| 100% | EDSEL | 5 | It was "a no-go" in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 69% | EDSEL | 5 | Auto mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 68% | COLAWARS | 8 | 1980s conflict mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 68% | ROYCOHN | 7 | McCarthyite called out in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 64% | REDCHINA | 8 | Term between Doris Day and Johnnie Ray in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 60% | EDSEL | 5 | “Hula hoops, Castro, ___ is a no-go” (“We Didn’t Start the Fire” lyric) |
| 57% | FIRE | 4 | "We Didn't Start the ___," Billy Joel hit which was parodied in season 2 of "The Office" |
| 51% | START | 5 | Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t ___ the Fire” |
| 51% | START | 5 | Billy Joel's "We Didn't ___ the Fire" |
| 51% | THEFIRE | 7 | In the song, Billy Joel didn't start it |
| 50% | MOVINOUT | 8 | Jukebox musical featuring "We Didn't Start the Fire" and other Billy Joel tunes (2 wds.) |
| 48% | REDCHINA | 8 | It comes after Doris Day in "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 48% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy |
| 48% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy ___ |
| 48% | JOEL | 4 | Billy who sang "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 43% | START | 5 | Billy Joel hit song "We Didn't ___ the Fire" |
| 41% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer |
| 41% | NBC | 3 | Network that announced it will no longer air the Golden Globes, starting in 2022 |
| 41% | START | 5 | "We Didn't ___ the Fire," 1989 hit by Billy Joel |
| 40% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 39% | PRESENT | 7 | "Today is a gift. That's why we call it the __" |
| 38% | LISTSONGS | 9 | Numbers like "We Didn't Start the Fire" and "The Elements" |
| 38% | DIDNT | 5 | "We ___ Start the Fire" (Billy Joel hit) |
| 38% | DIDNT | 5 | “We ___ Start the Fire” (Billy Joel hit) |
| 38% | START | 5 | "We Didn't ___ the Fire," 1989 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from his album "Storm Front" |
| 38% | GROANER | 7 | "I started a boat-building business in my attic ... Now sails are going through the roof," e.g. |
| 37% | HOFF | 4 | Harry S —, English author whose 1934 debut novel Trina was published in the US as It Happened in PRK |
| 37% | SEALED | 6 | What the Go-Go's lips are in a 1981 song |
| 37% | PSYCHO | 6 | Film where Marion was shown flushing a toilet with its contents visible - a first in the US at the time |
| 36% | TEA | 3 | It was thrown into the harbor in a 1773 "party" |