| 100% | SANTABABY | 9 | Song whose subject is encouraged to "hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 39% | STARMAN | 7 | David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky" |
| 35% | SANTABABY | 9 | Ariana Grande/Liz Gillies holiday song with the lyrics "Hurry down the chimney tonight" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ROLLERSKATEKEYS | 15 | Small wrenches used to adjust some retro footwear (one was the subject of a Melanie song) |
| 34% | PAULACOLE | 9 | Singer whose "I Don't Want to Wait" was the theme song for "Dawson's Creek": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LYNN | 4 | Cheryl ___, disco singer whose 1978 song "Got to Be Real" peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 33% | SANTA | 5 | With 44-Across, Eartha Kitt Christmas song with the line, "Hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 32% | OURLOVE | 7 | Natalie Cole song whose title subject "will shine bright in the night like the stars above" |
| 32% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Singer whose rendition of the 1924 song "It Had to Be You" was the theme for "When Harry Met Sally" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | DECKTHEHALLS | 12 | Song whose refrain has been prefixed to nine answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | FEAROFTHEDARK | 13 | 9th album by 40a, whose self-titled song went on to become a worldwide hit, especially once the live version was released: 4 wds. |
| 31% | UPI | 3 | Subject of the media history Down to the Wire |
| 31% | HUMILITY | 8 | The quality of being down to earth and modest |
| 31% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News song) |
| 30% | HELLO | 5 | 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 30% | HIP | 3 | "___ to Be Square" (Huey Lewis & the News hit song) |
| 30% | ALASKA | 6 | State whose motto is "North to the Future" |
| 30% | TAKEI | 5 | Actor whose autobiography is titled To the Stars |
| 30% | HAIR | 4 | Musical with the song "Easy to Be Hard" |
| 30% | IDOIDO | 6 | Musical whose opening song is "All the Dearly Beloved" |
| 30% | LOUISIANA | 9 | According to the song, Johnny B. Goode is from __ |
| 30% | WORD | 4 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest ___" (Elton John song) |
| 30% | SORRY | 5 | "___ Seems to Be the Hardest Word," Elton John song |
| 30% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose songs are in the "Mamma Mia!" movies |
| 30% | CSI | 3 | Franchise whose opening themes are songs by The Who |
| 30% | TOWED | 5 | My car broke down and was ___ to the junkyard |
| 29% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 29% | IWENT | 5 | “As ___ down in the river to pray” (gospel song lyric) |
| 29% | TAVERN | 6 | Inn, according to song there is one "in the town" |