| 100% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | HOMEMADE | 8 | With 27-Down, single by 53-Across on 45-Across with the lyric "Now you know it's really gonna blow" |
| 41% | YOUSHOULDBESAD | 14 | 2020 Top 40 single by Halsey with the lyric "Just glad I made it out without breakin' down" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | MERCYMERCYME | 12 | 1971 Top 10 song by 28-Across with the lyrics "Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no / Where did all the blue skies go?" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | WHATCOMESNEXT | 13 | Song sung by 15-Across with the lyric "You're on your own. Awesome. Wow" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | ELEVATORGIRL | 12 | Song on 14-Across with the lyrics "No matter what you say or what you do / You're going do-do-do-do-do-down" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 39% | SPARKSFLY | 9 | Song on 15-Across with the lyrics "I'm captivated by you, baby / Like a fireworks show" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | HOUSEOFFIRE | 11 | 40-Across hit single with the lyrics "Brick by brick the flames get higher / Build it strong with our desire" (3 wds.) |
| 37% | POKERFACE | 9 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "I wanna hold 'em like they do in Texas, please" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LARGERTHANLIFE | 14 | "Millennium" Top 40 single by 47-Across with the lyrics "There are prices to fame alright / All of our time spent in flashes of light" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | IWILLSURVIVE | 12 | 14-Across hit song with the lyrics "Go on now, go, walk out the door" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "Baby, don't let the lights go down" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | KNOWNOBETTER | 12 | 2017 song by Major Lazer featuring 26-Across with the lyric "Say you different, who you kidding?" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts" with the lyric "When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ENCHANTED | 9 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home" |
| 35% | SATURDAYSUIT | 12 | Art Garfunkel song with the lyrics "All week long we've been looking at / Horizons and it's hard on the brain" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DOMINODANCING | 13 | Pet Shop Boys Top 20 song with the lyrics "Watch them all fall down (All day, all day)" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | IMEMINE | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "No one's frightened of playing it / Everyone's saying it" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | 1970 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "We gonna let it all hang down": 2 wds. |
| 35% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |
| 35% | WOMANAMEN | 9 | Hit song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Every night I should be on my knees / Lord knows how lucky I am" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DEJA | 4 | "___ Vu" (Olivia Rodrigo song with the lyrics "So when you gonna tell her / That we did that, too?") |
| 34% | GOODGOLLY | 9 | With 48-Across, 1958 Little Richard hit that's #94 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SINGLELADIES | 12 | "___ (Put a Ring on It)," a song by Beyonce that has become one of the best-selling singles of all time: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FORYOUBLUE | 10 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "I feel it now, I hope you feel it too" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | FLYOVERSTATES | 13 | #1 song by 40-Across that's about the Midwest (2012): 3 wds. |
| 34% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WALKMEHOME | 10 | Pink song with the lyric "So what do you say we leave this place?" (3 wds.) |