| 100% | LAYLA | 5 | Her assistance is requested in a Derek and the Dominos song |
| 60% | RHONDA | 6 | Her assistance is requested in a Beach Boys song |
| 42% | COPA | 4 | Club in a Barry Manilow song where "music and passion were always the fashion" |
| 41% | LAYLA | 5 | Derek and the Dominos album, "___ and Other Assorted Love Songs" |
| 39% | CLUB | 4 | "Crying in the ___," song by Camila Cabello that was her debut single as a solo artist |
| 39% | RHONDA | 6 | Her help was solicited in a hit song |
| 37% | MYGALSAL | 8 | In song she was "a wild sort of devil, but dead on the level" |
| 37% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___ Music," hit released by The Beach Boys in 1976 which was a cover of a song by Chuck Berry |
| 37% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | Actress who played the role of Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation", a role she is best-known for: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SARA | 4 | Bob Dylan's first wife and the title of a song about her |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 35% | TAO | 3 | A cosmic and spiritual principle which is popular in the East |
| 35% | CLINE | 5 | The hill was at a sharp in___ and was very steep |
| 35% | MIRREN | 6 | Helen, she was in The Queen, Excalibur and Red |
| 35% | MYRTLEWILSON | 12 | She is killed in a hit-and-run accident in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 35% | SEA | 3 | In the world, there is a Red one and a Dead one |
| 34% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LAYLA | 5 | 1972 Derek and the Dominos hit |
| 34% | LAYLA | 5 | Hit for Derek and the Dominos |
| 34% | HAVEACASE | 9 | Be justified in pressing a suit, and what the starred answers all do |
| 34% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer-songwriter whose song "Shallow" from the movie "A Star Is Born" won her an Oscar in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LAYLA | 5 | 1971 hit by Derek and the Dominos |
| 34% | LAYLA | 5 | Seven-minute Derek and the Dominos hit |
| 34% | EVER | 4 | "If you're ___ in a jam, here I am" (first line of the classic song "Friendship") |
| 34% | MATT | 4 | & 18D Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Good Will Hunting and The Martian |
| 34% | DAMON | 5 | Matt —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar-nominee for Good Will Hunting and The Martian |
| 34% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | The Human League song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 34% | SOS | 3 | ABBA song that was the A-side of "Man in the Middle" |
| 34% | VOTE | 4 | November 8 is a crucial midterm in the US, please register and ___ |
| 34% | RANGE | 5 | Where the deer and the antelope play, in a song |