| 100% | ADIA | 4 | Sarah McLachlan hit that's 51-Down spelled in reverse |
| 44% | ADIA | 4 | Sarah McLachlan's highest-charting hit in the United States |
| 42% | ADIA | 4 | Sarah McLachlan hit that lost a Grammy to “My Heart Will Go On” |
| 38% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit that is spelled out in dance |
| 37% | THECOMMODORES | 13 | Naval-sounding band that performed a 1979 hit spelled out in this puzzle's "hits" |
| 36% | EXCUSEMESINGLE | 14 | Hit that's not squarely hit, in baseball |
| 36% | ADIA | 4 | Sarah McLachlan hit |
| 34% | ADIA | 4 | 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit |
| 34% | ADIA | 4 | 1997 sarah mclachlan hit |
| 33% | ADIA | 4 | Sarah McLachlan hit from the album “Surfacing” |
| 33% | OLE | 3 | Spanish cry that's 27-Down in reverse |
| 33% | DNA | 3 | Code carrier that's 17-Down in reverse |
| 33% | ITSTOOLATE | 10 | 1971 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 33% | ONEFINEDAY | 10 | 1980 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 33% | SOFARAWAY | 9 | 1971 Carole King hit that's featured in 48-Across: 3 wds. |
| 32% | HERECOMESTHERAINAGAIN | 21 | 1984 Eurythmics hit that’s apt for six related words in this puzzle |
| 32% | LUMOS | 5 | Magical spell in "Harry Potter" that lights up one's wand |
| 32% | UNCLEARPOWER | 12 | Authority that's not spelled out in the Constitution? |
| 32% | BANANABOAT | 10 | Vehicle that's loaded in a Harry Belafonte hit |
| 32% | ADIA | 4 | Hit from Sarah McLachlan’s 1997 album, “Surfacing” |
| 32% | DINAR | 5 | Item that's worth something down in Sfax's casbah |
| 32% | LEAN | 4 | With 51-Across, Bill Withers hit song that begins, "Sometimes in our lives / We all have pain" |
| 31% | NOX | 3 | Magical spell in "Harry Potter" that extinguishes the light in one's wand |
| 31% | PSI | 3 | Letter that's necessary in order to spell upsilon and epsilon |
| 31% | LOLA | 4 | Girl's name spelled out in a 1970 hit |
| 31% | LOLA | 4 | Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hit |
| 31% | PAT | 3 | Word that's its own synonym in reverse |
| 31% | NOEL | 4 | Name that's another name in reverse |
| 31% | EMIL | 4 | Name that's a fruit in reverse |
| 31% | LOLA | 4 | Kinks hit that starts "I met her in a club down in old Soho" |