| 100% | KARATECHOP | 10 | What's a big hit with the school board? |
| 50% | AMILLI | 6 | 2008 Lil Wayne hit with the lyric "Okay, you're a goon, but what's a goon to a goblin?" |
| 47% | STICK | 5 | What you hit the ball with during a hockey game? |
| 47% | BAT | 3 | What you hit the ball with during a baseball game? |
| 47% | CLUB | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a golf match? |
| 47% | HAND | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a volleyball match? |
| 46% | CUE | 3 | What you hit the white ball with during a billiards game? |
| 46% | OSU | 3 | Rhythm game that shares its name with the abbreviation for a Big 10 school |
| 45% | GETHERE | 7 | Oleta Adams hit with the lyrics “You can make it in a big balloon / But you better make it soon” |
| 45% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 44% | BALLOFCONFUSION | 15 | 1970 Temptations hit with the subtitle "That's What the World Is Today" |
| 43% | CANVAS | 6 | With "the," what a boxer doesn't want to hit? |
| 43% | HANSON | 6 | US pop trio brothers had a big hit with MMMBop |
| 43% | AGUILERA | 8 | Christina with the hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Beautiful" |
| 43% | BANKSY | 6 | Anonymous graffiti artist who wrote, “A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with” |
| 43% | FREEFALLIN | 10 | Tom Petty hit with the opening line "She's a good girl, loves her mama" |
| 43% | LEBOWSKI | 8 | The Big __, a Coen's movie with Jeff Bridges |
| 42% | TASE | 4 | Hit with a big charge |
| 42% | TASES | 5 | Hits with a big charge |
| 42% | DIDO | 4 | One-named singer who had a big hit with "Thank You" in 2001 |
| 42% | JAWS | 4 | 1975 hit movie with the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat" |
| 41% | REM | 3 | Band that had a hit with "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" |
| 41% | IRONIC | 6 | 1996 hit with the lyric "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" |
| 41% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry hit with the lyric "Louder than a lion" |
| 41% | LONERANGER | 10 | ABC-TV's first big hit, with "The" |
| 41% | FLICK | 5 | Hit with a quick jerk of the finger |
| 40% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry hit with the lyric "Louder, louder than a lion" |
| 40% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | 1950s #1 hit with the repeated lyric "Bring me a dream" |
| 40% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry hit with the lyric “louder, louder than a lion” |
| 40% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country music band with the hit "Mountain Music" who share a name with Montgomery's state |