| 100% | PICTURE | 7 | The Big __, 1997 album from Elton John |
| 64% | GIANNIVERSACE | 13 | Italian designer to whom Elton John dedicated his 1997 album "The Big Picture": 2 wds. |
| 56% | DISCOVERY | 9 | "The Greatest ___," a song from Elton John's acclaimed self-titled album |
| 51% | THEBIGPICTURE | 13 | 1997 Elton John album |
| 50% | PRINCESSOFWALES | 15 | Elton John's dedicatee for "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 49% | DIANA | 5 | Subject of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 48% | EMPTYSKY | 8 | Debut album for Elton John, devoid in the heavens |
| 47% | LADYDI | 6 | Dedicatee of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997," familiarly (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HOME | 4 | "I'm Going ___," 1969 song by Elton John covered by Simon Dupree & The Big Sound |
| 45% | ADIA | 4 | Hit from the 1997 album "Surfacing" |
| 45% | WATER | 5 | "Madman Across the ___," 1971 song by Elton John from the eponymous album |
| 45% | DIVING | 6 | The __ Board, 2013 Elton John album |
| 43% | ADIA | 4 | #3 hit from the 1997 album "Surfacing" |
| 43% | HOLDMECLOSER | 12 | 2022 duet by Elton John and 31-Across that includes elements from the 1972 hit "Tiny Dancer" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | PEARLS | 6 | "Tears of ___," 1997 song by the pop duo Savage Garden from their self-titled album |
| 42% | DEEPLY | 6 | "Truly Madly ___," 1997 song by the pop duo Savage Garden from their self-titled album |
| 42% | AROUND | 6 | "All ___ Me," 1997 song by the pop duo Savage Garden from their self-titled album |
| 42% | CREED | 5 | American rock band from the '90s that released their debut album "My Own Prison" in 1997 |
| 41% | BENNIE | 6 | Elton John's "— and the Jets" |
| 41% | CANDLE | 6 | Elton John's "___ in the Wind" |
| 41% | JETS | 4 | Elton John's "Bennie and the __" |
| 40% | ACROSS | 6 | "Madman ___ the Water" (1971 Elton John album) |
| 40% | LEGACY | 6 | 2004 album from The Temptations |
| 40% | EMPTY | 5 | 1997 song by Janet Jackson from her sixth album, "The Velvet Rope" |
| 40% | ERICKSON | 8 | Leif —, US actor who starred as Big John Cannon in television Western series The High Chaparral from 1967-71 |
| 39% | MADMAN | 6 | "___ Across the Water" (1971 Elton John album) |
| 39% | LOVE | 4 | Elton John's "Can You Feel the ___ Tonight" |
| 39% | ENG | 3 | Where Elton John is from: Abbr. |
| 39% | MRMORALE | 8 | __ & the Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2023 album |
| 39% | MCA | 3 | Label for some Elton John albums |