| 100% | NOTWHILE | 8 | With 24-Across, song from 18-Across |
| 68% | DONTCRYFOR | 10 | With 115 Across, song from a WAC musical? |
| 65% | BEING | 5 | With 69-Across, song from 20-Across |
| 64% | BREVITYIS | 9 | With 24 and 15 Across, quote from "Hamlet" |
| 63% | SOMETHING | 9 | With 27-Down, song from 36-Across |
| 57% | PROTESTANT | 10 | With 24-Across, movement resulting from the "Ninety-Five Theses" |
| 56% | MYHEART | 7 | With 37-Across, #1 song from "56-Down" |
| 56% | JUNEIS | 6 | With 4 Down, 26 Across, and 18 Down, "Carousel" song famously slaughtered by Leslie Uggams |
| 55% | WEDONTTALK | 10 | With 36-Across, song from 16-Across that hit #1 on the Billboard charts: 3 wds. |
| 54% | EARTHIN | 7 | With 24 Across, 1992 best-seller |
| 54% | ERROR | 5 | With 24 Across, quality control concern |
| 54% | HELP | 4 | Title song from a 1965 film starring 18-Across |
| 54% | FALL | 4 | With 18-Across, it's all downhill from here |
| 53% | CAYMAN | 6 | Columbus's 1503 discovery, with 24 Across |
| 53% | STAIRWAY | 8 | With 27-Down, song involved in the 18-Across lawsuit |
| 53% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 24 Across, slogan of The Three Musketeers |
| 52% | KARA | 4 | With 24 Across, artist known for her silhouette work |
| 51% | EINERECLINER | 12 | With 117 Across, songs to relax by? |
| 51% | HELLO | 5 | Song from 50-Across's "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |
| 51% | NONEOFTHEMIS | 12 | With 62-Across, surprising fact about 18-, 24-, 33- and 41-Across |
| 51% | JEANIEWITH | 10 | With 99 Across, song about a carnival attraction? |
| 50% | GEYSER | 6 | 15-Across song with the lyric "Feel it bubbling from below" |
| 50% | GEORGE | 6 | With 24 Across, loser of the first really serious pie fight? |
| 50% | CONTENT | 7 | With 18 Across, many an internet celebrity |
| 50% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 50% | BUTTONS | 7 | With 43 Across, Oscar song for 1947 |
| 49% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 49% | FORYOUBLUE | 10 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "I feel it now, I hope you feel it too" (3 wds.) |
| 49% | SOLONG | 6 | With 20 Across, "The Sound of Music" song |
| 49% | TIMEWARP | 8 | Song with a specific dance from Rocky Horror |