| 100% | WHITEKNUCKLES | 13 | OK Go single whose chorus has the lyrics "Maybe it's not so bad / So let your hair down now" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | REDRUBBERBALL | 13 | The Cyrkle single whose chorus has the lyrics "I think it's gonna be all right / Yeah, the worst is over now" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BLUEBERRYHILL | 13 | Fats Domino single whose chorus has the lyrics "You're part of me still / For you were my thrill" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ASITWAS | 7 | Single on 37-Across whose title follows the lyric "You know it's not the same" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | GEORGEMICHAEL | 13 | Elton John's collaborator on the 1991 hit single "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me": 2 wds. |
| 27% | AVRILLAVIGNE | 12 | Singer whose 2002 album "Let Go" had three songs top the Mainstream Top 40 chart: 2 wds. |
| 26% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Don't go 'round tonight / It's bound to take your life" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | ELF | 3 | (2/10) "Now, let's get the first item on the shopping list. It's not Christmas if you don't have an ___ on a shelf!" |
| 26% | ONME | 4 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down ___" (Elton John hit): 2 wds. |
| 26% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "We knew every line, now I can't remember / How it goes but I know that I won't forget her" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | ALLSTAR | 7 | Smash Mouth hit with the lyric "Get your game on, go play": 2 wds. |
| 25% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Singer whose "As It Was" was the best-selling global single of 2022: 2 wds. |
| 25% | YOUSHOULDBESAD | 14 | 2020 Top 40 single by Halsey with the lyric "Just glad I made it out without breakin' down" (4 wds.) |
| 25% | DONTSPEAK | 9 | Single on 34-Across with the lyrics "I know just what you're sayin' / So please stop explainin' / Don't tell me 'cause it hurts" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | LINDARONSTADT | 13 | "You're No Good" singer with the 1977 hit single "It's So Easy": 2 wds. |
| 25% | BLANKSPACE | 10 | Second single from Taylor Swift's fifth album, that received three Grammy nominations, and had a part in the lyrics misheard by many: 2 wds. |
| 24% | IDID | 4 | "___ my part, now it's your turn.": 2 wds. |
| 24% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | 1970 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "We gonna let it all hang down": 2 wds. |
| 24% | LESSER | 6 | It's not so bad |
| 24% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Children's author whose imagery inspired the lyrics of 14-/29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ATEST | 5 | "It is not the annual exam, it's just ___": 2 wds. |
| 24% | ATOY | 4 | "Put that down, it's not ___!" ("Don't play with that!"): 2 wds. |
| 24% | BOYGETSATRUCK | 13 | Keith Urban single with the lyrics "It's freedom flying down a two-lane / Young love steaming up the windows" (4 wds.) |
| 24% | TIMMCGRAW | 9 | "It's Your Love" singer whose songs have spent 73 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Hot Country chart: 2 wds. |
| 24% | PATTYLOVELESS | 13 | "Blame It on Your Heart" singer whose "Mountain Soul II" won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 23% | PIANOMAN | 8 | 24-Down single with the lyrics "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday / The regular crowd shuffles in" (2 wds.) |
| 23% | BRETTELDREDGE | 13 | Country singer whose "Baby, It's Cold Outside" topped the Adult Contemporary chart in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 23% | HEADIN | 6 | Have your ___ the clouds: 2 wds. |
| 23% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 23% | FEELINGMYSELF | 13 | Hit single on Nicki Minaj's 2014 album "The Pinkprint" with the lyrics "I am a rap legend / Just go ask the kings of rap" (2 wds.) |