| 100% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Novelty song that was a "graveyard smash" |
| 59% | MONSTERMASH | 11 | Classic Halloween song that’s “a graveyard smash” |
| 59% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that is a blast from the past |
| 57% | TOMDOOLEY | 9 | Folk song that was a 1958 #1 hit |
| 57% | DEEPCUT | 7 | Song that was never a single |
| 57% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 55% | TOMDOOLEY | 9 | Folk song that was a #1 hit for the Kingston Trio |
| 55% | THUNDERROAD | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Bruce Springsteen (2 wds.) |
| 55% | FREEWAYOFLOVE | 13 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Aretha Franklin (3 wds.) |
| 55% | BAKERSTREET | 11 | "Thoroughfare" song that was a hit for Gerry Rafferty (2 wds.) |
| 55% | OHSANTA | 7 | Mariah Carey holiday song that was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit |
| 55% | CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 14 | Vangelis instrumental song that was a hit in 1982: 3 wds. |
| 55% | STIRITUP | 8 | Classic Bob Marley song that was a 1973 hit for Johnny Nash |
| 55% | IKOIKO | 6 | Mardi Gras song that was a 1965 hit for the Dixie Cups |
| 55% | NOW | 3 | "Both Sides, ___" (Joni Mitchell song that was a hit for Judy Collins) |
| 55% | BLOWININTHEWIND | 15 | Bob Dylan song that was a #2 hit for Peter, Paul & Mary |
| 55% | THEENTERTAINER | 14 | Scott Joplin instrumental song that was a hit in 1974: 2 wds. |
| 55% | MUSICBOXDANCER | 14 | Frank Mills instrumental song that was a hit in 1979: 3 wds. |
| 55% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | Survivor song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 54% | EYE | 3 | "Cotton ___ Joe," traditional American folk song that is a popular line dance song |
| 54% | DUKE | 4 | "Sir ___," 1976 Stevie Wonder song that was a tribute to jazz legend Ellington |
| 53% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 53% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | The Human League song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 53% | BLUEBAYOU | 9 | Roy Orbison song that was a #3 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 53% | EBB | 3 | With 15-Across, 1953 song that was a hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965 |
| 53% | EMPTY | 5 | "___ Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)," 1982 Elton John song that was a tribute to John Lennon |
| 52% | GEESE | 5 | Birds that are "a-laying" in a Christmas song |
| 52% | AMORE | 5 | What that is, in a 1953 song |
| 52% | SHOOTTOTHRILL | 13 | AC/DC song that was a signature theme for Iron Man in "The Avengers": 3 wds. |
| 52% | BACK | 4 | "___ in Black," 1980 AC/DC song that was a tribute to their former singer Bon Scott |