| 100% | MYWAY | 5 | Hit for 20-/22-Across (1969 or 1977) |
| 49% | YOUCANCALLMEAL | 14 | 1986 hit song for Paul Simon ... or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| 44% | ITSTIMETOROLL | 13 | "Let's go!" ... or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 42% | RAP | 3 | "___ or Go to the League," 2019 hit album for 2 Chainz |
| 42% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1977 hit "Telephone Line," for short |
| 41% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1977 hit "Turn to Stone," for short |
| 41% | AIR | 3 | What 22 Across is Italian for |
| 41% | BUST | 4 | Hit 22, for example |
| 41% | EASY | 4 | 1977 Commodores hit Lionel Richie rerecorded with Willie Nelson for 2012's "Tuskegee" |
| 40% | ISNTITTIME | 10 | 1977 hit for the Babys |
| 40% | TOUCHME | 7 | 1969 hit for the Doors |
| 40% | SWEET | 5 | 1969 hit for Neil Diamond |
| 40% | CROSSROADS | 10 | 1969 Cream hit ... or a hint to the seven "mathematical" clues in this puzzle |
| 40% | LAUGHTER | 8 | With 13 and 22 Across, "prescription" for humor |
| 40% | DOYA | 4 | 1977 hit for Electric Light Orchestra |
| 40% | COCO | 4 | Hit 2017 computer-animated film ... or a hint to 20-, 27-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 39% | VERB | 4 | "Hit" or "miss," for example |
| 39% | GOBELLYUP | 9 | File for Chapter 11 ... or do an 18-, 20-, 60- or 64-Across |
| 39% | DEFENSIVELINES | 14 | Spots for some tackles, or a description of 20-, 24- and 41-Across |
| 39% | WINGER | 6 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Headed for a Heartbreak" |
| 39% | WHENIMGONE | 10 | Top 10 hit for Eminem or 3 Doors Down |
| 39% | ODDITY | 6 | Hit for David Bowie in 1969, Space __ |
| 39% | SOS | 3 | Hit song title for Abba or Rihanna |
| 39% | HEAD | 4 | *Body part for a hat ... or with "Radio," a band with the hit "Creep" |
| 39% | FINGERPAINTS | 12 | Materials for a preschool artist … or a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 38% | ABBR | 4 | 5 or 72 Across, for short |
| 38% | POP | 3 | Genre for 23 or 28 Across |
| 38% | TIP | 3 | 15% or 20%, for a waiter |
| 38% | STAT | 4 | Runs, hits or errors, for short |
| 38% | STORE | 5 | Workplace for the person named at the end of 20-, 25-, 45- or 52-Across |