| 100% | GOFOR | 5 | Hall & Oates hit single "I Can't ___ That (No Can Do)" (2 wds.) |
| 66% | GOFOR | 5 | "I Can't ___ That (No Can Do)" (Hall & Oates hit) |
| 54% | THELAZYSONG | 11 | Hit single by 45-Across that begins, "Today I don't feel like doing anything" (3 wds.) |
| 52% | LAURYNHILL | 10 | Fugees member featured on the Mary J. Blige hit single "All That I Can Say" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | STORYOFMYLIFE | 13 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "Written on these walls are / The colors that I can't change" (4 wds.) |
| 49% | HALL | 4 | "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" singers ___ & Oates |
| 47% | ONEONONE | 8 | Hall & Oates hit with the lyric "I wanna play that game tonight" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | OHNO | 4 | "I didn't mean to do that!": 2 wds. |
| 46% | IQUIT | 5 | Phrase that often follows "You can't fire me!": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LETME | 5 | "I can do that" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "We knew every line, now I can't remember / How it goes but I know that I won't forget her" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Singer whose hit single "Oops!... I Did It Again" is featured in "& Juliet" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ASIF | 4 | "___ I would do something like that!": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALOT | 4 | "There's not ___ I can do about it": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GODNO | 5 | "Oh ___! I would never do that!": 2 wds. |
| 44% | IFI | 3 | "___ could, I'd do it": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | Singer whose hit single "Love Me Like You Do" is featured in "& Juliet" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LOOKWHATYOU | 11 | "___ Made Me Do," the first single from 16a that was released late August and is a huge hit: 3 wds. |
| 44% | MYBAD | 5 | "I shouldn't have done that": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LETME | 5 | "Here, I'll do that": 2 wds. |
| 44% | THEWORST | 8 | Grammy-nominated 46-Across hit single that samples "Excuse Me Miss" by Jay-Z (2 wds.) |
| 43% | PRIVATEEYES | 11 | 1981 #1 hit for Hall & Oates: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RICHGIRL | 8 | 1977 #1 hit for Hall & Oates: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALOT | 4 | "___ of good that would do me!": 2 wds. |
| 43% | UPTO | 4 | "I solemnly swear that I am ___ no good": 2 wds. |
| 43% | PROB | 4 | "No ___!" ("Sure, I could do that!") |
| 42% | IFI | 3 | "___ could turn back time I would do it differently": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ASA | 3 | "I'll take that ___ no": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ONEDANCE | 8 | Single off of 34-Across that hit #1 in May 2016: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AFREE | 5 | "It's ___ country!" ("I can do what I want!"): 2 wds. |