| WILDHORSES | Hit single from 31-Across with the lyric "we'll ride them someday": 2 wds. |
| BROWNSUGAR | #1 hit single from 31-Across with controversial lyrics: 2 wds. |
| SCHOOLSOUT | 1972 Alice Cooper hit with the lyric "Well, we got no class" |
| HOUNDDOG | Big Mama Thornton hit with the lyric "Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit" |
| LEARNINGTOFLY | 1991 hit for Tom Petty and the 15-Across with the lyric "But I ain't got wings": 3 wds. |
| COLDDECEMBER | 2022 Rod Wave hit that's optimistic about finding love someday: 2 wds. |
| IHOPE | ___ to see you again someday: 2 wds. |
| HARGITAY | She is Detective Olivia Benson on 31 Across (with 4 Down) |
| CORNPOPPER | 31-Across with a dome full of colorful balls |
| DONTBELIEVEAWORD | 1977 Thin Lizzy hit single from the album Johnny the Fox |
| FOREVER | 1979 Neil Diamond hit single from the album You Don't Bring Me Flowers (7,2,4,5) |
| INBLUEJEANS | 1979 Neil Diamond hit single from the album You Don't Bring Me Flowers (7,2,4,5) |
| RAPIDS | One can shoot them or ride them |
| ROOMBAS | Robot vacuums (cats ride them on the internet!) |
| HOLLOWMEN | 3's work changes slightly from 31 October (6,3) |
| GAGA | Radio -- --, Queen hit single from 1984 (2,2) |
| KISSED | Katy Perry breakout hit single from her second album One of the Boys, I ___ a Girl (6) |
| CANTSTOP | Justin Timberlake's hit single from Trolls, ___ the Feeling! (3'1,4) |
| NEED | The Beatles hit single from 1967, All You ---- Is Love (4) |
| DREAMER | Hit single from Supertramp's 1974 album Crime of the Century |