| 100% | CHATTYCATHY | 11 | Toy with 18 spoken phrases, including "I love you" and "May I have a cookie?" |
| 40% | WORD | 4 | "May I have a ___ with you?" |
| 37% | DINNER | 6 | Evening meal you might have with a loved one |
| 37% | HEARTOFGLASS | 12 | 1979 Blondie #1 song with the lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | SIMONE | 6 | She had a 1959 hit with "I Loves You, Porgy" |
| 34% | CECELIA | 7 | Novelist Ahern with the best sellers "PS, I Love You" and "Love, Rosie" |
| 34% | TEA | 3 | You might have a ball with it |
| 34% | STOCKINGCAP | 11 | You might have a ball with it |
| 34% | AGAS | 4 | "Once I had a love and it was ___" (Blondie lyric) |
| 33% | BFF | 3 | With whom you might have a Snapchat streak, informally |
| 33% | TEA | 3 | What you might have a ball with |
| 33% | CROCE | 5 | "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" singer, 1974 |
| 33% | AGAS | 4 | "Once I had a love and it was ___" (Blondie lyric) (2 wds.) |
| 33% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a spool that has its ups and downs |
| 33% | CAPALDI | 7 | Lewis, had a hit with Someone You Loved |
| 33% | COMINGOUTPARTY | 14 | Where you might have a gin and tonic |
| 32% | AWORD | 5 | "May I have ___ with you?" |
| 32% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a sweetener and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 32% | ACC | 3 | You may have one with a bank, for short |
| 31% | WEREON | 6 | "You and I have a deal!" |
| 31% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 31% | PEACH | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a cobbler fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 31% | ORANGE | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a citrus fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 31% | LAUDER | 6 | Harry —, Scottish music hall entertainer whose songs include I Love a Lassie and Roamin' in the Gloamin' |
| 31% | AWORD | 5 | "May I have ___ with you?": 2 wds. |
| 31% | BONE | 4 | "I have a ___ to pick with you!" |
| 31% | BONE | 4 | "I have a ____ to pick with you" |
| 31% | COTTON | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a type of fabric and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 31% | BETTY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Golden Girls" star who won a Spoken Word Grammy for "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)" |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Band that had a 1987 top 10 hit with "The One I Love" |