| 100% | LEWIS | 5 | Huey ___ and the News |
| 95% | LEWIS | 5 | Huey ___ and the News (rock band) |
| 85% | DRUG | 4 | Huey Lewis and the News hit song "I Want a New ___" |
| 85% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit |
| 77% | HUEY | 4 | ___ Lewis and the News |
| 76% | THEPOWEROFLOVE | 14 | Huey Lewis and the News's first #1 hit, from 1985's "Back to the Future" soundtrack: 4 wds. |
| 73% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis and the News hit) |
| 73% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit parodied in a "Sesame Street" song about shapes: 4 wds. |
| 72% | HUEY | 4 | ___ Lewis and the News (1980s band) |
| 72% | HUEY | 4 | Rock band ___ Lewis and the News |
| 72% | HUEY | 4 | Pop's ___ Lewis and the News |
| 71% | IWANTANEWDRUG | 13 | 1984 hit from Huey Lewis and the News's multiplatinum album "Sports": 5 wds. |
| 71% | HIPTOBESQUARE | 13 | Geometry teacher's favorite Huey Lewis and the News song?: 4 wds. |
| 71% | ANEW | 4 | "I Want ___ Drug" (Huey Lewis and the News song) (2 wds.) |
| 70% | NOAM | 4 | American Power and the New Mandarins author Chomsky |
| 69% | HUEY | 4 | ___ Lewis and the News, "The Power of Love" band |
| 69% | HUEY | 4 | ___ Lewis and the News, an American Pop Rock band |
| 68% | HUEY | 4 | "Hip to Be Square" rock band ___ Lewis and the News |
| 66% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Longtime music director of La Scala and the New York Philharmonic |
| 65% | NAM | 3 | Subject of Noam Chomsky's "American Power and the New Mandarins," briefly |
| 64% | NEWS | 4 | Huey Lewis and the ___ |
| 64% | COOPER | 6 | Sociologist Melinda who wrote “Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism” |
| 63% | ACROSTICS | 9 | NEWS for the four directions, and others |
| 63% | LEADSTORY | 9 | The first and most important news item |
| 63% | AFCEAST | 7 | Division for the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills |
| 63% | ANEW | 4 | "I Want ___ Drug" (hit for Huey Lewis and the News): 2 wds. |
| 62% | XFL | 3 | Sports org. with the New York Guardians and Seattle Dragons |
| 62% | EVE | 3 | The day before Christmas and New Year's |
| 62% | TESTAMENT | 9 | The Bible has an Old and New one |
| 62% | SONNETS | 7 | "The New Colossus" and the like |