| 100% | SANTA | 5 | With 44-Across, Eartha Kitt Christmas song with the line, "Hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 56% | SANTABABY | 9 | Ariana Grande/Liz Gillies holiday song with the lyrics "Hurry down the chimney tonight" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SANTABABY | 9 | Song whose subject is encouraged to "hurry down the chimney tonight" |
| 46% | CESTSIBON | 9 | Eartha Kitt song with the line “Quel espoir merveilleux” |
| 37% | SANTABABY | 9 | Eartha Kitt song with the lyric "Been an angel all year" |
| 37% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Song on the 50-Across album "25" with the line "Baby, don't let the lights go down" (3 wds.) |
| 37% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "Baby, don't let the lights go down" (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ONEDAYYOUWILL | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "But down the road the sun is shining / In every cloud, there's a silver lining" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | BOY | 3 | With 10 Across, Carly Rae Jepsen song with the line, "If you're gonna stay then stay, he's not gonna change anyway" |
| 36% | WATERLOO | 8 | 39-Down song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 34% | ROXANNE | 7 | 39-Across song with the line "You don't have to put on the red light" |
| 34% | HELLO | 5 | 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 34% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Traditional song with the line "Je te plumerai" |
| 34% | FELIZNAVIDAD | 12 | Christmas song with the lyric "Próspero año y felicidad" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SOS | 3 | Rihanna song with the line "Please someone help me" |
| 33% | HELLO | 5 | Song from 50-Across's "25" with the line "There's such a difference between us" |
| 33% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | Christmas song with the lyric "And heaven and nature sing" (4 wds.) |
| 33% | GLASSONION | 10 | Allusive Beatles song with the line “the Walrus was Paul” |
| 33% | SOS | 3 | 2006 Rihanna song with the line "Please someone help me" |
| 33% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé song with the line "I got my angel now" |
| 33% | ATLAST | 6 | Classic song with the line "My love has come along" |
| 33% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 33% | DECKTHEHALLS | 12 | Christmas song with the lyric "Don we now our gay apparel" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | SADEYES | 7 | 1979 #1 song with the chorus line "Turn the other way" |
| 33% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song with the line "Louder, louder than a lion" |
| 33% | ANGEL | 5 | Sarah McLachlan song with the line "Memories seep from my veins" |
| 33% | KARMA | 5 | Taylor Swift song with the line “It’s coming back around” |
| 33% | TOMORROWISALONG | 15 | With 69 Across, Bob Dylan song about the future |
| 32% | WATERLOO | 8 | ABBA song with the line "I was defeated, you won the war" |
| 32% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé Top 10 song with the line "I got my angel now" |