| 100% | THERIVER | 8 | Springsteen's album, of 1980, with Hungry Heart |
| 46% | DEVO | 4 | Band with the 1980 hit album "Freedom of Choice" |
| 42% | ARETHA | 6 | Self-titled album of 1980 |
| 42% | XANADU | 6 | Hit soundtrack album of 1980 |
| 41% | HOTTER | 6 | __ Than July, Stevie Wonder album of 1980 |
| 40% | PEACH | 5 | With 7-Across, Heart of Dixie's neighbor to the east |
| 39% | EMPIRESTRIKESBACK | 17 | Highest grossing movie of 1980, with "The" |
| 39% | SEEGER | 6 | Honoree of Springsteen's 2006 "We Shall Overcome" album |
| 38% | DUEPROCESS | 10 | Heart of the U.S. legal system, with roots in the 19-Across |
| 38% | ONO | 3 | Yoko ___ (she recorded 1980's "Double Fantasy" album with John Lennon) |
| 38% | TUNNEL | 6 | __ of Love, Bruce Springsteen's album |
| 38% | THERIVER | 8 | 1980 double album by Springsteen |
| 37% | FIRESIGN | 8 | Comedy troupe, ___ Theatre, with dozens of albums released in the 70's |
| 37% | LOOP | 4 | Heart of Chicago, with "the" |
| 36% | MIDNITELOVER | 12 | Shaggy's fourth studio album featuring the hit "Piece Of My Heart": 2 wds. |
| 36% | THERIVER | 8 | Bruce Springsteen double album from 1980 |
| 35% | ATTACK | 6 | "Sheer Heart ___," one of Queen's best selling albums that launched the band into stardom |
| 35% | JOAD | 4 | Bruce Springsteen album "The Ghost of Tom ___" |
| 35% | BORN | 4 | First word of two Springsteen album titles |
| 35% | BUNNYCHOW | 9 | S African meal of hollowed-out loaf with curry |
| 35% | STREISAND | 9 | Singer with the 1980 #1 album "Guilty" |
| 34% | COSMOS | 6 | 1980 TV series with the episode "Harmony of the Worlds" |
| 34% | DIAMONDS | 8 | With Hearts, the red suits in a deck of cards |
| 34% | JOAD | 4 | "The Ghost of Tom ___" (1995 Bruce Springsteen album) |
| 34% | LADY | 4 | With 31-Across, "Applause" singer who was one of Tony Bennett's duet partners on his "Duets II" album |
| 34% | EMT | 3 | One concerned with matters of the heart: Abbr. |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Group with the #1 album "Out of Time" |
| 34% | RAITT | 5 | Bonnie with the hit album “Nick of Time” |
| 34% | ETTA | 4 | James with the album "Matriarch of the Blues" |
| 34% | BOBSEGER | 8 | Singer with the 1980 #1 album "Against the Wind" |