| 100% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "Baby, don't let the lights go down" (3 wds.) |
| 76% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "Baby, don't let the lights go down" (3 wds.) |
| 56% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "It's in my roots, in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | LOVEINTHEDARK | 13 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "It feels like we're oceans apart" (4 wds.) |
| 51% | HELLO | 5 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |
| 47% | ROXANNE | 7 | 39-Across song with the line "You don't have to put on the red light" |
| 43% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" singer (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | IWILLSURVIVE | 12 | 14-Across hit song with the lyrics "Go on now, go, walk out the door" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | ONME | 4 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down ___" (Elton John hit): 2 wds. |
| 38% | SETFIRETO | 9 | With 50-Across, Adele single from the album "21": 3 wds. |
| 37% | 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 |
| 37% | DARLINGNIKKI | 12 | Song with controversial lyrics on the album 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GEORGEMICHAEL | 13 | Elton John's collaborator on the 1991 hit single "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ENDOFTHEROAD | 12 | Boyz II Men 1992 hit with the line "Still I can't let go": 4 wds. |
| 37% | 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.) |
| 36% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel song with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HELLO | 5 | Song from 50-Across's "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |
| 36% | THEREFOREIAM | 12 | Song with the lyric "You think that you're the man / I think ... " on 43-Across's new album, "Happier Than Ever" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | IWILLSURVIVE | 12 | 1979 Gloria Gaynor #1 song with the lyrics "Go on now, go, walk out the door" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | WEDONTTALK | 10 | With 36-Across, song from 16-Across that hit #1 on the Billboard charts: 3 wds. |
| 35% | 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.) |
| 35% | MARYDID | 7 | With 43-Across, 52-Across song with the lyric "Your baby boy would one day walk on water": 2 wds. |
| 35% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BADIDEARIGHT | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's 2023 album "Guts" with the lyric "Yes, I know that he's my ex, but can't two people reconnect?" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | 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.) |
| 35% | 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.) |
| 35% | MATILDA | 7 | Single on 37-Across with the lyric "You don't have to go home" |
| 34% | LET | 3 | "Don't ___ the Sun Go Down on Me" (Elton John song) |
| 34% | SPARKSFLY | 9 | Song on 15-Across with the lyrics "I'm captivated by you, baby / Like a fireworks show" (2 wds.) |