| 100% | STARMAN | 7 | He's "waiting in the sky" in a classic David Bowie song |
| 59% | STARMAN | 7 | David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky" |
| 56% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |
| 54% | FAME | 4 | David Bowie song where he sings "what you like is in the limo" |
| 51% | HEROES | 6 | David Bowie song about two lovers divided by the Berlin Wall that was used in a Microsoft commercial |
| 49% | MRKITE | 6 | He's "topping the bill" in a Beatles song |
| 49% | PENNYLANE | 9 | Place that's "beneath the blue suburban skies," in a Beatles song |
| 48% | MAJOR | 5 | Tom's rank in a David Bowie song |
| 48% | JEANGENIE | 9 | The __, David Bowie song recorded in 1972 |
| 47% | TEENAGE | 7 | Like the "wasteland" in a classic Who song |
| 46% | DENY | 4 | Last word in the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" |
| 46% | LUCY | 4 | Person "in the sky with diamonds," in a Beatles song |
| 46% | ROAM | 4 | What the buffalo do, in a classic song |
| 46% | LUCY | 4 | One in the sky with diamonds, according to a Beatles song |
| 45% | SKYE | 4 | "Over the sea to ___" (line in a classic Scottish song) |
| 45% | MAJORTOM | 8 | Astronaut in a David Bowie classic |
| 44% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 44% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 44% | LETSDANCE | 9 | Classic David Bowie song with the lyric "Put on your red shoes," and an apt title for this puzzle |
| 44% | MACDONALD | 9 | Old farmer in a classic kid's song |
| 44% | MOSES | 5 | He "supposes his toeses are roses," in a "Singin' in the Rain" song |
| 43% | SERA | 4 | ... the sky / "Que ___, ___" (lyric in a song sung by Doris Day) |
| 43% | DANCING | 7 | "___ in the Street," song covered by David Bowie and Mick Jagger that was recorded in 1985 |
| 42% | ELI | 3 | He's coming, in a Three Dog Night song |
| 42% | ODDITY | 6 | "Space ___," David Bowie song that was performed in space by astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the ISS |
| 42% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 42% | ONETWOTHREEKICK | 15 | Classic Xavier Cugat song ... or a hint to the invitation in the circled letters |
| 42% | KITE | 4 | It's like a diamond in the sky |
| 42% | ELI | 3 | He's "coming," in a Laura Nyro song |