| 100% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |
| 56% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 46% | WOMANAMEN | 9 | Hit song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Every night I should be on my knees / Lord knows how lucky I am" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 43% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 43% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | STAYWITHME | 10 | 2014 hit with the lyric “I don’t want you to leave, will you hold my hand?” |
| 42% | WILDHORSES | 10 | Hit single from 31-Across with the lyric "we'll ride them someday": 2 wds. |
| 42% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyrics "We can dance until we die / You and I, we'll be young forever" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyric "We can dance until we die / You and I, we'll be young forever" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WITHOUTME | 9 | 2018 #1 single by Halsey with the lyric "I was afraid to leave you on your own" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | NICKELBACK | 10 | Band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me" … or a hint to entering 54-Across |
| 40% | BYE | 3 | "___ ___ ___" (NSYNC song with the lyrics "I just want to tell you that I've had enough") |
| 39% | BLACKDOG | 8 | 52-Across song with the lyrics "At least I know that you are trying / But that's what makes it terrifying" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CECILIA | 7 | 1970 hit with the lyric "I'm down on my knees, / I'm begging you please to come home" |
| 39% | IGETIDEAS | 9 | Tony Martin hit with the lyric "When we are dancing and you're dangerously near me" |
| 39% | STORYOFMYLIFE | 13 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "Written on these walls are / The colors that I can't change" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 38% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | 1978 #1 hit with the lyrics "Here I am, praying for this moment to last": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SPEAKNOW | 8 | Title track on Taylor Swift's 2023 rereleased album with the lyrics "Don't wait, or say a single vow / You need to hear me out" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MAPS | 4 | Maroon 5 hit song with the lyric "When all the roads you took came back to me" |
| 37% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyrics "Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B" |
| 37% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyric "Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen bee" |
| 37% | IMAMAN | 6 | 1967 hit with the repeated lyric "Yes I am / And I can't help / But love you so" |
| 37% | IRIS | 4 | Goo Goo Dolls hit with the line "I just want you to know who I am" |
| 37% | LETYOUBERIGHT | 13 | Hit single by 9-Down with the lyric "We can make up if you just kiss me at the next traffic light" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | MAKEMEFEEL | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | FEELINGMYSELF | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I am a rap legend, just go ask the kings of rap" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CCRIDER | 7 | 1950s-'60s hit with the lyric "Ah, you made me love you / Now, now, now, now your man is come" |
| 36% | FORYOUBLUE | 10 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "I feel it now, I hope you feel it too" (3 wds.) |