| 100% | MRSUN | 5 | He's asked to "please shine down on me," in song |
| 51% | MRSUN | 5 | Character asked to "shine down," in a children's song |
| 43% | SALLY | 5 | Gal asked to "lay down" in a Clapton song |
| 40% | FCC | 3 | Org. Eminem states tried to shut him down in "Without Me" |
| 38% | TITIMEPREGUNTO | 14 | Top 10 song on 45-Across whose title translates to "Auntie Asked Me" (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ITSINHISKISS | 12 | Answer to "How can I tell if he loves me so?" in "The Shoop Shoop Song" |
| 36% | LET | 3 | "Don't ___ the Sun Go Down on Me" (Elton John song) |
| 34% | HERCULES | 8 | He went from zero to hero in a Disney movie song |
| 34% | PROPOSAL | 8 | Getting down on bended knee to ask for marriage |
| 34% | LAS | 3 | "___ Mananitas," song that may be dedicated to mothers in Mexico on Mother's Day |
| 34% | CECILIA | 7 | 1970 hit with the lyric "I'm down on my knees, / I'm begging you please to come home" |
| 33% | TONIGHT | 7 | "___ The Heartache's on Me," song from 14a by The Chicks, which released in 1999 |
| 33% | TAKE | 4 | "___ On Me" (1984 song by 21-Across covered by Weezer in 2019) |
| 33% | WIZ | 3 | Ease on down the road to him |
| 33% | SINATRA | 7 | He asks for someone to "Fly Me to the Moon" |
| 33% | JOHNMAYER | 9 | He sang the song Waiting on the World to Change |
| 33% | ADIA | 4 | Sarah McLachlan song hidden in "glad I asked" |
| 32% | LASSO | 5 | Fictional soccer coach Ted who, when asked if he believes in ghosts, replies, "I do—but, more importantly, I think they need to believe in themselves” |
| 32% | KIMBRA | 6 | Featured artist on Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," the #8 song of the 2010s |
| 32% | THEMALL | 7 | "Let's Go to ___," Robin Sparkles' hit song in "How I Met Your Mother": 2 wds. |
| 32% | AGIRL | 5 | "I'm also just ___, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her" (classic rom-com line) |
| 32% | MOON | 4 | "Fly Me to the ___," 1964 song by Frank Sinatra with the Earth's natural satellite in its title |
| 32% | BALLGAME | 8 | *Something to "take me out to," in an old song |
| 32% | IWENT | 5 | “As ___ down in the river to pray” (gospel song lyric) |
| 31% | TAKE | 4 | "___ On Me" (#1 song by 49-Down) |
| 31% | CANDLEWITHHAIR | 14 | "... and I write '___' on the box, which seems to reassure him" |
| 31% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 31% | BLAME | 5 | "Sorry, ___ It on Me," song by Akon where he emotionally takes full responsibility for past mistakes |
| 31% | CROCE | 5 | "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" singer, 1974 |