| 100% | SILENT | 6 | Omitting of mention, in contract-ese |
| 49% | LEAVESUNSAID | 12 | Omits mention of |
| 47% | SELMA | 5 | March site mentioned in "Eve of Destruction" |
| 46% | RYE | 3 | Drink mentioned in the chorus of "American Pie" |
| 46% | BANGOR | 6 | Maine city mentioned in "King of the Road" |
| 46% | PEAR | 4 | Fruit mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 46% | EVE | 3 | First woman mentioned in the Book of Genesis |
| 46% | STROP | 5 | Item mentioned in "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" |
| 46% | DOE | 3 | Animal mentioned in a "Sound of Music" song |
| 46% | PIPERS | 6 | Musicians mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 45% | BEREA | 5 | Greek city mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles |
| 45% | BEHEMOTH | 8 | Giant Biblical beast mentioned in the Book of Job |
| 45% | AESOP | 5 | Whom Aristotle mentions in ''On the Parts of Animals'' |
| 45% | WINTER | 6 | Season mentioned in the first line of Richard III |
| 45% | SEINE | 5 | River mentioned in "The Ballad of John and Yoko" |
| 45% | SETS | 4 | Defeats of contracts, in bridge |
| 45% | LION | 4 | Animal mentioned in the lyrics of Katy Perry's "Roar" |
| 45% | CHERRYCOLA | 10 | Drink mentioned in the single version of the Kinks' "Lola" |
| 44% | DOE | 3 | Female animal mentioned in a song in "The Sound of Music" |
| 44% | ARUBA | 5 | First island mentioned in the chorus of the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 44% | LIU | 3 | Actress Lucy who's mentioned in the lyrics of "Hey Ya!" |
| 44% | CATO | 4 | Ancient Roman senator mentioned in the first chapter of “Moby-Dick” |
| 44% | FRISCO | 6 | ___ Bay (place mentioned in "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay") |
| 43% | FRISCO | 6 | West Coast locale mentioned in "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" |
| 43% | SARATOGA | 8 | Horse-racing venue mentioned in the lyrics of "You're So Vain" |
| 43% | BBC | 3 | Network mentioned in a song during "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" |
| 43% | PEAR | 4 | Body shape or a fruit mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 43% | FORCEMAJEURE | 12 | Act of God, e.g., in a contract |
| 42% | LIU | 3 | Actress Lucy who was mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Hey Ya!" |
| 42% | BOP | 3 | Catchy song, slangily, like the ones mentioned in the theme of this puzzle |