her name |
| 43% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 42% | THEBOSS | 7 | What James Brown “paid the cost to be,” in a 1973 song |
| 42% | ENTRAIL | 7 | Internal organ, usually referred to in the plural |
| 42% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 42% | OUTRANK | 7 | Be superior to, in the military |
| 42% | CHICKENTORIDE | 13 | Song in which The Beatles say goodbye to a girl on a big bird? (1965) |
| 42% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MUCH | 4 | "That Don't Impress Me ___," 1998 song by Shania Twain that refers to Brad Pitt in the lyrics |
| 42% | EDEN | 4 | The paradise referred to in "Paradise Lost" |
| 41% | RUN | 3 | "___ the World (Girls)," 2011 song by Beyonce that was used to awaken the crew of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| 41% | DONNA | 5 | Ma___ is referred to as the Queen of Pop Music |
| 41% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with the song "Highway to Hell" whose name is an abbreviation referring to types of electricity |