| 100% | ERNST | 5 | Young partner / (next line) It's spelled out in a Travis Tritt hit |
| 56% | IINSIST | 7 | Response to a polite refusal / (next line) It's spelled out in a Tammy Wynette hit |
| 48% | ONEBASE | 7 | What a walk in the ballpark will get you / (next line) It's spelled out in an Aretha Franklin 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 |
| 41% | LOLA | 4 | Name spelled out in a 1970 hit |
| 41% | LOLA | 4 | Name spelled out in a Kinks hit |
| 39% | BANANAS | 7 | Fruits spelled out in a Gwen Stefani hit |
| 36% | REEL | 4 | A line winds in and out of it |
| 34% | GLORIA | 6 | Woman's name spelled out in a Van Morrison song |
| 34% | LOLA | 4 | Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 Kinks song |
| 34% | HOTTOGO | 7 | 2024 Chappell Roan hit spelled out in its chorus |
| 34% | OHEMGEE | 7 | "No way!," spelled out in a text |
| 34% | BAM | 3 | It's a hit in the comics |
| 34% | BAM | 3 | It's a hit in comic books |
| 33% | GLORIA | 6 | Name spelled out in a Van Morrison song |
| 33% | YMCA | 4 | Locale spelled out in a Village People song |
| 33% | OOF | 3 | Sound spelled out in a 1962 Edward Ruscha painting |
| 32% | PINATA | 6 | It’s hit in a fiesta |
| 32% | MANSPLAIN | 9 | Unnecessarily spell out, in a way |
| 32% | RESPECT | 7 | Song title spelled out in its lyrics |
| 31% | SOS | 3 | Message spelled out in rocks on a beach |
| 31% | TIER | 4 | It may hang out in a sports stadium |
| 31% | RESPECT | 7 | Word spelled out in an Aretha Franklin 1967 hit song |
| 30% | THECOMMODORES | 13 | Naval-sounding band that performed a 1979 hit spelled out in this puzzle's "hits" |
| 30% | WHORL | 5 | It stands out in a print |
| 30% | OSCARMAYER | 10 | Food company whose name is spelled out in its advertising jingle |
| 30% | GTO | 3 | It's "really lookin' fine" in a 1964 hit |
| 30% | TUTU | 4 | It sticks out in a dance studio |
| 30% | ELTON | 5 | Aretha's partner in a 1989 pop hit |