| 100% | ISLANDSIN | 9 | With 45-Across, 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton: 2 wds. |
| 72% | WEVEGOT | 7 | With 34-Across, 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ISLANDSIN | 9 | "___ the Stream," a song by Kenny Rogers - whose birthday it is today - and Dolly Parton which reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ISLANDS | 7 | __ in the Stream; Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton hit |
| 37% | ISLANDS | 7 | Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers duet, __ in the Stream |
| 34% | WALKAWAYJOE | 11 | Top 10 duet by 33-Across and Don Henley with the lyrics "Such are the dreams of an average Jane / Ninety miles an hour down lovers' lane" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | STEELMAGNOLIAS | 14 | 1989 dramedy starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, and 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ABRIEF | 6 | With 28-Across and 41-Across, bestselling cosmology book by 14-Across/47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ILLBEGONE | 9 | 2019 duet by 47-Across and Mavis Staples (3 wds.) |
| 31% | ALLNIGHTLONG | 12 | 1983 No. 1 song by 44-Across with the lyrics "Well, my friends, the time has come / To raise the roof and have some fun" (3 wds.) |
| 30% | THEFIGHTER | 10 | 2016 Top 40 duet by Carrie Underwood and 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DEATHOFA | 8 | With 45-Across, best-known play written by Arthur Miller, born 100 years ago today: 3 wds. |
| 30% | FREDDYGOT | 9 | With 45-Across, Tom Green attended the 2002 Razzies to collect his awards for this film: 2 wds. |
| 29% | IWILL | 5 | Dolly Parton's "___ Always Love You": 2 wds. |
| 29% | LETSMAKELOVE | 12 | Duet by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, released in 2000, that won the couple a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals: 3 wds. |
| 29% | BUGSBUNNY | 9 | Looney Tunes character pursued by 28-Across and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | MRSMITH | 7 | Multi-Platinum album by 45-Across featuring the songs "Hey Lover" and Doin It" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LASTCHRISTMAS | 13 | 1984 holiday song with lead vocals by 45-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | IWILL | 5 | Dolly Parton's famous single, "___ Always Love You": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ISIT | 4 | "This ___," 1979 hit by Kenny Loggins: 2 wds. |
| 28% | UPTOWNFUNK | 10 | Song by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars with over 3.1 billion views on Youtube: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TIC | 3 | With 24- and 45-Across, game represented by this completed puzzle's grid |
| 28% | DOESHELOVEYOU | 13 | Grammy-winning song re-recorded by Dolly Parton and 43-Across for 18-Across (4 wds.) |
| 28% | THEYMIGHT | 9 | With 43-Across, alternative rock band led by John Flansburgh and John Linnell: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SILKSTOCKINGS | 13 | 1955 Broadway show with music and lyrics by 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HAKUNA | 6 | With 45-Down, Disney song written by Elton John and Tim Rice |
| 28% | FOOLS | 5 | "Every Time Two ___ Collide," 1978 studio album by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West that sold over a million copies |
| 28% | EBONYANDIVORY | 13 | Duet by Stevie Wonder and 47-Across that uses piano keys as a metaphor for racial harmony (3 wds.) |
| 28% | DONTBIGEMPTY | 12 | With 45 Across, a query put to Bob Hope in 1939's The Cat and the Canary |
| 27% | YOURWOMAN | 9 | "Touch ___," 1972 Dolly Parton song that was nominated for a Grammy: 2 wds. |