| 100% | SOULMAN | 7 | Top-20 hit single for this puzzle's theme duo: 2 wds. |
| 46% | RAGDOLL | 7 | 1988 Top 20 hit for Aerosmith (2 wds.) |
| 44% | JAKEANDELWOOD | 13 | First names of this puzzle's theme duo: 3 wds. |
| 41% | AUCTION | 7 | Setting for this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | SALON | 5 | Locale for this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | CASINOGAME | 10 | Venue for this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | TECH | 4 | Field for this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | EIGHTOFCLUBS | 12 | Apt playing card for this puzzle’s theme? |
| 40% | POURSOME | 8 | With 20-Across, 1988 top 10 hit for Def Leppard: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ITRY | 4 | Grammy-winning hit single for Macy Gray (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HIGHERGROUND | 12 | 1973 hit single for 45-Across from the album "Innervisions" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Photograph" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LOVESOMEBODY | 12 | 2013 top 10 hit for Maroon 5: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DRINKINGCLASS | 13 | 2014 top 10 hit for Lee Brice: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THOUSANDYEARS | 13 | "A ___," Christina Perri's 2011 hit single written for a movie from the "The Twilight" series: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SPICE | 5 | With 69-Across, locales for this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | EDSULLIVAN | 10 | Host for this puzzle's subjects on 2/9/64 |
| 36% | SOAKUPTHESUN | 12 | Top 20 hit on 25-Across's Top 10 album "C'mon, C'mon" (4 wds.) |
| 35% | HAPPYBIRTHDAY | 13 | 1981 hit single for 45-Across from the album "Hotter than July" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SHEWOLF | 7 | 2009 Top 20 hit song by 36-Across whose Spanish version is "Loba" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | KISSME | 6 | Top 10 hit song for Sixpence None the Richer (2 wds.) |
| 35% | IMTO | 4 | "___ blame for this" ("It's all on me"): 2 wds. |
| 35% | MOTLEYCRUE | 10 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Smokin' in the Boys Room" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DONTSTOP | 8 | 1977 top 10 hit for Fleetwood Mac, the band that accounts for one of Stevie Nicks's Hall of Fame inductions: 2 wds. |
| 34% | KISSME | 6 | Top 10 hit for Sixpence None the Richer (2 wds.) |
| 34% | INSTANTKARMA | 12 | Lennon hit appropriate for this puzzle? |
| 34% | JACKSONBROWNE | 13 | "Running on Empty" singer with the hit single "Somebody's Baby": 2 wds. |
| 34% | OTHELLO | 7 | Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | YOURLOVE | 8 | Only top 10 hit for 1980s British band the Outfield: 2 wds. |