| 100% | WHATAMIGONNADO | 14 | Question asked by someone in a dilemma |
| 75% | SEEME | 5 | Question asked by someone waving in a crowd |
| 72% | WHATAREWE | 9 | Question asked by someone in a relationship . . . and answered, by the artists in parentheses, with the beginnings of 17-, 29-, and 49-Across? |
| 55% | SEEME | 5 | Question asked by someone waving |
| 51% | GUESSWHO | 8 | Question asked by a surprise caller |
| 49% | WHEREAMI | 8 | Question asked in a foggy state |
| 48% | WHOAM | 5 | Question asked in a "Les Misérables" song |
| 45% | PUTONX | 6 | Asked a hard question in public, say |
| 44% | CANYOUHEARMENOW | 15 | Question asked with a raised voice, as demonstrated in three long puzzle answers |
| 43% | WHATSINTHEBOXES | 15 | Question asked by a customs officer or a kid on Christmas ... with a hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
| 43% | SEALIONING | 10 | Asking seemingly innocent questions in order to waste someone's time |
| 42% | TORN | 4 | In a dilemma |
| 41% | ACTOR | 5 | Someone in a cast |
| 41% | LIBRARIAN | 9 | Someone who works in a place surrounded by books |
| 40% | IDEA | 4 | It's represented in cartoons by a light bulb over someone's head |
| 40% | ARE | 3 | "What ___ we?" (question from someone in a situationship) |
| 39% | EMBRACES | 8 | Enfolds someone in a hug |
| 39% | SEATS | 5 | Puts someone in a chair |
| 39% | LAW | 3 | Betteridge’s ___ of headlines (“Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’ ”) |
| 39% | IOU | 3 | Note written by someone in debt |
| 39% | MOAN | 4 | Sound made by someone in pain |
| 39% | MOAN | 4 | Sound made by someone in agony |
| 39% | WEDS | 4 | Marries someone in a formal ceremony |
| 39% | IOU | 3 | Note from someone in a hole |
| 39% | TREATED | 7 | Acted towards someone in a way |
| 39% | ABET | 4 | Help someone in a felony, say |
| 39% | OGLE | 4 | Eye someone in a lecherous manner |
| 39% | POINT | 5 | Identify someone in a lineup, say |
| 39% | TAGGING | 7 | Identifying someone in a Facebook photo |
| 39% | ACCOSTED | 8 | Addressed someone in a confrontational way |