| 100% | LEND | 4 | "___ Me a Tenor," play by Ken Ludwig |
| 48% | LEND | 4 | "____ Me a Tenor" |
| 46% | DAVIDSTARSKY | 12 | Character played by Ben Stiller in a 2004 comedy-crime film co-starring Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson |
| 44% | SETOF | 5 | Play by a different ___ rules |
| 44% | SETOF | 5 | Plays by a different __ rules |
| 43% | POPPINS | 7 | A Mary played by Emily Blunt |
| 42% | DUET | 4 | Piece played by a pair |
| 42% | ROLE | 4 | Part played by a performer |
| 42% | SERENADE | 8 | Music played by a suitor |
| 42% | ROLE | 4 | Something played by a performer |
| 42% | STEELDRUM | 9 | Instrument played by a pannist |
| 42% | BANJO | 5 | Something played by a picker |
| 41% | TRAVELBANJO | 11 | Country instrument played by a migrant? |
| 41% | TUBA | 4 | It's played by a blowhard |
| 41% | EDNA | 4 | Broadway dame played by a man |
| 41% | MARTYR | 6 | Role played by a sufferer, maybe |
| 41% | BONGO | 5 | Drum stereotypically played by a beatnik |
| 41% | SOLOSET | 7 | Pieces played by a single musician |
| 41% | GRAYSON | 7 | Marla ___, con artist played by Rosamund Pike in the 2021 film "I Care A Lot" |
| 41% | ARCADIA | 7 | Play by Tom Stoppard; anagram of A car aid |
| 41% | CRY | 3 | "___ Me a River," song by Justin Timberlake |
| 41% | REASON | 6 | "Just Give Me a ___," song by Pink |
| 41% | CAMEO | 5 | Small part played by a big name |
| 41% | CAMEO | 5 | Tiny film role played by a star |
| 41% | ROLE | 4 | Part played by individual in a drama |
| 41% | EDNA | 4 | "Hairspray" mom usually played by a man |
| 41% | KOTO | 4 | One may be played by a geisha |
| 41% | FIDDLE | 6 | Violin played by a nursery rhyme cat |
| 41% | LEAD | 4 | It's usually played by a star |
| 41% | LASSIE | 6 | Classic movie girl played by a boy |