| 100% | REDCHINA | 8 | Term between Doris Day and Johnnie Ray in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 52% | EDSEL | 5 | Auto mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 51% | COLAWARS | 8 | 1980s conflict mentioned in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 51% | ROYCOHN | 7 | McCarthyite called out in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 49% | EDSEL | 5 | It was "a no-go" in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 43% | MOVINOUT | 8 | Jukebox musical featuring "We Didn't Start the Fire" and other Billy Joel tunes (2 wds.) |
| 41% | REDCHINA | 8 | It comes after Doris Day in "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 39% | START | 5 | Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t ___ the Fire” |
| 39% | START | 5 | Billy Joel's "We Didn't ___ the Fire" |
| 38% | FIRE | 4 | "We Didn't Start the ___," Billy Joel hit which was parodied in season 2 of "The Office" |
| 36% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy |
| 36% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer Billy ___ |
| 36% | JOEL | 4 | Billy who sang "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| 34% | LISTSONGS | 9 | Numbers like "We Didn't Start the Fire" and "The Elements" |
| 33% | THEFIRE | 7 | In the song, Billy Joel didn't start it |
| 32% | START | 5 | Billy Joel hit song "We Didn't ___ the Fire" |
| 31% | JOEL | 4 | "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer |
| 31% | START | 5 | "We Didn't ___ the Fire," 1989 hit by Billy Joel |
| 29% | DIDNT | 5 | "We ___ Start the Fire" (Billy Joel hit) |
| 29% | DIDNT | 5 | “We ___ Start the Fire” (Billy Joel hit) |
| 28% | START | 5 | "We Didn't ___ the Fire," 1989 hit by Billy Joel that peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from his album "Storm Front" |
| 28% | COLA | 4 | “Rock and roller ___ wars” (final historical event referenced in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”) |
| 28% | PERHAPS | 7 | Repeated word in a Doris Day song with the lyrics "If you can't make your mind up / We'll never get started" |
| 28% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Springsteen hit between "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days" |
| 27% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer who seems to have two first names (2 wds.) |
| 26% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | This Piano Man Didn't Start the Fire |
| 26% | EPACT | 5 | Difference in days between the lunar and solar year |
| 26% | SEP | 3 | Labor Day month, in the US and Canada: Abbr. |
| 26% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| 25% | ALEXA | 5 | Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley's daughter, ___ Ray |