| 100% | NOONE | 5 | Who "knows what it's like to be the bad man," according to a 1971 hit by the Who |
| 71% | BEHINDBLUEEYES | 14 | 1971 hit from the Who that begins "No one knows what it's like to be the bad man" |
| 59% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 44% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, former member of the duo with Ike who is known for her solo hits like "What's Love Got To Do with It" and "Private Dancer" |
| 40% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 39% | OLIVIA | 6 | Laing who wrote “Everybody: A Book About Freedom,” which asks the reader to “imagine, for a minute, what it would be like to inhabit a body without fear” (April, 2021) |
| 38% | GAYE | 4 | Marvin ___, former member of Harvey and the New Moonglows who is known for his solo hits like "Let's Get It On" and "What's Going On" |
| 37% | ALOT | 4 | "It's Beginning to Look ___ Like Christmas," a hit song by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 37% | BEYONCE | 7 | Former member of Destiny's Child who is known for her solo hits like "Irreplaceable" and "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" |
| 36% | NATURE | 6 | It's "loved by what is best in us," according to Emerson |
| 36% | ORANGE | 6 | It is the New Black, according to a Netflix drama |
| 36% | LYRIC | 5 | "In the town where I was born / Lived a man who sailed to sea" is the first one in "Yellow Submarine," by the Beatles |
| 36% | JULIEHAGERTY | 12 | Actress who says "There's no reason to become alarmed ... By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?" in "Airplane!" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ORAL | 4 | Like a contract that's said to be "not worth the paper it's written on" |
| 35% | AGE | 3 | "It's a little-known fact that the tan became popular in what is known as the Bronze ___," quote by Cliff on "Cheers" |
| 35% | MALIBU | 6 | Hit song by American artist Miley Cyrus which depicts a city in California that is known for its celebrity homes and the sandy Zuma Beach |
| 35% | PITCH | 5 | It has the potential to be a hit |
| 35% | JUSTSAYNOME | 11 | Poor prompt to a friend who's been asked what the capital of Alaska is? |
| 35% | MEN | 3 | What "it's raining" in a classic dance hit by the Weather Girls |
| 35% | ARMSTRONG | 9 | American astronaut Neil, who is known to be the first man to walk on the moon |
| 34% | SHIP | 4 | What a fool might be using to cross the sea, according to a Grateful Dead song? |
| 34% | WINS | 4 | What he who dies with the most toys does, according to a bumper sticker |
| 34% | NED | 3 | Groundhog Day character who, according to a fan theory, is actually the devil |
| 34% | SEDATED | 7 | What the Ramones wanted to be in a 1978 hit song |
| 34% | HYMNAL | 6 | It's bound to be used by a congregant |
| 34% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 34% | TED | 3 | Williams who was the last MLB player to hit over .400 in a season |
| 34% | APR | 3 | It is the cruelest month according to T.S. Eliot, for short |
| 34% | CANOE | 5 | "The water races look so interesting. What is that kayak-like craft called? It's going to have a new extreme slalom!" |