| 100% | WALKAWAYJOE | 11 | Top 10 duet by 33-Across and Don Henley with the lyrics "Such are the dreams of an average Jane / Ninety miles an hour down lovers' lane" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NIGHTMOVES | 10 | Top 10 song by 46-Across with the lyrics "Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | 1985 Top 10 song by 42-Across that begins, "I wanted to be with you alone / And talk about the weather" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Song on 15-Across with the lyric "You are an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MERCYMERCYME | 12 | 1971 Top 10 song by 28-Across with the lyrics "Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no / Where did all the blue skies go?" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 27% | LARGERTHANLIFE | 14 | "Millennium" Top 40 single by 47-Across with the lyrics "There are prices to fame alright / All of our time spent in flashes of light" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | BRIANWILLIAMS | 13 | American journalist who is the chief anchor on MSNBC and host of "The 11th Hour with ___": 2 wds. |
| 26% | CHASINGSTARS | 12 | 2021 hit song by 17-Down featuring Alesso and James Bay with the lyrics "It was planets meeting / It was synced up breathing / There were angels calling and more free falling" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | SUMMERNIGHTS | 12 | Duet with the lyrics " I saved her life, she nearly drowned / He showed off, splashing around" sung by 15-Across and 40-Across in 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | BABYHOLDON | 10 | 1978 Top 20 hit by 43-Across with the lyrics "Whatever will be, will be / The future is ours to see" (3 wds.) |
| 25% | DONHENLEY | 9 | Stevie Nicks's duet partner (also a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) on the 1981 top 10 hit "Leather and Lace": 2 wds. |
| 25% | FORMULAONE | 10 | A sport that is the highest class of single seat auto racing, with former racers such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher: 2 wds |
| 25% | THEEAGLES | 9 | Rock band founded by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner that had hits in the 1970s with 15-Across, 28-Across, and 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | BRYANADAMS | 10 | Singer with the 1985 top 10 hit "Summer of '69": 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | TOMPETTY | 8 | Stevie Nicks's duet partner (also a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) on the 1981 top 10 hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around": 2 wds. |
| 25% | ANYTHINGGOES | 12 | 1934 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across whose 1987 and 2011 revivals both won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 25% | LOVEYOURSELF | 12 | Justin Bieber's acoustic pop song written by him along with Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco which was the seventh best-selling song of 2016: 2 wds. |
| 25% | WHATSGOINGON | 12 | 1971 Top 10 song by 28-Across with the lyrics "We've got to find a way / To bring some understanding here today" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | STANDBACK | 9 | 1983 top 10 hit for Stevie Nicks, the first woman to be inducted twice (in 1998 and 2019) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 24% | RUNNINGONEMPTY | 14 | 1978 single by 42-Across with the lyric "In '69, I was 21 and I called the road my own" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | GREGMADDUX | 10 | 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and 355-game winner whose #31 was retired by the 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | TOMGLAVINE | 10 | 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and 305-game winner whose #47 was retired by the 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 24% | NCAAWOMENS | 10 | With 40-Across, sport whose annual tournament was won this past Tuesday by the University of Connecticut, for the tenth time: 2 wds. |
| 24% | TURNLEFT | 8 | Go across the oncoming lane of traffic at an intersection: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 24% | POISONIVY | 9 | 1959 Coasters hit with the lyric "You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion": 2 wds. |
| 24% | RUNAWAYBRIDE | 12 | Rom-com starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere that was one of the Top 10 box office hits of 1999 (2 wds.) |