| 100% | JESSE | 5 | Heartbreaker who's "back in town" in a 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 61% | JESSE | 5 | Title guy in a 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 53% | JESSE | 5 | Name that's the title of a 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 45% | ANTICIPATION | 12 | Carly Simon hit single once used in a Heinz ketchup ad campaign |
| 45% | APRICOT | 7 | Scarf color in a Carly Simon hit |
| 44% | LULU | 4 | She's back in town, in a Fats Waller song |
| 43% | JESSE | 5 | 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 42% | BOYS | 4 | They're "back in town," per a 1976 hit |
| 42% | JANIE | 5 | Who's "got a gun" in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| 38% | JOSIE | 5 | Title woman in a 1977 Steely Dan hit who's "the pride of the neighborhood" |
| 38% | SOMEONE | 7 | Who "saved my life tonight" in a 1975 Elton John hit |
| 38% | RADIOSTAR | 9 | Whom "video killed," in a 1979 hit |
| 38% | ALFIE | 5 | To whom Dionne Warwick asked "What's it all about?" in a 1967 hit |
| 38% | BOYS | 4 | "The ___ Are Back in Town" (Thin Lizzy hit) |
| 37% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon hit single about a self-absorbed lover (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | The Boys __ Back in Town, hit for Thin Lizzy |
| 37% | NOONE | 5 | Who "knows," in a 1958 Dion & the Belmonts hit |
| 37% | PAPA | 4 | Who is told "don't preach," in a Madonna hit |
| 36% | GAND | 4 | Ammonia-breathing insectoid species who first made an appearance in a 1980 "Star Wars" movie |
| 36% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 36% | ATTHEZOO | 8 | Where "giraffes are insincere," in a Simon & Garfunkel hit |
| 36% | ROCKINROBIN | 11 | *One who's "Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song," in a 1958 hit |
| 36% | JOLENE | 6 | Woman of whom it's begged "Please don't take my man," in a 1973 hit |
| 36% | MAMA | 4 | Who "said there'll be days like this," in a 1961 hit |
| 35% | MYGGGGENERATION | 15 | Refrain in a 1965 hit by the Who |
| 35% | LAMB | 4 | A J —, England Test cricketer who hit 139 against India at Lord's in 1990 |
| 35% | VAIN | 4 | Adjective describing Warren Beatty in a Carly Simon song |
| 35% | FOMO | 4 | Reason to hit the town on a Friday night instead of staying home in your p.j.’s |
| 35% | ALSORAN | 7 | One who's back in the pack |
| 35% | MARKMCGWIRE | 11 | A's/Cardinals slugger who hit the most home runs in the 1990s (405): 2 wds. |