| 100% | LAA | 3 | "... ___ note to follow so" or part of a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song: 2 wds. |
| 84% | MEA | 3 | "... ___ name I call myself" or part of a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song: 2 wds. |
| 63% | FAR | 3 | "A long, long way to run" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 63% | SEW | 3 | "A needle pulling thread" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 62% | RAY | 3 | "A drop of golden sun" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 62% | DOE | 3 | "A deer, a female deer" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 62% | TEA | 3 | "A drink with jam and bread" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 45% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 43% | SOH | 3 | The note that was "a needle pulling thread" according to Maria in "The Sound of Music" |
| 43% | BEATINGHEART | 12 | 2014 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Divergent": 2 wds. |
| 42% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 42% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 41% | GOINGON | 7 | "Sixteen ___ Seventeen" ("The Sound of Music" song): 2 wds. |
| 41% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 41% | STILLFALLING | 12 | "___ for You," 2016 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Bridget Jones's Baby": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LALA | 4 | Sounds that often follow "tra" in a song: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | "The Sound of Music" actress who played the nanny Mary Poppins in the 1964 film: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NORMAVARDEN | 11 | Actress who plays the housekeeper, Frau Schmidt, in the 1965 musical drama film, "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 39% | SLUR | 4 | In music, to perform smoothly a melodic phrase of two or more notes |
| 39% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who plays the protagonist, Maria, in the 1965 musical drama film, "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 39% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | Bunny from Wonderland, or the title of a Jefferson Airplane song: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | Spiny crustacean, or the title of a B-52's song: 2 wds. |
| 39% | YODELER | 7 | The lonely goatherd, in a "Sound of Music" song |
| 38% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a performance of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part |
| 38% | LAA | 3 | "...___ note to follow So...": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LAA | 3 | "...___ note to follow so..": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNMAYER | 9 | Singer of the 2006 pop song "Gravity," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MARYMARTIN | 10 | She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for "South Pacific," "Peter Pan," and "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a legato performance of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part |