| 100% | QUARTERTO | 9 | With 16-Across, title time in a 1961 #1 hit by Gary U.S. Bonds |
| 39% | HAVANA | 6 | Title city in a 2017 #1 hit by Camila Cabello |
| 37% | STAND | 5 | With 35-Across, 1961 solo hit by Ben E. King featured in a 1986 movie |
| 36% | BYE | 3 | Title word sung 52 times in a 2000 hit by 'N Sync |
| 36% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 35% | PLEASEMRPOSTMAN | 15 | 1961 No. 1 hit by the Marvelettes with the lyric “Is there a letter, a letter for me?” |
| 35% | YAS | 3 | Title syllables in a 1961 Lee Dorsey hit |
| 35% | MARYLOU | 7 | Title girl in a 1961 Ricky Nelson hit |
| 35% | ROD | 3 | Rocker Stewart with 16 Top 10 hits in the U.S. |
| 35% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 35% | TOMORROW | 8 | 2022 hit by 16-Across with a popular remix featuring Cardi B |
| 34% | PARTY | 5 | "___ in the U.S.A," hit song by Miley Cyrus from her album "The Time of Our Lives" |
| 34% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a No. 1 song by the Knack |
| 33% | JOANN | 5 | Title girl in a 1958 hit by the Playmates |
| 33% | ELENORE | 7 | Title girl in a 1968 hit by the Turtles |
| 33% | STATEMAP | 8 | Page in a U.S. 1-Across |
| 33% | MIDNIGHTHOUR | 12 | Time in the title of a 1965 Wilson Pickett hit |
| 33% | RHIANNON | 8 | Title woman in a 1976 hit single by Fleetwood Mac |
| 33% | EILEEN | 6 | Title woman in a hit song by Dexys Midnight Runners |
| 32% | BERNADETTE | 10 | Title woman in a 1967 hit single by the Four Tops |
| 32% | SADIE | 5 | Title woman in a 1975 R&B hit by the Spinners |
| 32% | RAMADING | 8 | *1957 hit by the Edsels with a nonsense title |
| 32% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PEGGYSUE | 8 | Title woman in a 1957 hit single by Buddy Holly: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BENEKING | 8 | Singer who had a 1961 hit with Stand By Me |
| 32% | SLOOPY | 6 | Title name in a 1965 #1 hit |
| 32% | ELPASO | 6 | Title city in a 1960 #1 hit |
| 32% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a 1979 #1 hit |
| 32% | SLOOPY | 6 | Title girl in a 1965 #1 hit |
| 32% | MANDY | 5 | Title woman in a 1975 #1 hit |