| 100% | STANDING | 8 | I'm Still __, Elton John is upright |
| 63% | STANDING | 8 | I'm Still __, 1983 hit single for Elton John |
| 47% | ENG | 3 | Where Elton John is from: Abbr. |
| 46% | PINNER | 6 | Middlesex town where Elton John was born |
| 45% | LOVING | 6 | I've Been __ You, Elton John's first single |
| 44% | ELTON | 5 | "I'm Still Standing" singer ___ John |
| 43% | STILL | 5 | "I'm ___ Standing" (1983 Elton John hit) |
| 42% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 41% | IMMOBILE | 8 | I am on the phone, still |
| 41% | ROCK | 4 | ___ and Roll Hall of Fame, museum into which Elton John was inducted in 1994 |
| 40% | TINYDANCER | 10 | Elton John hit with the misheard lyric "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" |
| 40% | DIANA | 5 | Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was rewritten to honor her |
| 40% | LOW | 3 | "Too ___ for Zero," 1983 album by Elton John with the hit song "I'm Still Standing" |
| 39% | TINYDANCER | 10 | Elton John hit with the misheard lyric "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" |
| 39% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song on "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" whose title ends with a music genre (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TINY | 4 | "___ Dancer," Elton John's song whose title is an antonym for "huge" |
| 39% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | 1973 Elton John song that was his first #1 hit: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OLD | 3 | "Talking ___ Soldiers," song by Elton John that was covered by Bettye Lavette |
| 37% | SHIRELLES | 9 | The __, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow girl group |
| 37% | HOME | 4 | "I'm Going ___," 1969 song by Elton John covered by Simon Dupree & The Big Sound |
| 37% | MOON | 4 | "Bad Side of the ___," 1970 Elton John song that was covered by April Wine |
| 37% | TINY | 4 | "___ Dancer," song by Elton John that was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 37% | ALL | 3 | "___ I'm saying is ..." |
| 37% | ALLS | 4 | "___ I'm saying is …" |
| 37% | HACKETT | 7 | John Winthrop —, soldier and author of 1977 memoir I Was a Stranger |
| 37% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John hit that was #7 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 2 wds. |
| 37% | EMPTY | 5 | "___ Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)," 1982 Elton John song that was a tribute to John Lennon |
| 37% | STILL | 5 | "I'm ___ Standing," 1983 synth-pop song by Elton John which surprisingly has a lullaby version |
| 36% | HONKYCAT | 8 | 1972 Elton John song where the title character is told to "get back": 2 wds. |
| 36% | INTHEWIND | 9 | "Candle ___," a hit song by Elton John that was produced by 31-Across: 3 wds. |