| 100% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "Baby, don't let the lights go down" (3 wds.) |
| 90% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "Baby, don't let the lights go down" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | LOVEINTHEDARK | 13 | Song from "25" with the line "It feels like we're oceans apart" (4 wds.) |
| 46% | ROXANNE | 7 | 39-Across song with the line "You don't have to put on the red light" |
| 45% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" singer (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ONME | 4 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down ___" (Elton John hit): 2 wds. |
| 45% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "It's in my roots, it's in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ENDOFTHEROAD | 12 | Boyz II Men 1992 hit with the line "Still I can't let go": 4 wds. |
| 44% | LETITGO | 7 | "Frozen" song with the lyrics "Turn away and slam the door / I don't care what they're going to say" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel song with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | WEDONTTALK | 10 | With 36-Across, song from 16-Across that hit #1 on the Billboard charts: 3 wds. |
| 42% | GEORGEMICHAEL | 13 | Elton John's collaborator on the 1991 hit single "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LEARNINGTOFLY | 13 | Tom Petty song with the line "But I ain't got wings" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | LADYINRED | 9 | Song by the popular '80s singer Chris de Burgh from his album "Into the Light:" 3 wds. |
| 40% | MEGETME | 7 | "Don't Let ___," 2001 song by Pink, with a music video set in school: 3 wds. |
| 40% | MONEYONMYMIND | 13 | 46-Across song from the album "In the Lonely Hour" with the lyric "I felt pressure / Don't wanna see the numbers" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Don't go 'round tonight / It's bound to take your life" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | ONME | 4 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down ___" (Elton John hit) |
| 39% | GOLDDUSTWOMAN | 13 | 1977 Fleetwood Mac song with the lyric "pick up the pieces and go home": 3 wds. |
| 39% | MONEYONMYMIND | 13 | 46-Across song from the album "In the Lonely Hour" with the lyric "I felt pressure / Don't want to see the numbers" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | EVENTHELOSERS | 13 | Song by the late, great Tom Petty with the line "They get lucky sometimes" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | LOVEINTHEDARK | 13 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "It feels like we're oceans apart" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | TRUECOLORS | 10 | Cyndi Lauper song with the lyric "So don't be afraid to let them show" |
| 38% | SUN | 3 | "Don't Let the ___ Go Down on Me," 1974 song by Elton John that peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 38% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "It's in my roots, in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ONELOVE | 7 | Bob Marley song with the line "Let's get together and feel all right" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ONEDAYYOUWILL | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "But down the road the sun is shining / In every cloud, there's a silver lining" (4 wds.) |
| 37% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 37% | HELLO | 5 | Song from 50-Across's "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |