| 100% | WHOAM | 5 | Question asked in a "Les Misérables" song |
| 68% | SOU | 3 | Coin name rhymed with two in a Les Misérables song |
| 66% | WHEREAMI | 8 | Question asked in a foggy state |
| 58% | WHATAMIGONNADO | 14 | Question asked by someone in a dilemma |
| 57% | SEEME | 5 | Question asked by someone waving in a crowd |
| 55% | PUTONX | 6 | Asked a hard question in public, say |
| 54% | CANYOUHEARMENOW | 15 | Question asked with a raised voice, as demonstrated in three long puzzle answers |
| 52% | WHATSGOINGON | 12 | Marvin Gaye song that asks a question (3 wds.) |
| 52% | ISNTSHELOVELY | 13 | Stevie Wonder song that asks a question (3 wds.) |
| 52% | HOWWILLIKNOW | 12 | Whitney Houston song that asks a question (4 wds.) |
| 51% | WHOSTHATGIRL | 12 | 1987 Madonna #1 song that asks a question: 3 wds. |
| 50% | HOW | 3 | Question asked in befuddlement |
| 50% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | 1982 Human League #1 song that asks a question: 4 wds. |
| 50% | HOWWILLIKNOW | 12 | 1986 Whitney Houston #1 song that asks a question: 4 wds. |
| 49% | ISITI | 5 | Question asked in Matthew 26:22 |
| 49% | ISITLIVE | 8 | Question asked in classic 1970s ads |
| 48% | MAYBELLENE | 10 | Song by 17-Across in which he asks a girl, "Why can't you be true?" |
| 46% | YESNO | 5 | Like questions asked in Twenty Questions: Hyph. |
| 46% | YESNO | 5 | Like the questions asked in 20 Questions |
| 46% | YESNO | 5 | Like the questions asked in Guess Who? |
| 46% | RHONDA | 6 | Name in a #1 Beach Boys song |
| 46% | OLDNEWYORK | 10 | Locale in a classic Frank Sinatra song |
| 46% | TURTLEDOVE | 10 | One of two in a Christmas song |
| 46% | LALA | 4 | Substitute for forgotten words in a song |
| 46% | JOJO | 4 | Guy from Tucson in a Beatles song |
| 46% | ROSINESS | 8 | Quality of cheeks in a Christmas song |
| 46% | JUDE | 4 | Name in a 1968 Beatles hit song |
| 46% | LOLA | 4 | Trans title character in a Kinks song |
| 46% | GAYAPPAREL | 10 | It's donned in a Christmas song |
| 46% | TWO | 3 | Complement of turtledoves in a Christmas song |