| 100% | LAVIE | 5 | With 6-Down, signature song for Edith Piaf |
| 51% | LAVIEENROSE | 11 | Edith Piaf's signature song |
| 49% | VIE | 3 | Edith Piaf's signature song, "La ___ en rose" |
| 46% | GAME | 4 | With 6-Down, "Jeopardy!," for example |
| 43% | HEIDI | 5 | With 6-Down, supermodel whose legs are insured for $2 million |
| 42% | UCANTTOUCHTHIS | 14 | Signature song for MC Hammer |
| 42% | DAYO | 4 | Signature song for Harry Belafonte |
| 42% | BLUEBAYOU | 9 | Signature song for Linda Ronstadt |
| 42% | CABARET | 7 | Milieu for Edith Piaf |
| 41% | ARAL | 4 | With 6 Down, almost-gone water |
| 41% | CHANSON | 7 | Song for Piaf |
| 40% | CHANTEUSE | 9 | Edith Piaf, for one |
| 39% | STRAY | 5 | "___ Cat Strut" (hit song with the lyric "I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight") |
| 38% | LAVIE | 5 | "__ en Rose": Edith Piaf song |
| 37% | USER | 4 | With 6-Across, cause for many IT headaches |
| 37% | FINAL | 5 | With 6-Across, semester-ending events for college students |
| 36% | PAPER | 5 | With 6-Across, online symbols for attachments |
| 36% | WEAK | 4 | With 6-Across, slangy term for something unimpressive |
| 36% | BALI | 4 | With 36 Down, ''South Pacific'' song |
| 36% | PAY | 3 | With 47 Down, scales for staff |
| 36% | ITS | 3 | With 6-Down, "Curious ..." |
| 36% | ATONE | 5 | With 6-Down, expiate |
| 36% | WHAT | 4 | With 6-Down, "And?" |
| 36% | THE | 3 | With 6-Down, indistinguishable |
| 36% | FOR | 3 | With 6-Down, temporarily |
| 35% | FOOT | 4 | With 6- and 8-Across, entry that allows for later success |
| 35% | LOUIELOUIE | 10 | *Hit song for the Kingsmen with famously unintelligible lyrics |
| 35% | LEASE | 5 | With 26 Down, income for some developers |
| 35% | ALOE | 4 | With 24 Down, application for summer camp |
| 35% | BAD | 3 | With 7-Down, Billie Eilish hit that won the 2020 Grammy for Song of the Year |