| 100% | ITSYOU | 6 | Song from "The Music Man" with the lyric "What words could be saner or truer or plainer" |
| 40% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 39% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 39% | TEARINMYHEART | 13 | Twenty One Pilots single from "Blurryface" with the lyrics "The songs on the radio are okay / But my taste in music is your face" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | GETBACK | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner / But he knew it couldn't last" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MICHELLE | 8 | 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" |
| 37% | AMEN | 4 | Beyoncé song with the lyric “Say a prayer for what has been” |
| 37% | ITHURTSOBAD | 11 | Susan Tedeschi song with the lyric "You were the best man I ever had" |
| 36% | DAYO | 4 | Refrain word in the song with the lyric "Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana" |
| 35% | RINGLEADERS | 11 | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| 35% | FAIRLYLOCAL | 11 | Twenty One Pilots single from "Blurryface" with the lyric "Yo, this song will never be on the radio" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | FAIRLYLOCAL | 11 | Twenty One Pilots single from "Blurryface" with the lyrics "Yo, this song will never be on the radio" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MEMORY | 6 | Barbra Streisand hit song with the lyrics "I can smile at the old days / I was beautiful then" |
| 35% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyric "Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen bee" |
| 35% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyrics "Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B" |
| 35% | PERHAPS | 7 | Repeated word in a Doris Day song with the lyrics "If you can't make your mind up / We'll never get started" |
| 35% | TILLYOULOVEME | 13 | Reba McEntire song with the lyric "I guess I can wait if that's what I have to do" |
| 35% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 35% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 35% | SPOILERALERT | 12 | Movie reviewer's warning ... or what the last words of each starred answer can be? |
| 35% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 35% | FEELINGMYSELF | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I am a rap legend, just go ask the kings of rap" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | KILDAREWASYOU | 13 | Song from the Irish version of The Music Man? |
| 34% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 34% | 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.) |
| 34% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 34% | PILLSNPOTIONS | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I get high off your memory / In due time we'll be fine" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | TRUCKIN | 7 | Grateful Dead song with the lyric “What a long, strange trip it’s been” |
| 34% | HIGH | 4 | With 37-Across, leave quickly ... or what both words in 17-, 21-, 26-, 49-, 56- and 61-Across could be? |
| 34% | LETITBE | 7 | 1970 song with the lyric "Whisper words of wisdom" |