| 100% | LIGHTMYFIRE | 11 | The Doors single whose title contains the last word of the name of the "September" band (3 wds.) |
| 77% | DUSTINTHEWIND | 13 | Kansas single whose title contains the second word of the name of the "September" band (4 wds.) |
| 77% | PLANETEARTH | 11 | Duran Duran single whose title contains the first word of the name of the "September" band (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LETITBE | 7 | 1970 Beatles song whose title follows the lyrics "Speaking words of wisdom": 3 wds. |
| 40% | KELLYMARIETRAN | 14 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actress whose first name is a shade of green: 3 wds. |
| 40% | PLEASEMRPLEASE | 14 | 1975 Olivia Newton-John hit whose title's first and last words are the same: 3 wds. |
| 39% | SEA | 3 | The last word of a famous Hemingway title consisting of six 3-letter words |
| 37% | COOLHANDLUKE | 12 | 1967 Paul Newman prison drama title that includes the name of a body part: 3 wds. |
| 37% | LETSGROOVE | 10 | Top 20 song by the band whose name includes the first words of the answers to 18-Across, 26-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | AMIS | 4 | Novelist whose last name contains two conjugations of the same verb |
| 36% | CLAIRDELUNE | 11 | Debussy classic whose name means "light of the moon": 3 wds. |
| 36% | GOO | 3 | Repeated word in the name of the "Slide" band |
| 36% | ASITWAS | 7 | Single on 37-Across whose title follows the lyric "You know it's not the same" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | MEGRYAN | 7 | Actress whose name is an anagram of the word "Germany": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 36% | EDASNER | 7 | Actor whose name is an anagram of the word "endears": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word "Presbyterians": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ARK | 3 | Last word in the title of the first Indiana Jones movie |
| 35% | SPEE | 4 | Last word in the name of a WW I German warship |
| 35% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 35% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 35% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | 2021 Drake song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 35% | STANLEE | 7 | Comic book legend whose name is an anagram of the word "leanest": 2 wds. |
| 35% | HEREANDNOW | 10 | Title song from 30-Across's 2020 album that was also the name of his 2022 tour (3 wds.) |
| 35% | SORRYNOTSORRY | 13 | 2017 Demi Lovato song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 34% | CRUE | 4 | Word in the name of Nikki Sixx’s band |
| 34% | SAMANTHABEE | 11 | Host of TBS's "Full Frontal" whose last name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SHUT | 4 | Last word in the title of Kubrick's last film |
| 34% | JEDI | 4 | Last word in the titles of two "Star Wars" movies |
| 34% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | 2021 Cole Swindell/Lainey Wilson song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |