| 100% | HARP | 4 | "Strike the ___ and join the chorus" |
| 96% | HARP | 4 | *"Strike the ___ and join the chorus, Fa la la la..." |
| 87% | FALALA | 6 | Syllables following "Strike the harp and join the chorus" |
| 67% | SING | 4 | Join the chorus |
| 67% | SINGS | 5 | Joins the chorus |
| 67% | SANG | 4 | Joined the chorus |
| 66% | SING | 4 | Join the chorus, say |
| 62% | ENTRANCE | 8 | Where a soloist joins the chorus |
| 59% | JOYRIDE | 7 | Roxette invited you to come on and join the __ |
| 58% | ALTO | 4 | One joining in the chorus |
| 56% | CALLMEMAYBE | 11 | Carly Rae Jepsen hit, and the end of the chorus: 3 wds. |
| 55% | STRIPES | 7 | Bill Murray and Harold Ramis join the army |
| 55% | KNEE | 4 | Join between the thigh and shin |
| 54% | OHTOBEINENGLAND | 15 | Midwest state secedes and will join the United Kingdom? |
| 54% | RUDOLFNUREYEV | 13 | Soviet ballet dancer (1938-1993) who defected and joined the Royal Ballet: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ENLIST | 6 | To sign up and join, while referring to the army |
| 53% | OHIO | 4 | The Allegheny and Monongahela join to form it |
| 52% | SEAM | 4 | Stitched line joining the front and back of a t-shirt |
| 51% | ELDE | 4 | 140 mi. German river that flows out of the Plauer See and joins the Elbe at Domitz |
| 50% | GONEGREEK | 9 | Joined a frat, and a hint to the puzzle's theme |
| 50% | PACTEN | 6 | Sun Devils' conference, before the Buffaloes and Utes joined |
| 50% | CHECKINGACOUNT | 14 | Inquiring after the current number of balls and strikes? |
| 50% | PLEA | 4 | ___ bargain (deal struck by the prosecution and a defendant) |
| 49% | IJUSTMETYOU | 11 | "Hey, ___, and this is crazy ..." (start of the chorus in 40-Across): 4 wds. |
| 49% | RYE | 3 | Word rhymed with "Pie," "dry" and "die," in the "American Pie" chorus |
| 49% | NERVE | 5 | What Madonna, Dee Snider and Prince struck, to PMRC of the eighties |
| 49% | GOSOLO | 6 | Leave the band and strike out on one's own |
| 49% | PLIOCENE | 8 | Epoch when the landmasses of North and South America joined |
| 48% | RON | 3 | Who joins Gryffindor's Quidditch team in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" |
| 48% | KASDAN | 6 | Lawrence who co-wrote "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" |