| 100% | MIA | 3 | "Mamma ___!" (musical that was on Broadway from 2001 to 2015) |
| 46% | IBERIA | 6 | European airline that was nationalized from 1944 to 2001 |
| 43% | AMAZINGGR | 9 | Spiritual that lent its name to a 2015 Broadway musical |
| 43% | GUN | 3 | "Annie Get Your ___," musical that is based on Annie Oakley which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 40% | TINA | 4 | 2019 Broadway jukebox musical that included "Better Be Good to Me" |
| 40% | TAMPABAY | 8 | ___ Mutiny, professional soccer team that was an active member of MLS from 1996 to 2001 but is now defunct: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RENT | 4 | Musical that was loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 40% | MATTERS | 7 | "All That ___," Christina Perri's 2015 song which was a part of the Broadway musical "Finding Neverland" |
| 39% | AIDA | 4 | Opera that was adapted into a musical that opened on Broadway in 2000 |
| 38% | MILLIE | 6 | "Thoroughly Modern ___," Broadway musical that was adapted from the eponymous film starring Julie Andrews |
| 38% | ARPEGGIO | 8 | Musical effect that comes from the Italian for "to play on a harp" |
| 38% | LEGOS | 5 | Bricks that are painful to step on |
| 38% | ESSAYEXAMS | 10 | Tests that are hard to guess on |
| 38% | ORALS | 5 | Tests that are hard to cheat on |
| 37% | TODD | 4 | "Sweeney ___" (Sondheim musical that's back on Broadway) |
| 37% | NINE | 4 | Musical whose numerical title adds one-half to that of the Fellini film on which it is based |
| 37% | ORALS | 5 | Tests that are very hard to cheat on |
| 37% | BRONTEPAPERTOWELS | 17 | Wipes that are strong enough to write on? |
| 37% | LITTLE | 6 | "The ___ Mermaid," Disney stage musical that was adapted from the eponymous animated film |
| 37% | ORALB | 5 | Dental-hygiene brand that was on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon |
| 37% | HAIR | 4 | Musical that becomes another musical when "spray" is added to it |
| 37% | NANO | 4 | iPod model that was made from 2005 to 2017 |
| 37% | VWS | 3 | Vehicles that were designed to cheat on emissions tests |
| 37% | UNICYCLE | 8 | One-wheeled vehicle that is tricky to balance on |
| 37% | PIES | 4 | Desserts that are sometimes placed on windowsills to cool |
| 36% | TASS | 4 | News agency that was the first to report on Sputnik |
| 36% | REMOTE | 6 | Game play that is done from afar, on the internet |
| 36% | ORALS | 5 | Exams that are difficult to take while suffering from laryngitis |
| 36% | ARK | 3 | Boat that is said to have landed on Mount Ararat |
| 36% | WIIG | 4 | Kristen who was on "SNL" from 2005 to 2012 |