| 100% | SEND | 4 | "___ in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim song from "A Little Night Music") |
| 71% | SEND | 4 | "___ in the Clowns" (song from "A Little Night Music") |
| 58% | SENDINTHECLOWNS | 15 | Song from Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" |
| 57% | THECLOWNS | 9 | Sondheim's A Little Night Music, Send in __ |
| 56% | SENDINTHECLOWNS | 15 | Song from Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" appropriate to this puzzle |
| 47% | ALAN | 4 | Music composer and songwriter ___ Menken whose song "Under the Sea" from the movie "The Little Mermaid" won him an Oscar in 1989 |
| 45% | EDELWEISS | 9 | Flower in a song from "The Sound of Music" |
| 44% | TAPS | 4 | A little night music? |
| 44% | TAPS | 4 | A little night music |
| 44% | SNORE | 5 | A little night music? |
| 44% | SERENADE | 8 | A little night music |
| 44% | LULLABY | 7 | A little night music? |
| 44% | LULLABY | 7 | A little night music |
| 43% | SEVENWONDERS | 12 | "Odd" song from Fleetwood Mac's "Tango in the Night" album (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DISCOINFERNO | 12 | 1970s party song from the Trammps featured in "Saturday Night Fever" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | IMA | 3 | "___ Barbie girl, in the Barbie world ..." (lyrics from a 1997 song): 2 wds. |
| 43% | SKYFALL | 7 | Adele title song from a James Bond movie that won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2013 |
| 43% | SEND | 4 | "___ in the Clowns" (Sondheim song) |
| 43% | SNORE | 5 | Provide a little night music? |
| 43% | DOE | 3 | First word in a classic song from "The Sound of Music" |
| 42% | FRIDAY | 6 | "___ Night," 2011 song by Lady A from the album "Own the Night" |
| 42% | UNDERTHESEA | 11 | Song from "The Little Mermaid" that's a phonetic hint to interpreting the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | BIT | 3 | "Come a Little ___ Closer" (Jay & the Americans song featured in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2") |
| 42% | NORTHSTAR | 9 | Thing located in the night sky by extending a line from circle F past circle G |
| 41% | STAN | 4 | Overzealous admirer, possibly from a mash-up of the terms "stalker" and "fan" in an Eminem song |
| 41% | SEND | 4 | "__ in the Clowns"; '73 song |
| 41% | WANTED | 6 | "___ You More," 2012 song by Lady A from the album "Own the Night" |
| 40% | SCHERZO | 7 | Brisk lively movement in music developed from the minuet, with a contrastive middle section |
| 40% | GIRLSLIKEYOU | 12 | Maroon 5 song from 2018 which has a cameo by Ellen DeGeneres in its official music video: 3 wds. |
| 40% | PORTAMENTO | 10 | In music, a sliding movement from one note to another, especially in singing or playing the violin |