| 100% | THEMANILOVE | 11 | Song from Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| 58% | BUTNOTFORME | 11 | Song from Gershwin's "Girl Crazy" |
| 55% | IGOTRHYTHM | 10 | Another song from Gershwin's "Girl Crazy" |
| 54% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Gershwin's was in blue |
| 53% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Gershwin's was In Blue in 1924 |
| 51% | ERITU | 5 | Song from Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" |
| 49% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Gershwin's "__ in Blue" |
| 48% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George, American composer of Rhapsody in Blue |
| 48% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George __, Rhapsody in Blue composer |
| 48% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Gershwin's "— in Blue" |
| 48% | BLUE | 4 | Gershwin's "Rhapsody in ___" |
| 47% | LESSON | 6 | "___ Learned," song by Alice in Chains from their 2009 album "Black Gives Way to Blue" |
| 47% | ALDA | 4 | Gershwin portrayer in "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| 47% | SUEDE | 5 | It's blue in an old song |
| 46% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George, pianist and composer of Rhapsody in Blue |
| 46% | OLDIE | 5 | Song from back in the day |
| 45% | SEVENWONDERS | 12 | "Odd" song from Fleetwood Mac's "Tango in the Night" album (2 wds.) |
| 45% | RHAPSODY | 8 | __ in Blue, Gershwin classical-jazz composition |
| 45% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Gershwin did one in blue |
| 45% | UNFORGETTABLE | 13 | Song from Thomas Rhett's "Life Changes" album that topped the Country Airplay charts in 2017 |
| 45% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Song from Thomas Rhett's "Life Changes" album that topped the Country Airplay charts in 2019 |
| 45% | JEANS | 5 | "Angel in Blue ___" (Train song) |
| 44% | NYC | 3 | Song from 65-Across that's hidden in 20- and 54-Across and 10- and 35-Down |
| 44% | IPANEMA | 7 | Beach in Rio that a famous song's girl came from |
| 43% | ORCHESTRATION | 13 | What Gershwin delegated for ''Rhapsody in Blue'' |
| 43% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "It's in my roots, it's in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LETEMEATCAKE | 12 | Title song from a 1933 Gershwin musical |
| 43% | DONOTDISTURB | 12 | Song from Drake's 2017 playlist, "More Life", where he reveals his struggles in daily life: 3 wds. |
| 43% | MARRYME | 7 | Song from Thomas Rhett's "Life Changes" album that topped the Country Airplay charts in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DIDJA | 5 | "___ Ever" (Elvis song from "G.I. Blues") |