| OYECOMOVAULT | Santana hit based on a bank? |
| KINGTUT | 1978 novelty hit based on a historical person |
| MATILDA | Broadway hit based on a Roald Dahl book |
| SPAMALOT | 2005 Broadway hit based on a 1974 film |
| AIDA | 2000 Broadway hit based on a Verdi opera |
| DRAGON | 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary hit based on a poem by Leonard Lipton (4,3,5,6) |
| PUFFTHEMAGIC | 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary hit based on a poem by Leonard Lipton (4,3,5,6) |
| DAYO | Harry Belafonte hit based on a Jamaican work song about loading bananas onto ships all night |
| MACKTHEKNIFE | Bobby Darin hit based on a song from The Threepenny Opera (4,3,5) |
| JUMPMAN | Drake/Future hit based on the Michael Jordan logo |
| ITSNOWORNEVER | 1960 #1 Elvis hit based on "O sole mio": 4 wds. |
| RENT | Broadway hit based on |
| ITSNOWOR | Elvis hit based on the Italian song 'O sole mio, ___ Never |
| COTTONEYEJOE | 1994 Eurodance hit based on an old American folk song |
| FALLINGINLOVE | Elvis Presley hit based on an 18th century song by Martini, Can't Help ... (7,2,4) |
| MTA | 1959 hit based on the traditional folk song "The Wreck of the Old 97" |
| ITENDSWITHUS | 2024 box-office hit based on a Colleen Hoover novel ... whose title is a "spoiler" for 20-, 28-, 39-, and 47-Across |
| TELLER | Just say with a stutter who to still bank on in a bank? (6) |
| HOMEGROWN | Big hit based around grand individual is locally produced (4-5) |
| CAPER | Accountant with a job in a bank? (5) |
