| 100% | MACARONI | 8 | Pasta that's a word in the song "Yankee Doodle" |
| 54% | DENY | 4 | Last word in the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" |
| 51% | MONEY | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1976 ABBA song that says "It's a rich man's world" |
| 50% | HANSON | 6 | Group that made up the word "MMMBop" in a 1997 song of the same name |
| 48% | TEENIE | 6 | Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini |
| 48% | PENNYLANE | 9 | Place that's "beneath the blue suburban skies," in a Beatles song |
| 47% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 47% | AIR | 3 | "In the ___ Tonight," song by Phil Collins that was used in a Cadbury's commercial |
| 47% | LYRICS | 6 | The words in a song |
| 47% | OLE | 3 | Cheer word in the song "Hernando's Hideaway" |
| 46% | WITH | 4 | Penultimate word in a song about the 1-Across |
| 46% | OUI | 3 | French 101 word that's also the title of a Jeremih song |
| 46% | GARBLE | 6 | Confuse, as the words in a song's lyrics |
| 46% | ACHY | 4 | First word in the title of the Billy Ray Cyrus song that popularized line dancing |
| 45% | GARYINDIANA | 11 | City that's a song title in "The Music Man" |
| 45% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 45% | MACARONI | 8 | "Yankee Doodle" epithet that's also the name of a food |
| 45% | ALFA | 4 | Word that represents A in the phonetic alphabet |
| 44% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary but should be |
| 44% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 44% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 44% | STINKSTANKSTUNK | 15 | "The three words that best describe" the Grinch, in song |
| 44% | LYRIC | 5 | ___ video (clip that includes the words to a song) |
| 44% | METS | 4 | Team that the Yankees face in a Subway Series |
| 44% | EASYA | 5 | Course that's a walk in the park |
| 44% | AULD | 4 | Word in a New Year's song |
| 44% | CLUB | 4 | "Crying in the ___," song by Camila Cabello that was her debut single as a solo artist |
| 44% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 44% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 44% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary, but maybe should be |