| 100% | WHAT | 4 | With 34-Across, question in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 60% | BIRD | 4 | Animal that goes "tweet" in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 60% | COW | 3 | Animal that goes "moo" in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 60% | FROG | 4 | Animal that goes "croak" in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 60% | DOG | 3 | Animal that goes "woof" in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 58% | WHEREOHWHEREHAS | 15 | With 62-Across, question in a children's song |
| 57% | SEAL | 4 | Animal that goes "ow ow ow ow ow" in a 2013 Ylvis song |
| 49% | GOES | 4 | With 34-Across, protests peacefully, in a way |
| 49% | WORKINGHARDOR | 13 | With 47 Across, facetious question to someone putting in a shift |
| 48% | BEYONCE | 7 | Singer who appeared in a Pepsi commercial with her song "Grown Woman" in 2013 |
| 48% | TRUMPETS | 8 | 2013 song by Jason Derulo with a brass instrument in its title |
| 47% | LADY | 4 | With 34-Across, nominee for the Best Actress and Best Original Song Oscars for her work in "A Star Is Born" |
| 46% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 45% | BILLIE | 6 | With 34-Across, "Bad Guy" singer who won a Best New Artist Grammy in 2020 |
| 45% | PEANUT | 6 | With 34 Across, seller of small snacks in shells |
| 45% | EVEN | 4 | With 34-Across, 50-50 chance ... or a hint to answering six equations in this puzzle |
| 45% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 44% | RAPGOD | 6 | What Eminem calls himself in a 2013 song |
| 44% | HARVEY | 6 | With 34-Across, "Reservoir Dogs" actor who served as a Marine in Lebanon during Operation Blue Bat |
| 44% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 43% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 43% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 43% | CHIA | 4 | With 65 Across, morsel in a smoothie |
| 42% | SECOND | 6 | With 34-Across, subtitle of the fall 2015 season of 16-Across (each contestant was eliminated in a previous season) |
| 42% | EBB | 3 | With 15-Across, 1953 song that was a hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965 |
| 41% | GOODSHIP | 8 | With 44-Across, boat in a song by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 41% | SINGALONG | 9 | Join in with a song |
| 41% | THESQUEAKYWHEEL | 15 | With 34-Across, a proverb |
| 41% | JIMMY | 5 | With 34-Across, "L.A. Law" actor who plays Kevin Rosario in 18-Across |