| 100% | MYSOURCESSAYNO | 14 | "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" |
| 94% | WITHOUTADOUBT | 13 | Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" |
| 92% | ASKAGAINLATER | 13 | I repeat: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" |
| 71% | YES | 3 | Desired reply to "Will you go to prom with me?" |
| 65% | YES | 3 | Hoped-for answer to “Will you go to prom with me?” |
| 57% | PROM | 4 | "Will you go to ___ with me?" (senior's request) |
| 54% | MET | 3 | "As I was going to St. Ives, I ___ a man with seven wives ..." |
| 54% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St ___, I met a man with seven wives" |
| 52% | PROM | 4 | "Will you go to ___ with me?" (event with limos, dances and plenty of awkwardness to go around) |
| 48% | OLDME | 5 | Who I used to be, with "the" |
| 47% | IAMSODEAD | 9 | "My parents are going to kill me!" |
| 47% | IWONTBACKDOWN | 13 | 1989 song that "Stay With Me" was found to be similar to: 4 wds. |
| 46% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St. _____..." |
| 46% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St. ___ ..." |
| 46% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St. ___ …" |
| 46% | IFNOT | 5 | "___ you, I will take someone else to the prom": 2 wds. |
| 45% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St. __É" |
| 45% | CHARLENE | 8 | Singer with a one hit wonder I've Never Been to Me |
| 45% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 45% | FOREIGNER | 9 | Rock band with 80s hit I Want To Know What Love Is |
| 45% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St. ___ ..." (nursery rhyme) |
| 44% | OSCAR | 5 | (With 13-Across) "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go" |
| 44% | AVENGE | 6 | "When I am dead and gone, remember to ___ me ...": "Henry VI, Part I" |
| 44% | META | 4 | "As I was going to St. Ives, I __É" |
| 44% | MET | 3 | "As I was going to St. Ives, I __É" |
| 44% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St. ___ ..." (English nursery rhyme) |
| 44% | TAKEME | 6 | "I want to go with you!" |
| 43% | MIND | 4 | "I was going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my ___!" |
| 43% | SENIORYEAR | 10 | When many students go to prom |
| 43% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | Ivy Leaguer (he went to Penn) with the 2014 #1 hit "All of Me": 2 wds. |