| 100% | IWANTTOTAKE | 11 | With 38- and 67-Across, 1970 Sly & the Family Stone hit |
| 51% | ASTAR | 5 | "Everybody Is ___" (1970 Sly & the Family Stone hit) |
| 48% | BYE | 3 | With 38 and 39 Across, NSYNC hit of 2000 |
| 48% | MLADY | 5 | Sly and the Family Stone song title with the lyrics "A pretty face, a pretty face / Oh what a gorgeous mind" |
| 47% | GRAHAM | 6 | Larry ___, Sly and the Family Stone bassist credited with the invention of the slapping technique |
| 47% | FUNK | 4 | Sly and the Family Stone genre |
| 46% | LARRY | 5 | Sly and the Family Stone bassist Graham |
| 46% | DANCETOTHEMUSIC | 15 | First top-10 hit for Sly and the Family Stone |
| 44% | AGIN | 4 | Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf ___)" |
| 43% | AMES | 4 | Surname of brothers with 38 chart hits in the '40s and '50s |
| 43% | ALL | 3 | With 38- and 50-Across, 1967 Beatles hit |
| 43% | IVEGOT | 6 | With 38- and 46-Across, 1966 4 Seasons hit |
| 43% | JUSTTHEWAY | 10 | With 38- and 65-Across, 1977 Billy Joel hit |
| 43% | AFROS | 5 | Hairstyles of Sly and the Family Stone |
| 42% | HEWANTEDTO | 10 | With 38- and 62-Across, why the maharishi refused Novocain |
| 41% | LOLA | 4 | 1970 hit with the lyric "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls" |
| 41% | EDDY | 4 | Singer Grant with the 1980s hits "Electric Avenue" and "Romancing the Stone" |
| 41% | AFROS | 5 | Hair styles of Sly and the Family Stone |
| 40% | ILLBE | 5 | With 33-Across, #1 hit for the Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992): 2 wds. |
| 40% | ABC | 3 | 1970 hit with the lyrics “Easy as one, two, three” and “Simple as do, re, mi” |
| 40% | STAR | 4 | With 38-Across, like Romeo and Juliet ... and like the shaded words? |
| 40% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 39% | BEHIND | 6 | With 10- and 65-Across, 1971 hit by the Who |
| 39% | EXCUSEMEOFFICER | 15 | With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said |
| 38% | THE | 3 | With 1-Across, Woodstock group between Sly Stone and Jefferson Airplane |
| 38% | CARROLL | 7 | With 38-Across, "All in the Family" actor who played Archie Bunker |
| 38% | RIOT | 4 | Sly & the Family Stone's "There's a ___ Goin' On" |
| 38% | ABRIEF | 6 | With 38 and 47 Across, best-seller written by 24/49 Across |
| 38% | FOLDTHROUGHEACH | 15 | With 67- and 97-Across, second part of the instructions |
| 37% | SLY | 3 | ___ and the Family Stone |