| 100% | SORARE | 6 | Title lyric after "Ours is a love …" in a Jimmy Dorsey hit |
| 81% | SORARE | 6 | Title lyric after "Ours is a love …" in a 1950s hit |
| 80% | SORARE | 6 | Title words after "ours is a love," in a Jimmy Dorsey classic |
| 47% | MARIAELENA | 10 | She was "the answer to a prayer" in a 1941 #1 Jimmy Dorsey hit |
| 42% | PORTLAND | 8 | 2017 Drake hit whose title is a city in Oregon |
| 42% | PARIS | 5 | 2017 Chainsmokers hit whose title is a city in France |
| 42% | YAS | 3 | Title syllables in a 1961 Lee Dorsey hit |
| 42% | HAVANA | 6 | 2017 Camila Cabello hit whose title is a city in Cuba |
| 42% | MALIBU | 6 | 2017 Miley Cyrus hit whose title is a city in California |
| 42% | SKYS | 4 | "The ___ in love with you" (misheard lyric in a Herb Alpert hit) |
| 42% | SHOOP | 5 | Title lyric before "ba-doop" in a 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit |
| 41% | YEAH | 4 | Word repeated after "She loves you," in a '60s hit |
| 41% | HELPMERHONDA | 12 | Title lyric heard 41 times in a 1965 Beach Boys hit |
| 40% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric |
| 40% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 40% | CAT | 3 | "Karma is a __ / Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me": Taylor Swift lyric |
| 40% | MAMASAEGO/ID | 12 | Title lyric that precedes "There'll be days like this" in a Shirelles classic |
| 39% | AGORAHILLS | 10 | 2023 Doja Cat hit whose title is a tribute to a town she lived in: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 39% | WAP | 3 | 2020 No. 1 hit whose title acronym is compared to “macaroni in a pot” |
| 38% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 37% | JANIE | 5 | Title girl with a gun in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| 37% | MARYLOU | 7 | Title girl in a Ricky Nelson hit |
| 37% | NANETTE | 7 | Title woman in a 1925 Broadway hit |
| 37% | SLOOPY | 6 | Title name in a 1965 #1 hit |
| 37% | RIO | 3 | Title city in a Fred Astaire hit |
| 37% | BETH | 4 | Title girl in a 1976 Kiss hit |
| 37% | DONNA | 5 | Title girl in a Ritchie Valens hit |
| 37% | ELPASO | 6 | Title city in a 1960 #1 hit |
| 37% | GTO | 3 | Title car in a 1964 pop hit |