| 100% | TAKEBACK | 8 | With 32-Across, 2013 Justin Timberlake song influenced by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CANTSTOP | 8 | With 21-Across, 2016 Justin Timberlake song that was the 26th ever to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CRYMEARIVER | 11 | Justin Timberlake's song which was inspired by his earlier relationship with singer Britney Spears: 4 wds. |
| 39% | WHEELOF | 7 | With 32-Across, game show currently hosted by Pat Sajak: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WORKIT | 6 | Song by Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake: 2 wds. |
| 38% | THISIS | 6 | With 32-Across, 2013 movie about actors trapped at James Franco's house during the apocalypse: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson hit song with the lyric "No one wants to be defeated" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BEATIT | 6 | Michael Jackson song whose title means "Get lost!": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SAYSOMETHING | 12 | 2018 Justin Timberlake hit with an "S.S." title: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EATIT | 5 | 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic parody of a Michael Jackson song: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | 1983 Michael Jackson song that inspired a moonwalk dance craze: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JUSTGIVE | 8 | With 23-Across, 2013 Pink song that reached #1: 2 wds. |
| 34% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in "Seinfeld", who is 32-Across's neighbor and is often called a "hipster doofus": 2 wds. |
| 33% | MEA | 3 | "Cry ___ River" (Justin Timberlake song): 2 wds. |
| 33% | MEA | 3 | "Cry ___ River" (song by Justin Timberlake): 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALLALONGTHE | 11 | With 32-Across, song by 56-Across |
| 33% | THEGIRLISMINE | 13 | 1982 single sung by Michael Jackson and 15-Across: 4 wds. |
| 33% | TKO | 3 | 2013 Justin Timberlake song named for a boxing term |
| 32% | THEWIRE | 7 | 2013 rock song by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | YOURS | 5 | With 32-Across, 2013 album by 18-Across with the hit single "The Way" |
| 32% | IMBAD | 5 | Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit song (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ORANGEIS | 8 | With 32- and 35-Across, Netflix original series starring Taylor Schilling: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LIFEIN | 6 | With 32-Across, CBS sitcom with the tagline "Family. Some assembly required": 2 wds. |
| 31% | LATOYA | 6 | Sister of Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 31% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 31% | SUITANDTIE | 10 | Single performed by Justin Timberlake at the 2013 Grammys: 3 wds. |
| 31% | SAYSOMETHING | 12 | 2018 top 10 hit for Justin Timberlake, or a 2013 top 10 hit for A Great Big World: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SEEYOU | 6 | With 32-Across, 2015 Wiz Khalifa hit written for "Furious 7": 2 wds. |
| 30% | WILLIE | 6 | With 32-Across, country legend who sang "On the Road Again": 2 wds. |