| 100% | REFRAIN | 7 | Regularly repeating line(s) in a song or poem |
| 51% | CAESURA | 7 | An emphatic break in a poem or line of verse |
| 51% | ACIDREFRAIN | 11 | Bitter lines repeated in a song? |
| 51% | PSALM | 5 | A sacred song or poem that is present in the Bible |
| 49% | AUBADE | 6 | A song or poem greeting the dawn |
| 48% | VERSE | 5 | Part of a song or poem |
| 47% | COUPLET | 7 | Two rhyming lines in a poem or play |
| 47% | STANZA | 6 | Group of lines in a poem with repeating form |
| 46% | RIFF | 4 | Repeated guitar chords in a song |
| 46% | LYRIC | 5 | Line in a song |
| 45% | JIMMIECRACKCORN | 15 | Repeated lyric in a children's song |
| 44% | REPRISE | 7 | Repeated song or piece of music in a film or play |
| 44% | TRA | 3 | Repeated bit in a song |
| 44% | REFRAIN | 7 | Repeated chorus in a song |
| 44% | CHORUS | 6 | Repeated part in a song |
| 43% | HERO | 4 | Principal character in a play, movie, novel or poem |
| 43% | ARIA | 4 | Song in a Puccini or Verdi work |
| 42% | EIEIO | 5 | Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 42% | LAMENT | 6 | A poem or song of mourning |
| 41% | HYMN | 4 | A religious song or poem, which typically praises god |
| 41% | REFRAIN | 7 | Any line of music or poetry repeated in a piece |
| 41% | ELEGY | 5 | A poem written in sadness or while mourning |
| 41% | RIFFS | 5 | Repeated parts in a jazz song |
| 41% | RIFF | 4 | Repeated phrase in a jazz song |
| 40% | NYCTAXI | 7 | One in a line at J.F.K. or La Guardia |
| 40% | MONOSTICH | 9 | A poem consisting of a single verse or line |
| 40% | SERA | 4 | Word repeated after "Que" in a song |
| 40% | SERA | 4 | Repeated word in a Doris Day song |
| 40% | BOOLA | 5 | Repeated word in a Yale fight song |
| 40% | UNDER | 5 | "Who lives in a pineapple ___ the sea ... " ("SpongeBob SquarePants" theme song line) |