| 100% | ILLFLYAWAY | 10 | Gospel song with the lyric "Like a bird from these prison walls" (3 wds.) |
| 56% | GLADYOUEXIST | 12 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "Hey, look what a hello from a stranger turned into / Caught up in a moment like it's just us in this room" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | THATSAMORE | 10 | Dean Martin love song with the lyrics "Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay / Like a gay tarantella" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 43% | WALKMEHOME | 10 | Pink song with the lyric "So what do you say we leave this place?" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | LADYMADONNA | 11 | Beatles song with the lyric "Sunday morning creeping like a nun" |
| 41% | ONLYPRETTIER | 12 | Miranda Lambert song with the lyrics "We might think a little differently / But we got a lot in common, you will see / We're just like you" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | MAKEMEFEEL | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | 1979 Bee Gees #1 song with the lyrics "It's as high as a mountain / And harder to climb" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | IMBAD | 5 | LL Cool J song with the lyrics "I'm the pinnacle that means I reign supreme / And I'm notorious I'll crush you like a jelly bean" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DNA | 3 | 3x platinum Kendrick Lamar song with the lyric "I was born like this" |
| 40% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | 42-Across Top 10 song with the lyric "I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | NOWHEREMAN | 10 | 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
| 40% | CATCHMYBREATH | 13 | 2012 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "No one can hold me back": 3 wds. |
| 40% | EGO | 3 | Beyonce song with the lyric "I talk like this 'cause I can back it up" |
| 40% | TOXIC | 5 | Britney Spears hit song with the lyric "A guy like you should wear a warning" |
| 40% | COOL | 4 | Jonas Brothers hit song with the lyric "Woke up feelin' like a new James Dean" |
| 40% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To a world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GOLDDUSTWOMAN | 13 | 1977 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "pick up the pieces and go home": 3 wds. |
| 39% | EGO | 3 | 2009 Beyoncé song with the lyrics "He talk like this 'cause he can back it up" |
| 39% | SPARKSFLY | 9 | Song on 15-Across with the lyrics "I'm captivated by you, baby / Like a fireworks show" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TAKEMETOCHURCH | 14 | *Hozier song with the lyric "I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies" |
| 39% | SHELOVESYOU | 11 | 1963 Beatles song with the lyric "Yeah, yeah, yeah": 3 wds. |
| 39% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 39% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song with the lyric “Like a fool, I fell in love with you” |
| 38% | FELIZNAVIDAD | 12 | Christmas song with the lyric "Próspero año y felicidad" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |