| 100% | WILL | 4 | "___ You Love Me Tomorrow," question posed by the Shirelles in a 1961 single |
| 51% | HOW | 3 | "___ Deep Is Your Love," question posed by the Bee Gees in a 1977 single |
| 45% | WHERE | 5 | "___ Is the Love?" question posed by the Black Eyed Peas in a 2003 song |
| 43% | BELIEVE | 7 | "Do You ___ in Magic," question posed by the Lovin' Spoonful in a 1965 song |
| 40% | HAVE | 4 | "___ You Ever Seen the Rain," question posed by Creedence Clearwater Revival in a 1971 song |
| 40% | BEACH | 5 | With 32-Across, 2022 single by 49-Across with the lyrics "I've got a weekend in paradise / And I'm probably gonna never call you" |
| 37% | PETERFRAMPTON | 13 | "I'm in You" singer with the hit single "Baby, I Love Your Way": 2 wds. |
| 37% | TONIGHT | 7 | "Can You Feel the Love ___," a hit by Elton John, featured in "The Lion King" |
| 37% | CAN | 3 | "___ You Ever Forgive Me?" 2018 biographical comedy-mystery starring Melissa McCarthy, with a question in the title |
| 36% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song with the lyric “Like a fool, I fell in love with you” |
| 35% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 35% | WHATS | 5 | "___ Up?" questioned posed by 4 Non Blondes in a 1993 song |
| 35% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" singer nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SHIRELLES | 9 | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" group, with "the" |
| 34% | LIKE | 4 | "___ I ran over its dog," quote said by Norm on "Cheers" as a response to the question "How's life treating you, Norm?" |
| 34% | LIABILITY | 9 | Single by 53-Across on 45-Across with the lyric "You're a little much for me" |
| 33% | BERNADETTE | 10 | Title woman in a 1967 hit single by the Four Tops |
| 33% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 33% | HAT | 3 | ___ trick (three hockey goals scored by the same player in a single game) |
| 33% | GERMAN | 6 | I'm in Love With a __ Film Star, sang the Passions |
| 32% | SHIRELLES | 9 | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" singers |
| 32% | ASK | 3 | "I sort of hate to ___ it, but do you have a basket?" (rhyming question from Little Red in "Into the Woods") |
| 32% | FRIDAY | 6 | Song by UK rock band The Cure, __ I'm in Love |
| 32% | FROST | 5 | "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by" poet |
| 31% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest single whose title question is repeatedly answered in the affirmative |
| 31% | ANT | 3 | Insect briefly ridden by a character in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
| 31% | LOVEFORSALE | 11 | 2021 collaborative album with the single "I Get a Kick Out of You" by Lady Gaga and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 31% | SHIRELLES | 9 | The __, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow girl group |
| 31% | OKAY | 4 | Fine by me, in a single word |
| 31% | FREEDOM | 7 | A hit song by Pharrell Williams that was used in the film "Despicable Me 3" |