| 100% | MANIAC | 6 | Hit song from "Flashdance" |
| 82% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from yesteryear |
| 81% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from the past |
| 81% | DEFYING | 7 | Hit song from Wicked, __ Gravity |
| 81% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from decades ago |
| 79% | MOLDYOLDIE | 10 | Hit song from way back when |
| 79% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from the 1970s, today |
| 79% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from the 1970s, say |
| 79% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from way back when |
| 78% | IMFREE | 6 | Hit song from the rock opera "Tommy" |
| 78% | OLDIE | 5 | Hit song from back in the day |
| 77% | YMCA | 4 | Hit song from the 1978 disco album “Cruisin’ ” |
| 77% | MMMBOP | 6 | Hanson's hit song from 1997 |
| 77% | IHAVE | 5 | __ Nothing, hit song from The Bodyguard |
| 76% | RISING | 6 | Hit song from the Animals: "House of the __ Sun" |
| 76% | SHALLOW | 7 | Hit song from 2018's A Star Is Born |
| 76% | TEAFORTWO | 9 | Hit song from the 1925 musical “No, No, Nanette” |
| 76% | CALLONME | 8 | Hit song from Bebe Rexha's third album, Bebe |
| 75% | GRAVITY | 7 | Defying __, hit song from the musical Wicked |
| 75% | TIRO | 4 | 2003 hit song from "Muse", for short |
| 74% | MOONLIGHT | 9 | Hit song from Kali Uchis' album Red Moon in Venus |
| 74% | OLDIE | 5 | A golden ___, a hit song from the past |
| 74% | THEHILL | 7 | Castle On __; Ed Sheeran hit song from 2017 |
| 73% | RELIGION | 8 | Losing my __, REM's hit song from the 1990s |
| 72% | EVERYSTORM | 10 | 2012 hit song from country singer Gary Allan: 2 wds. |
| 72% | REWRITEMEMORY | 13 | Compose a second draft of a hit song from "Cats"? |
| 71% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | Hit song from 2000 ... and a hint to 10 symmetrically arranged Across answers |
| 70% | CHERISH | 7 | Top 5 hit song from Madonna's "Like a Prayer" album |
| 70% | SOS | 3 | Title shared by hit songs from Rihanna (2006) and ABBA (1975) |
| 69% | UNDERPRESSURE | 13 | Hit song from the British rock band "Queen" that featured David Bowie: 2 wds. |