| 100% | DOWNTOWN | 8 | Petula Clark song with the lyrics, "Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city / Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty" |
| 34% | TRIP | 4 | "Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first ___ to L.A." ("Invisible String" lyric) |
| 33% | SARA | 4 | Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "Drowning in the sea of love / Where everyone would love to drown" |
| 32% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "Where they play the right music, getting in the swing / You come to look for a king" |
| 31% | CIRCUS | 6 | Britney Spears song with the lyric "All the eyes on me in the center of the ring" |
| 31% | TEARINMYHEART | 13 | Twenty One Pilots single from "Blurryface" with the lyrics "The songs on the radio are okay / But my taste in music is your face" (4 wds.) |
| 31% | BAD | 3 | "___ was the blood of the song in the cab / On your first trip to L.A." |
| 30% | ZOO | 3 | "At the ___" (Simon & Garfunkel song with the lyric, "Orangutans are skeptical / Of changes in their cages") |
| 29% | ALLINEED | 8 | Radiohead song with the lyric "I am a moth who just wants to share your light" |
| 29% | ZOO | 3 | "At the ___" (Simon & Garfunkel song with the lyrics "Orangutans are skeptical / Of changes in their cages") |
| 29% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 28% | VERSAILLES | 10 | City in Yvelines, France where the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 |
| 28% | VERSAILLES | 10 | City in Yvelines, France, where the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 |
| 28% | SILVERBELLS | 11 | Classic Christmas song with the lyric "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, / Dressed in holiday style" |
| 28% | GHENT | 5 | Belgian city where the treaty to end the War of 1812 was signed |
| 27% | WEST | 4 | With 56-Across and 57-Across, Pet Shop Boys #1 song with the lyrics "In every city, in every nation / From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station" |
| 27% | RHONE | 5 | European river where the most southern bridge to cross it is in the city of Arles |
| 27% | MALL | 4 | (5/5) "He might also be listening to the wishes of little children in the shopping ___" |
| 27% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | EROS | 4 | Quarterly publication that was central to the prosecution of Ralph Ginzberg in the early '60s on obscenity charges |
| 27% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 27% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | MEETMEHALFWAY | 13 | The Black Eyed Peas song from "The E.N.D." with the lyric, "Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts" with the lyric "When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | FEELINGMYSELF | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I am a rap legend, just go ask the kings of rap" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | NAPOLI | 6 | "Old" Italian city that rhymes with "but you see" in the lyrics of the Dean Martin song "That's Amore" |
| 26% | ONLYPRETTIER | 12 | Miranda Lambert song with the lyrics "We might think a little differently / But we got a lot in common, you will see / We're just like you" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | 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.) |
| 26% | PRESSURE | 8 | 24-Down single with the lyrics "But here you are in the ninth / Two men out and three men on / Nowhere to look but inside" |
| 26% | VOGUE | 5 | Madonna song with the lyric "Let your body move to the music" |