| 100% | REED | 4 | Jimmy —, blues singer-songwriter whose hits included Bright Lights, Big City and Baby What You Want Me To Do |
| 30% | RODMCKUEN | 9 | Late California-born singer-songwriter whose poetry collections include Listen to the Warm and Lonesome Cities |
| 30% | EDIE | 4 | Singer Brickell (married to Paul Simon) whose biggest hit was 1988's "What I Am" |
| 29% | AND | 3 | "What do you want me to do about it?" |
| 28% | REGINABELLE | 11 | "Baby Come to Me" singer who collaborated with 44-Across on the R&B hits "Without You" and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | Singer whose hit single "Love Me Like You Do" is featured in "& Juliet" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | RESPECT | 7 | Aretha hit, opens with What You Want, Baby I Got |
| 27% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose lyrics begin "What you want / Baby, I got it" |
| 27% | GEL | 3 | What you want a jam session to do |
| 27% | USHER | 5 | Singer whose #1 hits include "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad" |
| 27% | EDIE | 4 | Singer Brickell whose biggest hit was "What I Am" |
| 26% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Singer whose 1980 "Glass Houses" album includes the #1 song "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | SHALLI | 6 | "Do you want me to?" |
| 25% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | 15-Across and 29-Across singer whose hit single "Love Me Like You Do" was nominated for a Grammy Award (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | 14-Across and 45-Across singer whose hit single "Love Me Like You Do" was nominated for a Grammy Award (2 wds.) |
| 25% | SNOOZE | 6 | What you hit when you want to sleep longer |
| 25% | BLOW | 4 | What you'd do to your lit birthday candles |
| 25% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer Justin whose first No. 1 hit was 2015's "What Do You Mean?" |
| 25% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "Love Me Like You Do" singer whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 25% | END | 3 | What you don't want a good show to do |
| 25% | SHED | 4 | What you can do with some light, to some subjects |
| 25% | CONSUME | 7 | What marketeers want you to do |
| 25% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band whose hits included "Fernando" and "Take a Chance on Me" |
| 25% | REPOT | 5 | What you do when plants get to big for their containers |
| 24% | HUM | 3 | What you can do if you don't want to sing along |
| 24% | SWIFT | 5 | "Look What You Made Me Do" singer, 2017 |
| 24% | TAYLOR | 6 | "Look What You Made Me Do" singer Swift |
| 24% | SWIFT | 5 | "Look What You Made Me Do" singer Taylor |
| 24% | OURS | 4 | What things belonging to you and me are |
| 24% | ALISON | 6 | Taylor ___ Swift, American singer and songwriter behind the 2019 hit "You Need to Calm Down" |