| 100% | SPELL | 5 | Nina Simone's "I Put a __ on You" |
| 79% | SPELL | 5 | "I Put a ___ on You" (Nina Simone classic) |
| 79% | SPELL | 5 | "I Put a ___ on You" (Nina Simone song) |
| 70% | IPUT | 4 | Nina Simone's "___ a Spell on You" (2 wds.) |
| 70% | NINA | 4 | "I Put a Spell on You" singer Simone |
| 69% | NINA | 4 | "I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of ___ Simone" |
| 68% | SIMONE | 6 | Nina who sang "I Put a Spell on You" |
| 68% | SPELL | 5 | I Put a __ on You; song by Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
| 64% | NINA | 4 | Simone who sang "I Put a Spell on You" |
| 59% | NINASIMONE | 10 | "I Put a Spell on You" artist |
| 57% | JAYHAWKINS | 10 | “Screamin’ ” performer of “I Put a Spell on You” |
| 55% | SCREAMIN | 8 | ___ Jay Hawkins, rock pioneer who wrote "I Put a Spell on You" |
| 54% | PUT | 3 | "I ___ a Spell on You" (Nina Simone classic) |
| 54% | SPELL | 5 | "I Put a ___ On You," 1956 song by Screamin' Jay Hawkins whose missing word is related to 17a |
| 54% | NINA | 4 | With 44-Down, jazz great who sang "I Put a Spell on You" |
| 53% | ABRACADABRA | 11 | Steve Miller Band "remake" of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You"? |
| 50% | WIZARD | 6 | He can put a spell on you |
| 50% | FINGER | 6 | You put a ring on it |
| 48% | REBOOT | 6 | Movie that puts a new spin on old I.P. |
| 48% | TACT | 4 | What it takes not to say "I see you've put on a little weight" |
| 47% | FEVER | 5 | Nina Simone "You Give Me ____" |
| 47% | PRICETAG | 8 | You can put a value on it |
| 47% | HEX | 3 | A witch might put one on you |
| 47% | PRESENT | 7 | You might put a bow on it |
| 47% | LIP | 3 | You may put a gloss on it |
| 47% | EARLOBE | 7 | You can put a ring on it |
| 47% | DRESSING | 8 | A tasty sauce you put on a salad, for example |
| 47% | THETAB | 6 | You might put your drink on it at a bar |
| 47% | SLOT | 4 | Where you put the coin on a jukebox |
| 47% | STAIRCASE | 9 | It can put you on a different flight |