| 100% | WHATSLOVE | 9 | With 14- and 16-Across, Tina Turner hit or the title of her 1993 biopic |
| 33% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down |
| 33% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | No. 1 hit that inspired the title of the Oscar-winning biopic about 40-Across and June Carter (4 wds.) |
| 33% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 32% | ZIP | 3 | With 14-Across, five or nine digits at the end of a snail mail address |
| 32% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | Singer who spells out the title of her 1967 hit "Respect": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | Singer who spells out the title of her 2019 hit "NASA": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DANCEMONKEY | 11 | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BUTDOCTOR | 9 | With 14 and 19 Across, punchline of a joke about a clown |
| 32% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 32% | NINE | 4 | See 14 Across ... or the number of interconnected Monday puzzles before this one, starting with 3/15 |
| 32% | WEDONTTRUSTYOU | 14 | 2024 Future hit that's the title track of the album featuring 16-, 20-, 45-, and 54-Across: 4 wds. |
| 31% | SKIPPING | 8 | With 59-Across, lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid |
| 31% | ONE | 3 | Number that's the title of hit songs by Metallica and U2 |
| 31% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 31% | QUEENLATIFAH | 12 | Singer who spells out the title of her 1994 hit "U.N.I.T.Y.": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ZAKIYA | 6 | With 15 and 16 Across, writer with the 2021 debut novel "The Other Black Girl" |
| 31% | BYE | 3 | With 38 and 39 Across, NSYNC hit of 2000 |
| 30% | FWDEKLERK | 9 | Predecessor of 36-Across and sharer with him of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 30% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | 2023 album by 28-Across with the hit singles "Mine" and "Favorite Kind of High" |
| 30% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 30% | IMALIVE | 7 | Title of hits for Neil Diamond, Celine Dion and the Electric Light Orchestra |
| 30% | HEART | 5 | With 5-Down and 16-Across, 1993 Nirvana hit that also describes this puzzle |
| 30% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TOHELLWITHIT | 12 | 2021 mixtape by 16-Across that with the hit singles "Just for Me," "Pain," "Passion," and 26-Across (4 wds.) |
| 29% | PRIVATEDANCER | 13 | 1984 song by Tina Turner from her album of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ACID | 4 | "___ Queen," 1975 song cover by Tina Turner from her album of the same name |
| 29% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | 1956 hit single by 39-Across adapted as the title of an Oscar-winning biopic about 39-Across and June Carter (4 wds.) |
| 29% | VINCENT | 7 | With 16-Across, Post-Impressionist painter of "Sunflowers" and "The Starry Night" |
| 29% | BANANA | 6 | With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle |