| 100% | LOEWE | 5 | "Why Can't the English?" composer |
| 56% | TELL | 4 | "I can't ___ you why" ("I don't know the reason") |
| 55% | ELGAR | 5 | English composer of the symphonic study "Falstaff" |
| 55% | GUSTAVHOLST | 11 | English composer of the opera "The Perfect Fool" |
| 53% | HOLST | 5 | Gustav —, English composer of The Planets suite |
| 51% | DOING | 5 | "Everybody Else Is ___ It, So Why Can't We?" (The Cranberries album) |
| 51% | ARNE | 4 | Thomas ___, an English composer known for the song "Rule, Britannia" |
| 50% | RUST | 4 | Why the Tin Woodman requested his oil can |
| 50% | CARDEW | 6 | Cornelius —, English composer; co-founder of the Scratch Orchestra in 1969 |
| 49% | TURNOVERONDOWNS | 15 | Why the breakfasting crossworder could only read Across clues? |
| 48% | OFFENBACH | 9 | Jacques __, French-German composer of the Can-Can |
| 47% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer formerly on the English £20 note |
| 47% | ETHANOL | 7 | What the first Model T's could run on |
| 47% | HOLST | 5 | English composer Gustav known for "The Planets" |
| 47% | DADJOKE | 7 | "Why can't you take a test in the jungle? Too many cheetahs!" e.g. |
| 47% | PARRY | 5 | Hubert —, English composer best known for his setting of the William Blake poem Jerusalem |
| 47% | SAGS | 4 | Can't stand the weight |
| 47% | TELL | 4 | "I can't ___ the difference" |
| 47% | FADES | 5 | Can't hold the lead |
| 46% | DENY | 4 | "You can't ___ the truth" (refute) |
| 46% | DREADS | 6 | Can't stand the idea of |
| 45% | LIZ | 3 | ___ Phair with the 2003 tune "Why Can't I?" |
| 45% | TREES | 5 | Can't see the forest for the __ |
| 45% | FOREST | 6 | Can't see the __ for the trees |
| 45% | TREES | 5 | Can't see the forest for the ___ |
| 45% | ABARN | 5 | Can't hit the broad side of ___ |
| 45% | ISOUT | 5 | Can't be found at the office |
| 45% | SEE | 3 | "I can't ___ why not!" |
| 44% | SEE | 3 | "You can't ___ the forest for the trees" |
| 44% | SEE | 3 | "They can't ___ the forest for the trees" |