| 100% | ADD | 3 | System of a Down song off "Steal This Album!" |
| 39% | ONES | 4 | "This ___ For You" (title of a hit album and song by Barry Manilow) |
| 39% | OLDIE | 5 | Song from a "Best of" album, maybe |
| 39% | CHOP | 4 | "___ Suey!" song by System of a Down that a chef might rock out to while stir-frying a delicious Chinese dish |
| 38% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 38% | LETITBE | 7 | Title of a Beatles song, album and movie |
| 37% | DOWN | 4 | System of a ___, Armenian-American heavy metal band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Hypnotize" |
| 37% | TAU | 3 | In the system of Greek numerals this letter has a value of 300 |
| 36% | DEFLATION | 9 | Prices might go down as a result of this |
| 36% | MEDICINE | 8 | Just a spoonful of sugar helps this go down |
| 36% | MEDICINE | 8 | Just a spoonful of sugar makes this go down |
| 36% | DESPERADO | 9 | Title song of a 1973 Eagles album |
| 36% | UPTOWNDOWNBEAT | 14 | Title song of a Duke Ellington album |
| 36% | SOLAR | 5 | The sun and planets are a part of this system |
| 36% | SKIS | 4 | Use a pair of these to slide down the mountain |
| 36% | MOONDANCE | 9 | Title song of a 1970 Van Morrison album |
| 35% | SOLAR | 5 | The sun and the planets are a part of this system |
| 35% | MORTSAHL | 8 | Political comedian with the 1973 album "Sing a Song of Watergate" |
| 35% | IMAGINE | 7 | First song on a John Lennon album of the same name |
| 35% | YEAST | 5 | The baker down the block got a rise out of this |
| 35% | ALL | 3 | With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | SAHL | 4 | Comedian with the album "Sing a Song of Watergate ... Apocryphal of Lie!" |
| 34% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Song by Ariana Grande from her album "Sweetener" that refers to a phase of sleep: Abbr. |
| 34% | TRIAGE | 6 | Ranking system of a sort |
| 34% | SOFTWARE | 8 | Operating system of a computer |
| 34% | SCALE | 5 | Scoring system of a sort |
| 34% | SOFTNESS | 8 | Quality of a down quilt |
| 34% | STUMP | 5 | Remnant of a downed tree |
| 33% | ICE | 3 | This will send a chill down your spine, if you put it on your spine, of course |