| 100% | BLINDING | 8 | The Weeknd sang about these Lights in 2020 |
| 55% | PEPPER | 6 | The Beatles sang about this Sergeant in 1967 |
| 43% | RAY | 3 | Madonna sang about this beam of light |
| 42% | RAINBOW | 7 | Kermit the Frog sings about this connection |
| 41% | SUBMARINE | 9 | The Beatles sang about living in a yellow one |
| 40% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | Stevie Nicks sings about the edge of this number |
| 40% | VIRTUAL | 7 | Type of insanity Jamiroquai sung about in the 90s |
| 39% | CHERRY | 6 | The Runaways sang first about this fruit bomb |
| 39% | SMELLY | 6 | Phoebe in Friends sang about this cat |
| 38% | LASTLETTERS | 11 | Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues |
| 37% | INVISIBLE | 9 | The __ Man, he can't be seen in this 2020 film |
| 37% | WAP | 3 | 2020 megahit that samples the 1993 song "Whores in This House" |
| 37% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of about half the words in this puzzle |
| 37% | PATNIXON | 8 | She sings the aria “This is prophetic,” in a John Adams opera about a diplomatic trip to China |
| 37% | LAS | 3 | In Deck the Halls, you sing a lot of Fas and these |
| 36% | XISTHE | 6 | With 46-Across, an observation about the game in this grid |
| 36% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | Type of candy The Chordettes sang about in 1958 |
| 36% | HORSE | 5 | Neiiigghh! I'm the animal you're learning about in this puzzle |
| 35% | GARY | 4 | Indiana city sung about in "The Music Man" |
| 35% | BELONG | 6 | The Weeknd sings __ to the World |
| 35% | JEEP | 4 | The 2020 Gladiator is this brand's first pick-up truck in over 25 years |
| 34% | IRONIC | 6 | Alanis Morissette sang about these situations |
| 34% | STRANGE | 7 | Billie Holiday sang about this fruit |
| 34% | RASPBERRY | 9 | Prince sang about this color beret |
| 34% | UMBRELLA | 8 | Rihanna sang about this rain protector |
| 34% | AURORA | 6 | Light in the sky |
| 34% | TORCH | 5 | This flame-bearing light source was shown in the hands of an athlete on the 2002 Olympic medal |
| 34% | HOUND | 5 | Elvis sang about this kind of dog |
| 34% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | Earth, Wind & Fire sang about this month |
| 34% | CAROLINE | 8 | Neil Diamond sang about this Sweet woman |