| 100% | MEETMEHALFWAY | 13 | Song by 47-Across from 51-Across: 3 wds. |
| 100% | IGOTTAFEELING | 13 | Song by 47-Across from 51-Across: 3 wds. |
| 59% | IMALLALONE | 10 | Song sung by poor, isolated 26-Across in 51-Across (3 wds.) |
| 59% | KISSMEMORE | 10 | 2021 song by 14-Across that interpolates the chorus from Olivia Newton-John's "Physical": 3 wds. |
| 57% | LONGTALLSALLY | 13 | 1956 song by 15-Across: 3 wds. |
| 56% | WALKINAWAY | 10 | #1 song by 45-Across from 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | MARRYTHENIGHT | 13 | Song by Lady Gaga from her album "Born This Way" which uses electronic church bells: 3 wds. |
| 55% | NOTTOOLATE | 10 | 2007 studio album by 47-Across featuring the song "Thinking About You" (3 wds.) |
| 55% | LETITROLL | 9 | 2012 song by 49-Across featuring Lil Wayne: 3 wds. |
| 54% | ITSRAININGMEN | 13 | Song by the '80s musical duo The Weather Girls from their album "Success:" 3 wds. |
| 53% | LADYINRED | 9 | Song by the popular '80s singer Chris de Burgh from his album "Into the Light:" 3 wds. |
| 52% | ABETTERMAN | 10 | #1 song by 45-Across from 35-Across that won the 1989 Single of the Year Academy of Country Music Award (3 wds.) |
| 52% | AWHOLENEWWORLD | 14 | Song from "Aladdin" covered by 19-Across and 44-Across (4 wds.) |
| 51% | INYOUREYES | 10 | 2020 hit by The Weeknd, the third single from 16-Across: 3 wds. |
| 51% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | 1991 song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the album "Into the Great Wide Open": 3 wds. |
| 51% | FORYOUBLUE | 10 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "I feel it now, I hope you feel it too" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | BORNINTHE | 9 | "___ U.S.A.," hit song from Bruce Springsteen's (birthday today) 1984 album by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 51% | GIRLSLIKEYOU | 12 | Maroon 5 song from 2018 which has a cameo by Ellen DeGeneres in its official music video: 3 wds. |
| 50% | PRAYFORME | 9 | Single from the "Black Panther" soundtrack performed by The Weeknd and 31-Across: 3 wds. |
| 50% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | Song by "The Doors," from an album released in January 1967 which spent three weeks at number 1 on Billboard Hot 100: 3 wds. |
| 50% | IHAVENOTHING | 12 | Oscar-nominated Whitney Houston song from the soundtrack of 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 50% | FLYOVERSTATES | 13 | #1 song by 40-Across that's about the Midwest (2012): 3 wds. |
| 50% | GETURFREAKON | 12 | Hit song by 44-Across with many elements from Bhangra music (4 wds.) |
| 50% | MYSTERYOFLOVE | 13 | Song from 23-Across/37-Across written by 49-Across nominated for a 2018 Best Original Song Oscar (3 wds.) |
| 50% | IMEMINE | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "No one's frightened of playing it / Everyone's saying it" (3 wds.) |
| 50% | YOUSPINME | 9 | "___ Round (Like a Record)," a song by the popular '80s band Dead or Alive from their album "Youthquake:" 3 wds. |
| 50% | THEBRIDGE | 9 | "Under ___," a hit song by 31-Across from their album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LETMEBE | 7 | 1965 song by 15-Across that was the group's second single: 3 wds. |
| 49% | UMATHURMAN | 10 | 2015 song by 17-Across, named after an actress from "Pulp Fiction": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | Top 10 song from the 47-Across album "Honky Château" (2 wds.) |