| 100% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit |
| 94% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled out in an Aretha Franklin 1967 hit song |
| 58% | ONEBASE | 7 | What a walk in the ballpark will get you / (next line) It's spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit |
| 51% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled by Aretha Franklin in a classic song |
| 45% | YMCA | 4 | Community center spelled out in an interactive dance song |
| 44% | BANANAS | 7 | Word spelled out by Gwen Stefani in "Hollaback Girl" |
| 44% | LOLA | 4 | Name spelled out in a 1970 hit |
| 44% | LOLA | 4 | Name spelled out in a Kinks hit |
| 42% | LOLA | 4 | Girl's name spelled out in a 1970 hit |
| 42% | LOLA | 4 | Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hit |
| 42% | BANANAS | 7 | Fruits spelled out in a Gwen Stefani hit |
| 41% | NATURAL | 7 | Aretha Franklin made a hit out of A __ Woman |
| 40% | ALLAH | 5 | Word spelled starting with an alif in Arabic |
| 40% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | RESPECT | 7 | All Aretha Franklin was asking for in her 1967 hit |
| 39% | RESPECT | 7 | Word repeatedly spelled out by Franklin |
| 39% | ALSO | 4 | Word before an alternate spelling in a dictionary |
| 37% | RESPECT | 7 | Aretha Franklin hit |
| 37% | SOS | 3 | "Sending out an ___" (much-repeated line in a Police hit) |
| 37% | ILLBETHERE | 10 | Words after "Reach Out" in a #1 Four Tops hit |
| 37% | VENOM | 5 | "Inject the ___," 1981 song by AC/DC that spells out a word in the title |
| 36% | HOTTOGO | 7 | 2024 Chappell Roan hit spelled out in its chorus |
| 36% | JUMPTOIT | 8 | Aretha Franklin hit of 1982 |
| 36% | TRAPPED | 7 | Confined, like five letters in this puzzle that spell an apt word |
| 35% | THINK | 5 | Aretha Franklin hit single of 1968 |
| 35% | FREEWAYOFLOVE | 13 | 1985 Aretha Franklin hit |
| 35% | SPANISHHARLEM | 13 | 1971 Aretha Franklin hit |
| 35% | CHAINOFFOOLS | 12 | 1968 Aretha Franklin hit |
| 35% | MAMA | 4 | Who "said knock you out," in an LL Cool J hit |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit that is spelled out in dance |