| 100% | DEM | 3 | Slang for them, in song about bones, dry bones |
| 44% | EARWORM | 7 | Slang for a song that sticks in the mind |
| 41% | IDTAGS | 6 | For dogs, they're often in the shape of bones |
| 41% | STAN | 4 | Slang term for an obsessive fan, inspired by an Eminem song about such a person |
| 40% | ODDS | 4 | They're about 1 in 650,000 for drawing a royal flush |
| 38% | BOODLE | 6 | Slang for money in South Africa |
| 37% | MUDPEOPLE | 9 | Slang for humans in Artemis Fowl books |
| 36% | ITHADTOBEYOU | 12 | Classic song about a soulmate … or a phonetic hint for repeated pairs of letters in 19-, 27- and 42-Across |
| 36% | BYTHETIMEIGETTOVNECKS | 21 | Song about searching for sweaters? |
| 36% | JUKEBOXES | 9 | They play songs for money |
| 36% | TEA | 3 | Something for two, in song |
| 36% | THESOULCAGES | 12 | Sting hit from their third studio album which won them a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1992: 3 wds. |
| 35% | RYE | 3 | Rhyme for “dry” in the song “American Pie” |
| 35% | LEGIT | 5 | For real, in slang |
| 35% | HRS | 3 | MLB set a season record for them in 2017 |
| 35% | LICE | 4 | Students may be searched for them in grade school |
| 35% | INN | 3 | "... no room for them in the ___" (Luke 2:7) |
| 35% | DONTMAKEMEOVA | 13 | Song about not wanting eggs for breakfast? |
| 35% | DAT | 3 | Slang for that, as in "Who that?" |
| 35% | VANHALEN | 8 | They were Hot for Teacher in 1984 |
| 34% | HEALING | 7 | __ Hands, reach out for them in this Elton John hit |
| 34% | HEAVEN | 6 | Song about Eric Clapton's son: "Tears in __" |
| 34% | EPS | 3 | They typically have about five tracks, for short |
| 34% | INCHWORM | 8 | Song about an insect in Hans Christian Andersen |
| 34% | EMBALMERS | 9 | They prepared bodies for burial in Ancient Egypt |
| 34% | IMO | 3 | Internet slang for in my opinion |
| 34% | DELL | 4 | Place for a farmer, in song |
| 34% | INN | 3 | "... there was no room for them in the ___" (Luke 2:7) |
| 33% | NOTSORRY | 8 | Slang for failing to feel bad about bad behavior |
| 33% | FAB | 3 | Slang for "marvelous" that was popular in the 1960s |