| 100% | YOUWILLBEFOUND | 14 | Song from 16-Across that also serves as a Twitter hashtag within the show: 4 wds. |
| 37% | WEDONTTALK | 10 | With 36-Across, song from 16-Across that hit #1 on the Billboard charts: 3 wds. |
| 35% | QUIZLADY | 8 | 2023 Hulu comedy starring 16-Across as the sister of a game show fanatic: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HEREANDNOW | 10 | Title song from 30-Across's 2020 album that was also the name of his 2022 tour (3 wds.) |
| 33% | HILO | 4 | "The Big Island" in Hawaii that also serves as a port |
| 33% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | Either of the two presidents who also served as a 17-Across from 62-Across |
| 31% | LADYMARMALADE | 13 | Song from the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!" that was a #1 hit for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and Mya: 2 wds. |
| 30% | WHENDOVESCRY | 12 | Song from the album 28-Across that was the top-selling single of 1984 (3 wds.) |
| 30% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Song from Alicia Keys' fifth studio album which was a commercial hit with over 4 million paid downloads in the U.S.: 3 wds. |
| 30% | GEORGEMURPHY | 12 | American actor who served as the U.S. Senator from California and was also included in the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EMBRACEABLEYOU | 14 | Song by 16-Across that was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the musical "Girl Crazy": 2 wds. |
| 29% | BEINGALIVE | 10 | Song from "Company" that marks the show's climax |
| 28% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | American actor who has also served as the Mayor of Carmel: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TOBE | 4 | Part five of six of a quote from the TV show "Gilmore Girls," that any dessert-lover can relate to?: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ISWRONG | 7 | Part two of six of a quote from the TV show "Gilmore Girls," that any dessert-lover can relate to?: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IDONT | 5 | Part three of six of a quote from the TV show "Gilmore Girls," that any dessert-lover can relate to?: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IFEATINGCAKE | 12 | Part one of six of a quote from the TV show "Gilmore Girls," that any dessert-lover can relate to?: 3 wds. |
| 28% | ROBRIGGLE | 9 | "Holey Moley" color commentator who served as a public affairs officer in the Marines: 2 wds. |
| 28% | AMERICANHONEY | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "Oh, I miss those days as the years go by / Oh, nothin' sweeter than summertime" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | LENGOODMAN | 10 | "Dancing With the Stars" judge who also served as a judge for the UK's "Strictly Come Dancing": 2 wds. |
| 28% | BREAKITOFF | 10 | 16-Across single that reached number 30 on the "Billboard" Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart in 2021 (3 wds.) |
| 28% | VIOLETHILL | 10 | Coldplay hit song that begins, "Was a long and dark December / From the rooftops I remember" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that is a blast from the past |
| 28% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that's a blast from the past |
| 28% | OLIVEAGAIN | 10 | Elizabeth Strout novel that features a story about the mother from 16-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 28% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ONTHEROADAGAIN | 14 | Song by 30-Across/33-Across that won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (4 wds.) |
| 27% | OUTOFTHEWOODS | 13 | Song from Taylor Swift's "1989" that is rumored to be about Harry Styles: 4 wds. |
| 27% | ORA | 3 | Rita ___, singer who served as a judge on the show "The X Factor" in series 12 |