| 100% | PHILEMONAND | 11 | & 17A Charles Gounod opera premiered in 1860 based on a mythological tale of an old married couple |
| 31% | FROMTHE | 7 | Leos Janacek opera premiered in 1930 based on a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| 27% | THELOSTCITYOFZ | 14 | Charlie Hunnam film based on a 52-Across book subtitled "A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" (5 wds.) |
| 25% | FAUST | 5 | Opera by Charles Gounod that premiered in 1859 |
| 24% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on an opera set in Egypt |
| 24% | MTETNA | 6 | What's found on a couple of plates in Italy? |
| 24% | WERTHER | 7 | Massenet opera based on a work of Goethe |
| 24% | AIDA | 4 | Broadway musical based on an opera that's set in Egypt |
| 24% | FAUST | 5 | Opera by Charles Gounod premiered in 1859 |
| 24% | SNEAK | 5 | How a couple of 15 year-olds would get in to see an NC-17 movie |
| 23% | PERFORM | 7 | Put on a show; sing or act in front of an audience |
| 23% | SICE | 4 | Best throw you could get on a die in an early English game of Hazard |
| 22% | REPETITEUR | 10 | Member of an opera company who coaches singers and accompanies them on the piano in rehearsal |
| 22% | STAKE | 5 | A portion based on the amount of money invested in a business |
| 22% | REPETITEUR | 10 | Member of an opera company who coaches the singers and accompanies them on the piano in rehearsal |
| 22% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | 1998 Uma Thurman film based on an old spy show, or a 2012 superhero film: 2 wds. |
| 22% | NEPTUNESTRIDENT | 15 | Mythological weapon that SpongeBob unwittingly uses as a spatula, in an episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” |
| 22% | ROOM | 4 | “Get a ___!” (admonition to a couple engaged in an ostentatious display of affection) |
| 22% | EUGENELAMI | 10 | French artist of 1881's A Couple Embracing in an Artist's Studio |
| 22% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 22% | NETSCAPENAVEGATOR | 17 | Potential mascot for an old web browser: a Florida reptile crawling in the middle of a church? (Lincoln) |
| 22% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |
| 22% | HANSEL | 6 | & 24A English title of a three-act opera by Engelbert Humperdinck based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 22% | BEOWULF | 7 | 2007 movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Ray Winstone, based on an Old English epic poem of the same name |
| 22% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 22% | HUSBAND | 7 | Subject of an old wives' tale? |