| 100% | JANIE | 5 | Who's "got a gun" in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| 78% | JANIE | 5 | Title girl with a gun in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| 57% | JANIE | 5 | Girl with a gun in an Aerosmith hit |
| 55% | GOT | 3 | "Janie's ___ a Gun" (1989 Aerosmith hit) |
| 55% | ELTON | 5 | Aretha's partner in a 1989 pop hit |
| 55% | SHAWTY | 6 | Who got "low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low" in a Flo Rida hit |
| 51% | WALDO | 5 | Guy who's always getting lost in a book? |
| 51% | GUN | 3 | Aerosmith hit song "Janie's Got a ___" |
| 51% | NOONE | 5 | Who can get in the way of what Alicia Keys feels for you, in a 2007 hit |
| 50% | JESSE | 5 | Heartbreaker who's "back in town" in a 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 49% | NOONE | 5 | Who "can get in the way of what I feel for you," in a 2007 #1 Alicia Keys hit |
| 49% | TARAJIPHENSON | 13 | "Empire" actress who's getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2018: 3 wds. |
| 49% | BASS | 4 | Singer who rarely gets the melody in a choir |
| 48% | ERICMCCORMACK | 13 | "Will & Grace" actor who's getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RADIOSTAR | 9 | Whom "video killed," in a 1979 hit |
| 47% | ALFIE | 5 | To whom Dionne Warwick asked "What's it all about?" in a 1967 hit |
| 47% | SHERYLLEERALPH | 14 | "Abbott Elementary" actress who's getting a Television star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024: 3 wds. |
| 47% | JANIE | 5 | Girl with a gun, in an Aerosmith song |
| 47% | AGUN | 4 | "Janie's Got ___" (1989 Aerosmith hit) |
| 46% | DOOLITTLE | 9 | Eliza who got a makeover in My Fair Lady |
| 46% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to get a hit, in baseball |
| 46% | ETHEL | 5 | Singer Merman who played the first Annie in Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 46% | DESIREE | 7 | Title woman who "made it right" in a Neil Diamond hit song |
| 45% | PAPA | 4 | Who is told "don't preach," in a Madonna hit |
| 45% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to get a hit, in baseball (Hyph.) |
| 45% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | One who gets the worm, in a saying |
| 45% | ETHEL | 5 | Singer Merman who originated the role of Annie in Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 45% | JOSIE | 5 | Title woman in a 1977 Steely Dan hit who's "the pride of the neighborhood" |
| 45% | BOTTLE | 6 | Spin the ___, fun party game that decides who should get a dare in every turn |
| 45% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |