| 100% | BROWNEYES | 9 | About which it was asked "Why are you blue?," in a classic song |
| 51% | MAYBELLENE | 10 | Song by 17-Across in which he asks a girl, "Why can't you be true?" |
| 43% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Henry, steel-driving hero in American folklore whose story is told in a classic blues song |
| 43% | PEGOMYHEART | 11 | Classic song about an Irish lass that was a #1 hit in 1913 and 1947 |
| 42% | EVER | 4 | "If you're ___ in a jam, here I am" (first line of the classic song "Friendship") |
| 41% | WITHOUTME | 9 | A song by rapper Eminem - whose birthday it is today - which featured a video that parodied comics in general: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROSIE | 5 | WWII icon, or a Jackson Browne song which might have been banned if radio stations knew what it was about |
| 40% | LAREDO | 6 | Its streets are immortalized in a classic cowboy ballad |
| 40% | JACK | 4 | "Cracker ___," song by Dolly Parton which is about a dog with a spot around its eye |
| 38% | BELIEVE | 7 | "I ___ in You," hit song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 |
| 38% | CAB | 3 | In which you might be asked "Where to?" |
| 38% | UNDERWHERE | 10 | Question that one is tricked into asking, in a classic gag |
| 38% | HABANERO | 8 | Pepper named for a city in which it was widely traded |
| 38% | LOVE | 4 | "Let Me ___ You," song by DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber which was nominated for a Billboard Music Award in 2017 |
| 37% | GAELIC | 6 | In which "Ciamar a tha thu?" means "How are you?" |
| 37% | ROCKSTAR | 8 | Song about being in a band, sung by Post Malone |
| 37% | WHERESTHEFIRE | 13 | "Why are you in such a hurry?" |
| 37% | SOSOON | 6 | "Why are you in such a rush?" |
| 37% | MILNE | 5 | Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal" |
| 37% | RBG | 3 | Initials of the person who said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 37% | BUDABBOTT | 9 | Comedian in a classic sketch who is asked, "Who's on first?" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SHOUT | 5 | What "you know you make me wanna" do, in a classic R&B song |
| 37% | REDROOSTER | 10 | "Little" barnyard bird with an alliterative name in a classic Willie Dixon blues song |
| 36% | THECORNER | 9 | "Love is just around" it in a Bing Crosby song |
| 36% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 36% | HEROIN | 6 | "It's my wife and it's my life," in a classic 1967 Velvet Underground song |
| 36% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FAME | 4 | It "puts you there where things are hollow," in a David Bowie hit |
| 36% | MALIBU | 6 | Hit song by American artist Miley Cyrus which depicts a city in California that is known for its celebrity homes and the sandy Zuma Beach |
| 36% | OPRAH | 5 | She asks Meghan, "Were you silent, or were you silenced?" in a viral video |