| 100% | OCANADA | 7 | Song first played on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in 1880 |
| 72% | OCANADA | 7 | Song that debuted on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in 1880 |
| 46% | OCANADA | 7 | Song composed for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day festivities |
| 43% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | College football game first played on New Year's Day in 1902: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEBALCONY | 10 | Jean Genet stage play first produced in 1957 |
| 37% | CIRIBIRIBIN | 11 | Song played on the sax in "Heaven Can Wait" |
| 36% | DIRTYDEEDSDONETOSHEEP | 21 | Song in which AC/DC plays nasty tricks on livestock? (1976) |
| 35% | ONDINE | 6 | Stage play by Jean Giraudoux first performed in 1939 |
| 35% | LARK | 4 | The —, stage play by Jean Anouilh first performed in 1953 |
| 35% | GEESE | 5 | Birds given on the sixth day of Christmas, in song |
| 35% | DRUMMERS | 8 | Gifts given on the 12th day of Christmas, in song |
| 35% | ANNA | 4 | Title girl in a song on the first Beatles album |
| 35% | SEBERG | 6 | Jean —, actress who played the title role in 1957 film drama Saint Joan |
| 34% | NEDKELLY | 8 | Australian bushranger hanged in 1880 played on screen by Mick Jagger and Heath Ledger among others |
| 34% | LETITGO | 7 | First Disney song to reach the top 5 on Billboard in the 21st century |
| 33% | NIECYNASH | 9 | Actress who played Richie Jean Jackson in “Selma” and Didi Ortley in “Getting On” |
| 33% | LAS | 3 | "___ Mananitas," song that may be dedicated to mothers in Mexico on Mother's Day |
| 32% | SHELOVESYOU | 11 | Song played by the Beatles on their first two appearances on "The 23-Across Show" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | WALKMAN | 7 | Old-timey Sony music player that you played all your mixtapes on, back in the day |
| 32% | BAD | 3 | "___ was the blood of the song in the cab / On your first trip to L.A." |
| 31% | PEAR | 4 | On the first day of Christmas, your true love may send you a partridge in this "poached fruit" tree |
| 31% | ASIDE | 5 | Song much played on the radio |
| 31% | RICHARDII | 9 | First play in Shakespeare’s Henriad |
| 31% | RODRIGUEZ | 9 | Yankees player Alex, who was involved in Baseball's first instant replay review, on the day of Halloween |
| 31% | ILUVU | 5 | Start of the song title in the 25 Across clue, but imagine it on Valentine's Day candy |
| 30% | SEBERG | 6 | Actress Jean who played Joan of Arc in "Saint Joan" |
| 30% | TRIP | 4 | "Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first ___ to L.A." ("Invisible String" lyric) |
| 30% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | Annual NCAA championship game played on New Year's Day in 16-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LED | 3 | Made the first play, in bridge |