| 100% | TOCELIA | 7 | Song whose second line is "And I will pledge with mine" |
| 63% | WEAREFAMILY | 11 | Sister Sledge classic whose second line is "I got all my sisters with me," and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across |
| 48% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 45% | GETIT | 5 | "Can I ___" (Adele song with the line "All I want is for you to be mine") |
| 45% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest song with the line “Mr. Dinkins, would you please be my mayor?” |
| 44% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts" with the lyric "When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TOES | 4 | Zac Brown song with the line "Concrete and cars are their own prison bars" |
| 42% | MEETMEHALFWAY | 13 | The Black Eyed Peas song from "The E.N.D." with the lyric, "Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 41% | LITTLEJEANNIE | 13 | 1980 Elton John song with the line "I want you to be my acrobat": 2 wds. |
| 41% | TAKEN | 5 | 2008 movie with the line "I will find you, and I will kill you" |
| 41% | CCRIDER | 7 | Classic blues song with the line "I'd rather be dead than to stay here and be your dog" |
| 40% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan whose third memoir is "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 40% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 40% | WOLF | 4 | I have sharp senses and powerful jaws. I prowl the night with my pack. Who am I? |
| 40% | ISIS | 4 | Dylan song with the line "What drives me to you is what drives me insane" |
| 40% | RONETTES | 8 | "Be My Baby" girl group whose songs were produced by 13-Across, with "the" |
| 39% | MARY | 4 | I wrote "Frankenstein" and shared my name with my mother who was a writer and a feminist philosopher |
| 39% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 39% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / and be ashamed-" |
| 39% | HELLO | 5 | 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 39% | DEBORAHKERR | 11 | "The King and I" star whose songs were dubbed by Marni Nixon (1930-2016) : 2 wds. |
| 39% | MANANA | 6 | Jimmy Buffett tune with a Spanish name with the closing line "And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs" |
| 39% | YER | 3 | "__ Blues": Beatles song with the line "Even hate my rock and roll" |
| 38% | LIVER | 5 | "I'm a detoxifying organ and my name rhymes with "river". Who am I?" |
| 38% | WARREN | 6 | I am the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and have pledged to give away 99% of my fortune to philanthropic causes |
| 38% | DIESIRAE | 8 | Hymn whose second line is "Solvet saeclum in favilla" |
| 38% | MOBY | 4 | "___-Dick" (novel whose first line is "Call me Ishmael") |
| 38% | ICANTSTANDIT | 12 | 1981 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "You're fooling around with my heart": 4 wds. |
| 38% | APEA | 4 | "I Got ___" (silly children's song with the line "Why is everyone laughing at me?") |