| 100% | ROXANNE | 7 | Remake of Cyrano de Bergerac; song by The Police |
| 46% | PAIN | 4 | "King of ___" (hit song by The Police) |
| 45% | ROXANE | 6 | Love of Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 44% | NOSE | 4 | Prominent feature of Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 44% | DEPARDIEU | 9 | Gerard __, French actor of Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 44% | EVERY | 5 | "___ Breath You Take" (#1 hit song by the Police) |
| 44% | DONTSTAND | 9 | With 54-Across, Grammy-winning song by the Police |
| 44% | ROXANE | 6 | Object of Cyrano de Bergerac's affections |
| 43% | YOUTAKE | 7 | Every Breath __, 1983 song by The Police |
| 43% | BREATH | 6 | "Every ___ You Take," song by The Police |
| 42% | BREATH | 6 | No. 1 hit song by the Police: "Every __ You Take" |
| 42% | SHE | 3 | "Every Little Thing ___ Does is Magic," song by The Police |
| 40% | REDLIGHT | 8 | What Roxanne didn't have to put on, in a song by The Police |
| 39% | ZOMBIE | 6 | Song by The Cranberries that can lift the spirits of any Halloween party |
| 39% | THEEND | 6 | Song by the Doors that, paradoxically, is heard at the start of "Apocalypse Now" |
| 38% | SHOULDISTAY | 11 | Song by the Clash on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list |
| 38% | ZOMBIE | 6 | 1994 protest song by The Cranberries in memory of two Warrington bombing victims |
| 38% | BLUEJEANS | 9 | Song by Lana Del Rey and a classic of the closet |
| 38% | PETERDINKLAGE | 13 | "Game of Thrones" actor who plays Cyrano de Bergerac in the film "Cyrano" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HOHOHO | 6 | 2017 song by Sia; the sound of festive cheer |
| 38% | MAGNOLIA | 8 | 1999 movie inspired by the songs of Aimee Mann |
| 38% | SEASHANTY | 9 | Song sung by sailors of the past |
| 37% | WOMAN | 5 | "L.A. ___," 1971 song by the Doors from their album of the same name |
| 37% | IRIS | 4 | Song by Goo Goo Dolls named for the part of an eye |
| 37% | YELLOWJERSEY | 12 | *Item worn by the leader of the Tour de France |
| 37% | LADYINRED | 9 | Song by the popular '80s singer Chris de Burgh from his album "Into the Light:" 3 wds. |
| 37% | GOODBYE | 7 | 1998 song by the girl group Spice Girls, and maybe the end of a conversation |
| 37% | CALIFORNIA | 10 | "Hotel ___," Grammy-winning song by the Eagles which is one of their biggest commercial hits |
| 37% | KIND | 4 | "___ & Generous," song by Natalie Merchant that expresses the spirit of Thanksgiving |
| 37% | FOURTEEN | 8 | 2018 song by Secrets or the age of eighth-graders, perhaps |