| 100% | BONK | 4 | Hit the wall in a marathon, informally |
| 55% | CORNER | 6 | The walls in a room meet here |
| 53% | CRASHTEST | 9 | Event in which a carmaker hit the wall? |
| 51% | PIGOUT | 6 | Hit the buffet in a major way, say |
| 51% | SANK | 4 | Hit the floor, in a way |
| 51% | CAMPAIGN | 8 | Hit the trail, in a way |
| 51% | LAND | 4 | Hit the earth, in a way |
| 51% | PAPERED | 7 | Decorated the walls, in a way |
| 51% | ECHO | 4 | Bounce off the walls, in a way |
| 49% | COPA | 4 | Club in a Barry Manilow hit, informally |
| 49% | GOESIPO | 7 | Hits the exchange, in Wall Street lingo |
| 48% | RETURN | 6 | Hit the ball back after a serve in tennis |
| 47% | TERMITES | 8 | They live in a hole in the wall |
| 47% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit song |
| 47% | GTO | 3 | "Little" car in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit |
| 47% | MYGGGGENERATION | 15 | Refrain in a 1965 hit by the Who |
| 47% | LALALALALOLA | 12 | Refrain in a 1970 hit by the Kinks |
| 47% | JOANNA | 6 | Title girl in a 1983 Kool & the Gang hit |
| 47% | NOONE | 5 | Who "knows," in a 1958 Dion & the Belmonts hit |
| 47% | JOANN | 5 | Title girl in a 1958 hit by the Playmates |
| 47% | MRLEE | 5 | "My sweetie" in a 1957 hit for the Bobbettes |
| 47% | ELENORE | 7 | Title girl in a 1968 hit by the Turtles |
| 47% | GTO | 3 | Title car in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit song |
| 47% | GTO | 3 | Title Pontiac in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit song |
| 46% | LOB | 3 | Hit a ball high in the air |
| 46% | SKY | 3 | Hit a ball high in the air |
| 46% | GTO | 3 | "Little modified Pon-Pon" in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit |
| 46% | SOFINE | 6 | "He's" this, in a 1963 hit for the Chiffons |
| 46% | LAD | 3 | Informally, a young man, especially in the UK |
| 45% | BERNADETTE | 10 | Title woman in a 1967 hit single by the Four Tops |