| 100% | FEVERPITCH | 10 | Slider thrown by a hurler with the flu? |
| 40% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania city by a Great Lake with the same name |
| 40% | MYFRIENDS | 9 | With a Little Help from __, by The Beatles |
| 39% | SPAHN | 5 | Hall of Fame pitcher Warren with the most wins by a lefty |
| 38% | JUMPINJACKFLASH | 15 | 1968 hit with the line "I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag" |
| 38% | ADEDICATEDFOLLOWER | 18 | With 84 Across, a 1966 song by the Kinks about Mussolini? |
| 38% | HELTER | 6 | "___ Skelter," song by the Beatles with a rhyming title |
| 38% | RAMADING | 8 | *1957 hit by the Edsels with a nonsense title |
| 38% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | Nickname popularized by a New York Morning Telegraph sportswriter in the 1920s, with "the" |
| 37% | FRIENDS | 7 | Song by the Beatles: With a Little Help From My __ |
| 37% | MTV | 3 | Channel launched in 1981 with a video by the Buggles |
| 37% | PUNKD | 5 | Reality show with a 2020 reboot hosted by Chance the Rapper |
| 37% | JUDE | 4 | "Hey ___," iconic song by The Beatles that starts with a greeting |
| 37% | ONEINTEN | 8 | UB40 protest song with a name inspired by the unemployment rate |
| 36% | THEOFFICE | 9 | Emmy-winning mockumentary sitcom with a theme song performed by the Scrantones |
| 36% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 36% | ROCKY | 5 | Fictional sports icon with a statue by the Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| 36% | POOR | 4 | Ones protected by a safety net, with "the" |
| 36% | PETE | 4 | ___ Alonso, Mets slugger with the most home runs by a rookie in M.L.B. history (53) |
| 36% | ILL | 3 | Down with the flu |
| 36% | SICK | 4 | Down with the flu |
| 36% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 36% | ICED | 4 | ___ tea, cold beverage that shares its name with a song by The Carpenters |
| 36% | LOVE | 4 | "Be Patient With My ___," 2019 song by Lady A from the album "Ocean" |
| 36% | SILKROAD | 8 | Network of routes with a name popularized by the explorer Ferdinand von Richthofen |
| 36% | WIPEOUT | 7 | Instrumental hit song by the Surfaris with a famous drum solo (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PARKA | 5 | Warm hip-length waterproof coat with a hood orignally worn by the Inuit |
| 36% | DICE | 4 | *Board game cubes ... or with "Roll of the," a song by Bruce Springsteen |
| 36% | PARKA | 5 | Warm hip-length waterproof coat with a hood originally worn by the Inuit |
| 35% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice that was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt |