| 100% | STAND | 5 | With 89-Down, 1968 Tammy Wynette hit? |
| 48% | TIL | 3 | Tammy Wynette hit "___ I Get It Right" |
| 41% | ARETHANOW | 9 | 1968 soul album with the hit "Think" |
| 40% | PRODUCERS | 9 | 1968 film or 2001 Broadway hit, with "The" |
| 40% | ZORBA | 5 | 1968 hit musical with the song "Life Is" |
| 40% | ARLO | 4 | 1968 album with the song "John Looked Down" |
| 40% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | Group with the 1968 hit "Hush" |
| 40% | LET | 3 | With 89-Down, a casino cry |
| 39% | IINSIST | 7 | Response to a polite refusal / (next line) It's spelled out in a Tammy Wynette hit |
| 39% | ARETHA | 6 | Singer with the 1968 hit "Think," familiarly |
| 38% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Singer with the 1980 #1 hit "Upside Down" |
| 38% | NORMAN | 6 | With 89-Down, historic part of NW Europe |
| 37% | SAM | 3 | With 89-Down, a past Senator from North Carolina |
| 37% | BEEB | 4 | 89-Down nickname, with "the" |
| 37% | ELO | 3 | Grp. with the 1979 hit "Don't Bring Me Down" |
| 37% | ALABAMA | 7 | Geographically named band with the 1982 hit "Take Me Down" |
| 37% | STEPPENWOLF | 11 | Rock band with the 1968 hit "Born to Be Wild" |
| 36% | JUMPINJACKFLASH | 15 | 1968 hit with the line "I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag" |
| 36% | EVERYMOTHERSSON | 15 | Group with the 1967 hit "Come On Down to My Boat" |
| 36% | DION | 4 | One-named singer with the 1968 hit "Abraham, Martin and John" |
| 36% | THEDOORS | 8 | Band with the 1968 hit "Hello, I Love You": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAMMA | 5 | With 33-Down, ABBA hit |
| 35% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1979 hit "Don't Bring Me Down," for short |
| 35% | YOU | 3 | With 10-Down, 1983 Lionel Richie hit |
| 35% | LES | 3 | With 79-Down, a B'way hit |
| 35% | YOU | 3 | With 115-Down, 1983 Lionel Richie hit |
| 35% | ITS | 3 | With 11-Down, 1970 Perry Como hit |
| 35% | TOP | 3 | With 51-Down, a hit list? |
| 35% | YOUNGGIRL | 9 | 1968 #2 hit with the lyric "My love for you is way out of line" |
| 35% | OPENSESAME | 10 | Kool & the Gang hit with the repeated line, "Get down with the genie" |