| 100% | HAKUNA | 6 | With 30-Across, 1994 "The Lion King" song with Swahili lyrics |
| 56% | MATATA | 6 | Hakuna __, Lion King song with Tim Rice lyrics |
| 55% | BEENLIKETHIS | 12 | 30-Across and T-Pain hit song with the lyric "That type of boom-boom, that bass" (3 wds.) |
| 53% | LIPSAREMOVIN | 12 | 30-Across hit song with the lyric "Talking 'round in circles with your tongue" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the lyric "Louder than a lion" |
| 50% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the lyric "Louder, louder than a lion" |
| 47% | DARLINGNIKKI | 12 | Song with controversial lyrics on the album 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SCAR | 4 | "The Lion King" antagonist with a cut across his eye |
| 46% | GEYSER | 6 | 15-Across song with the lyric "Feel it bubbling from below" |
| 45% | ROBERT | 6 | With 30-Across, singer with the 1986 #1 song “Addicted to Love" |
| 45% | DISNEY | 6 | The Lion King, 1994 __ animated film |
| 44% | MEASUREOFAMAN | 13 | 52-Across song with the lyric "Would he run through fire?": 4 wds. |
| 44% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "Where they play the right music, getting in the swing / You come to look for a king" |
| 44% | AGAINST | 7 | With 46-Across, song containing the lyric in this puzzle |
| 44% | WHIPIT | 6 | Song with the lyrics "Go forward! Move ahead!" |
| 44% | ALOHAOE | 7 | Song with the lyric "Until we meet again" |
| 44% | MOON | 4 | With 6-Across, classic song with the lyric "Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way" |
| 43% | INVISIBLE | 9 | 52-Across song with the lyric "Then I could just watch you in your room" |
| 43% | GREENEYES | 9 | 52-Across song with the lyric "You gotta trust how you feel inside" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | AMERICA | 7 | Song with the lyric "My heart with rapture thrills" |
| 43% | ALOHAOE | 7 | Song with the lyric "A loko e hana nei" |
| 43% | SANTAAY | 7 | Song with the lyric "Been an awful good girl" |
| 43% | MRROBOTO | 8 | 1983 song with the lyric "Machines dehumanize" |
| 43% | CRAZY | 5 | With 35-Across, multiplatinum 14-Across song with the lyric "I'm going off the rails" |
| 43% | CAROLINE | 8 | 52-Across song with the lyrics "I saw something inside her break / Everybody knows the feeling" |
| 43% | SOS | 3 | 49-Across song with the lyric "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" |
| 42% | AMERICA | 7 | Song with the lyrics "God shed his grace on thee" |
| 42% | ARRIVEDERCIROMA | 15 | Song with the lyric "City of a million warm embraces" |
| 42% | HAILTOTHECHIEF | 14 | Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all" |
| 42% | LAVIEENROSE | 11 | Song with the lyric "When you kiss me heaven sighs" |