| 100% | IAMISAID | 8 | Neil Diamond hit song with the lyrics "And no one heard at all / Not even the chair" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | KINGOFMYHEART | 13 | Taylor Swift song with the lyrics "Body and soul, ooh whoa / And all at once, you're all I want, I'll never let you go" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HAILTOTHECHIEF | 14 | Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all" |
| 37% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics, "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |
| 37% | SHILO | 5 | Neil Diamond song with the lyrics "When I was young / I used to call your name / When no one else would come" |
| 37% | MANINTHEMIRROR | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "If you want to make the world a better place / Take a look at yourself, and then make a change" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | BEENLIKETHIS | 12 | 30-Across and T-Pain hit song with the lyric "That type of boom-boom, that bass" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |
| 36% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SATURDAYSUIT | 12 | Art Garfunkel song with the lyrics "All week long we've been looking at / Horizons and it's hard on the brain" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SAYYOULOVEME | 12 | 1976 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "there's not another living soul around": 4 wds. |
| 35% | SCHOOLSOUT | 10 | 40-Across hit single with the lyrics "Well, we got no class / And we got no principals" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MISSME | 6 | Drake and Lil Wayne hit song with the lyrics "I know things have changed, know I used to be around more" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | Christmas song with the lyric "And heaven and nature sing" (4 wds.) |
| 34% | GETONYOURFEET | 13 | Gloria Estefan hit song with the lyric "The weight is off your shoulder" (4 wds.) |
| 34% | TWOOFUS | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "You and me Sunday driving, not arriving / On our way back home" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | HEARTLIKEMINE | 13 | Miranda Lambert song with the lyrics "'Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine / And I bet we'd get along just fine" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | SWEETCAROLINE | 13 | Neil Diamond hit song with a girl's name (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THELOVEILOST | 12 | 1973 hit single by 44-Across and 30-Across with the lyrics "Take a good look at me / I'm in misery, can't you see?" (4 wds.) |
| 33% | CATCHMYBREATH | 13 | 2012 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "No one can hold me back": 3 wds. |
| 33% | HUSH | 4 | Deep Purple hit song with the lyric "I thought I heard her / calling my name now" |
| 32% | MONDAYMONDAY | 12 | The Mamas & the Papas song with the lyric "You can find me cryin' all of the time" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FREERIDE | 8 | 1973 Edgar Winter Group hit song with the lyrics "The mountain is high, the valley is low" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FORTUNATESON | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Some folks are born / Made to wave the flag" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | IWILLSURVIVE | 12 | 14-Across hit song with the lyrics "Go on now, go, walk out the door" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THISKISS | 8 | Faith Hill hit song with the lyrics "It's centrifugal motion / It's perpetual bliss" (2 wds.) |