| 100% | HIAWATHA | 8 | The Song of —, 1855 poem by H W Longfellow |
| 46% | HIAWATHA | 8 | 1952 drama starring Vincent Edwards in the title role based on a poem by H W Longfellow |
| 40% | WYSTAN | 6 | The "W" of W. H. Auden |
| 39% | GRAMMY | 6 | Song of the Year award won by Lorde for 36-Across |
| 39% | REHAB | 5 | 2008 Grammy Song of the Year by Amy Winehouse |
| 39% | SEASHANTY | 9 | Song sung by sailors of the past |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger," song by Survivor |
| 39% | THRENODY | 8 | Poem or song of mourning or lamentation such as that written by Ralph Waldo Emerson on the death of his son in 1842 |
| 39% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | #1 song of 1982 by The Human League (4 wds.) |
| 39% | VIVALAVIDA | 10 | 2009 Grammy Song of the Year by Coldplay: 3 wds. |
| 39% | LENVOI | 6 | Poem from Longfellow's "Voices of the Night" |
| 39% | BUSH | 4 | George H W —, president of the US from 1989-93 |
| 39% | PRUFROCK | 8 | "The Love Song of J. Alfred ___," poem by T.S. Eliot which was his first published poem |
| 39% | BRIGADE | 7 | The Charge of the Light __, poem by Tennyson |
| 38% | TEARSINHEAVEN | 13 | Song of the Year Grammy winner (1993) sung by Eric Clapton (3 wds.) |
| 38% | FROMADISTANCE | 13 | Song of the Year Grammy winner (1991) sung by Bette Midler (3 wds.) |
| 38% | LIGHT | 5 | "The ___ of Stars," poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about Mars |
| 38% | WORLDS | 6 | Sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells: The War of the __ |
| 38% | NEEDYOUNOW | 10 | 2011 Grammy Song of the Year by Lady Antebellum: 3 wds. |
| 38% | SINGLE | 6 | With 31-Across, 2010 Grammy Song of the Year by Beyoncé |
| 38% | AYESHA | 6 | 1905 novel by H Rider Haggard subtitled The Return of She |
| 38% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger," a hit song by Survivor |
| 38% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger" (1983 hit song by Survivor) |
| 38% | SIGN | 4 | "___ of the Times," hit song by Harry Styles |
| 38% | MOMENT | 6 | "Heat of the ___" (hit song by Asia) |
| 38% | PAIN | 4 | "King of ___" (hit song by The Police) |
| 38% | ROLAND | 6 | ''The Song of __'' (French epic poem) |
| 37% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 37% | FUNKYTOWN | 9 | The name of a 1980 disco song by Lipps Inc. |
| 37% | BAB | 3 | The — Ballads, 1868 volume of verse by W S Gilbert |