| 100% | DIANA | 5 | Subject of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 83% | LADYDI | 6 | Dedicatee of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997," familiarly (2 wds.) |
| 76% | DIANA | 5 | Subject of Elton's "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 73% | NORMA | 5 | Second word of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" |
| 68% | NORMA | 5 | "Goodbye ___ Jean" (opening line of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind") |
| 68% | NORMA | 5 | "Goodbye ___ Jeane" (opening line of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind") |
| 65% | PRINCESSOFWALES | 15 | Elton John's dedicatee for "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 64% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 63% | DIANA | 5 | Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was rewritten to honor her |
| 57% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer/pianist who's the subject of 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CANDLE | 6 | Elton John's "___ in the Wind" |
| 50% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind," 1973 song by Elton John |
| 50% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind," 1974 song by Elton John |
| 50% | WIND | 4 | "Candle in the ___," song by Elton John that was written in honor of Marilyn Monroe |
| 49% | CANDLE | 6 | __ in the Wind, Elton John song for Marilyn Monroe |
| 48% | DIANA | 5 | "Candle in the Wind" subject |
| 47% | FOSSEY | 6 | Subject of the 1997 biography "Woman in the Mists" |
| 47% | ELTON | 5 | "Candle in the Wind" singer ___ John |
| 47% | ELTON | 5 | "Candle in the Wind" performer John |
| 47% | ELTON | 5 | "Candle in the Wind" composer John |
| 47% | ELTON | 5 | "Candle in the Wind" singer John |
| 46% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Singer and songwriter of Candle in the Wind |
| 45% | DIANA | 5 | Princess who was the subject of "Candle in the Wind" |
| 44% | CANDLE | 6 | Item Elton John had in the wind |
| 44% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | Song performed by Elton John in the film adaptation of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Candle In The Wind singer born Reg Dwight |
| 43% | ELTON | 5 | "Candle in the Wind" singer _____John |
| 43% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer who said of his upcoming farewell tour, "It's a way of going out with a bang": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CANDLE | 6 | An Elton John song, __ in the wind |
| 42% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Your Song and Candle in the Wind singer |