| 100% | AMELIA | 6 | Joni Mitchell song with the lyric "She was swallowed by the sky" |
| 92% | AMELIA | 6 | Joni Mitchell song with the lyrics "A ghost of aviation / She was swallowed by the sky" |
| 53% | HELPME | 6 | Joni Mitchell song with the lyric “I think I’m falling in love too fast” |
| 50% | IFEELFREE | 9 | Cream song with the lyric "Dance floor is like the sea, / Ceiling is the sky" |
| 48% | TICKETTORIDE | 12 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "She said that living with me / Is bringing her down" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | MERCYMERCYME | 12 | 1971 Top 10 song by 28-Across with the lyrics "Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no / Where did all the blue skies go?" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | TICKETTORIDE | 12 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "She said that living with me / Is bringing her down" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | CIRCLE | 6 | "The ___ Game" (Joni Mitchell song with the lyric "Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town") |
| 43% | SMOOTHCRIMINAL | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "Annie, are you okay? Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MICHELLE | 8 | 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" |
| 43% | WHENWEDANCE | 11 | Sting song with the lyric "Angels will run and hide their wings" |
| 43% | OOPSIDIDITAGAIN | 15 | Britney Spears song with the lyric "That is just so typically me" |
| 43% | BALIHAI | 7 | South Pacific song with the lyric "Here am I, your special island" |
| 43% | THISISAMERICA | 13 | Childish Gambino song with the lyric “Police be trippin’ now” |
| 43% | DNA | 3 | 3x platinum Kendrick Lamar song with the lyric "I was born like this" |
| 43% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | ITHURTSOBAD | 11 | Susan Tedeschi song with the lyric "You were the best man I ever had" |
| 42% | GLORYDAYS | 9 | Springsteen song with the lyric "they'll pass you by" |
| 42% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the lyrics "The history book on the shelf / Is always repeating itself" |
| 42% | WOMANAMEN | 9 | Hit song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Every night I should be on my knees / Lord knows how lucky I am" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CREEP | 5 | Radiohead hit song with the lyric "I wish I was special" |
| 42% | BOSS | 4 | Fifth Harmony song with the lyric "Every day is pay day" |
| 42% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "The history book on the shelf / Is always repeating itself" |
| 42% | ZOO | 3 | "At the ___" (Simon & Garfunkel song with the lyrics "Orangutans are skeptical / Of changes in their cages") |
| 42% | ALLINEED | 8 | Radiohead song with the lyric "I am a moth who just wants to share your light" |
| 42% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 41% | HEYJUDE | 7 | 1968 song with the lyric "Remember to let her into your heart" |
| 41% | AMEN | 4 | Beyoncé song with the lyric “Say a prayer for what has been” |
| 41% | TAKEABOW | 8 | Rihanna song with the lyrics "That was quite a show / Very entertaining / But it's over now" |
| 41% | MEMORY | 6 | Barbra Streisand hit song with the lyrics "I can smile at the old days / I was beautiful then" |