| 100% | SLOWHANDS | 9 | Hit 2017 single by One Direction band member Niall Horan: 2 wds. |
| 72% | STRIPTHATDOWN | 13 | Hit 2017 single by One Direction band member Liam Payne: 3 wds. |
| 72% | BACKTOYOU | 9 | Hit 2017 single by One Direction band member Louis Tomlinson: 3 wds. |
| 41% | LITTLETHINGS | 12 | 2012 One Direction hit cowritten by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Sign of the Times": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ZAYNMALIK | 9 | Former member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his lead single "Pillowtalk": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Hit 1982 single by Men at Work: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HEATWAVES | 9 | Single by 29-Across that took 59 weeks to hit #1 in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WHISKEYGLASSES | 14 | 2018 single by 32-/34-Across that hit #1 on the country charts: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | One Direction singer who plays Alex in 2017's "Dunkirk" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NIALL | 5 | ___ Horan, member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Slow Hands" |
| 31% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | One Direction's "Tell Me a Lie" was written by ___, winner of the first season of "American Idol": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SLUMBERPARTY | 12 | Hit single by Britney Spears (birthday today) from her ninth album, "Glory," featuring Tinashe: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BADDAY | 6 | 2006 #1 hit by one-hit wonder Daniel Powter: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LITTLETHINGS | 12 | "Small" 2012 hit for One Direction: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WITHYOU | 7 | Hit single by 49-Across on 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | HORAN | 5 | Former One Direction member Niall |
| 29% | NIALL | 5 | Former One Direction member Horan |
| 29% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 29% | METO | 4 | "Take ___ Church" (hit single by Irish singer Hozier): 2 wds. |
| 29% | MRLEE | 5 | 1957 single by "The Bobbettes": 2 wds. |
| 28% | YOUNGERNOW | 10 | 2017 album by 38-Across featuring the Top 10 hit song "Malibu" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PEGGYSUE | 8 | Title woman in a 1957 hit single by Buddy Holly: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | One Direction singer making his feature film debut in "Dunkirk": 2 wds. |
| 28% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | One Direction singer who briefly dated Taylor Swift: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HIGHWAYTUNE | 11 | Single by Greta Van Fleet that reached #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MASKOFF | 7 | 2017 Future hit produced by Metro Boomin: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ZAYN | 4 | ___ Malik, One Direction member who left the band |
| 28% | BLITZKRIEGBOP | 13 | 1976 debut single by 42-Across: 2 wds. |