| 100% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the line "Louder, louder than a lion" |
| 88% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the lyric "Louder, louder than a lion" |
| 78% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry hit with the lyric "Louder, louder than a lion" |
| 53% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the lyric "I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire" |
| 48% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the lyric "I got the eye of the tiger" |
| 46% | ROAR | 4 | 2013 Katy Perry song with the lyric "I got the eye of the tiger" |
| 46% | ROAR | 4 | Lion's sound, or a Katy Perry song |
| 46% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 45% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song, named after a lion's call |
| 44% | HELLO | 5 | Song from 50-Across's "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |
| 43% | IWONTBACKDOWN | 13 | Tom Petty song with the line "In a world that keeps on pushin' me around" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | CCRIDER | 7 | Classic blues song with the line "I'd rather be dead than to stay here and be your dog" |
| 39% | NIGHT | 5 | "Last Friday ___ (T.G.I.F.)," 2010 song by Katy Perry, with a music video set in school |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | Rihanna song with the line "Please someone help me" |
| 38% | ONEDAYYOUWILL | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "Down the road the sun is shining / In every cloud there's a silver lining" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | GLASSONION | 10 | Allusive Beatles song with the line “the Walrus was Paul” |
| 37% | SOS | 3 | 2006 Rihanna song with the line "Please someone help me" |
| 37% | BOSTON | 6 | Geographically named band with the 1976 hit "More Than a Feeling" |
| 37% | AMERICANPIE | 11 | *1971 song with the lyric "Helter skelter in a summer swelter" |
| 37% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé Top 10 song with the line "I got my angel now" |
| 37% | YER | 3 | "__ Blues": Beatles song with the line "Even hate my rock and roll" |
| 36% | ARRIVEDERCIROMA | 15 | Song with the lyric "City of a million warm embraces" |
| 36% | ROAR | 4 | Wild animal sound, or a Katy Perry song |
| 36% | SANTA | 5 | With 44-Across, Eartha Kitt Christmas song with the line, "Hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 36% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 36% | REBA | 4 | Sitcom with the theme song "I'm a Survivor" |
| 36% | IMALOSER | 8 | Beatles song with the line "My tears are falling like rain from the sky" |
| 36% | IMALOSER | 8 | Beatles song with the line “My tears are falling like rain from the sky” |
| 36% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | Tom Petty song with the line "But I ain't got wings" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | GOLDENSLUMBERS | 14 | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |