| 100% | MRKITE | 6 | Subject of a benefit, in a Beatles song: 2 wds. |
| 63% | COMETOGETHER | 12 | 1969 #1 Beatles song that was subject of a Chuck Berry plagiarism lawsuit: 2 wds. |
| 61% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | Girl in a Beatles song from the "White Album": 2 wds. |
| 58% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | "The Interview" star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | 1990s sitcom star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | "The Apprentice" host who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 57% | USSR | 4 | Destination of a flight in a Beatles song |
| 56% | ELEANORRIGBY | 12 | Beatles song about a woman who "lives in a dream": 2 wds. |
| 56% | PENNYLANE | 9 | Liverpool street that inspired the place "beneath the blue suburban skies" in a Beatles song (2 wds.) |
| 54% | IFI | 3 | "___ Only Had a Brain" (the Scarecrow's song in "The Wizard of Oz"): 2 wds. |
| 53% | PETROCK | 7 | 1970s fad gift of a stone in a box: 2 wds. |
| 53% | NORWEGIANWOOD | 13 | Words preceding the parenthetical "(This Bird Has Flown)" in a 1965 Beatles song title: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 52% | OBLA | 4 | Preceder of "di" or "da" in a Beatles song |
| 52% | PUBCRAWL | 8 | Tour of many bars in a single evening: 2 wds. |
| 52% | LAA | 3 | "... ___ note to follow so" or part of a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MEA | 3 | "... ___ name I call myself" or part of a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LASTJUDGMENT | 12 | Biblical subject of a fresco painted by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 51% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | "Shape of You" pop singer who had 13 songs on the Hot 100 during a week in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ALIBABA | 7 | Defeater of 40 thieves, in a legend: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TOGO | 4 | Opposite of "for here," in a restaurant: 2 wds. |
| 51% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Catcher of the worm, in a proverb: 2 wds. |
| 51% | WANDERINGJUDE | 13 | Lost subject of a hit Beatles song? |
| 51% | IDO | 3 | Words said in front of a judge or a preacher: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LALA | 4 | Sounds that often follow "tra" in a song: 2 wds. |
| 50% | PEARTREE | 8 | Perch for a partridge, in a Christmas song (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SWIMTEAM | 8 | Squad of athletes who compete in a pool: 2 wds. |
| 50% | TRALA | 5 | Carefree nonsense sounds in a song: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LALA | 4 | Sounds after "tra" in a song: 2 wds. |