| 100% | DEFEATED | 8 | Waterloo chorus lyrics: I was __, you won the war |
| 52% | BLUEBERRYHILL | 13 | Fats Domino single whose chorus has the lyrics "You're part of me still / For you were my thrill" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 47% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA hit with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 45% | SOBAD | 5 | Eminem rap with the lyric "Guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had" |
| 44% | IGETIDEAS | 9 | Tony Martin hit with the lyric "When we are dancing and you're dangerously near me" |
| 44% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 44% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 42% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | The Beatles #1 song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | IHATEMEN | 8 | "Kiss Me, Kate" song with the lyric "For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother" |
| 41% | LOSE | 4 | This Is How You ___ the Time War (Hugo Award-winning sci-fi novel) |
| 41% | MARIAHINOJOSA | 13 | "Once I Was You" writer who hosts the podcast "Latino USA" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CANTBUYMELOVE | 13 | No. 1 Beatles song with the lyric "Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | IFI | 3 | "___ were you, I'd have accepted the proposal.": 2 wds. |
| 41% | IFI | 3 | "___ were you, I'd have accepted the proposal": 2 wds. |
| 41% | NEWSFLASH | 9 | "Hey, let me be the first to tell you ..." |
| 40% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 40% | BYFAR | 5 | "You may be my lucky star / But I'm the luckiest ___" (Madonna lyric): 2 wds. |
| 40% | BLACKDOG | 8 | 52-Across song with the lyrics "At least I know that you are trying / But that's what makes it terrifying" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyrics "We can dance until we die / You and I, we'll be young forever" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | TEENAGEDREAM | 12 | Katy Perry hit single with the lyric "We can dance until we die / You and I, we'll be young forever" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ARE | 3 | I won't use it, but you will |
| 40% | SIR | 3 | "Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, ___?" ("Hamilton" lyric) |
| 40% | BURR | 4 | "Pardon me, are you Aaron ___, sir?" ("Hamilton" lyric) |
| 40% | JAMAICANMECRAZY | 15 | "Pardon me, are you from the Caribbean? Because ..." |
| 39% | USA | 3 | The land that was made for you and me |
| 39% | NOI | 3 | "___ won't be afraid" ("Stand by Me" lyric) |
| 39% | RUE | 3 | "You will ___ the day you crossed me!" (regret) |
| 39% | ELLA | 4 | I am referred to as the "Queen of Jazz" and I won fourteen Grammys |
| 39% | FORCE | 5 | "May the ___ be with you" ("Star Wars" quote) |