| 100% | LYKEWAKE | 8 | & 18D Traditional English song set to music by Benjamin Britten in his 1943 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (4-4,5) |
| 25% | RUMI | 4 | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera “Monsters of Grace” |
| 23% | STABATMATER | 11 | Hymn set to music by Vivaldi and Haydn |
| 23% | AVEMARIA | 8 | Prayer set to music by Schubert and Gounod |
| 23% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 23% | REACHOUTFORME | 13 | Song by Burt Bacharach and 26-Across that was a hit for 15-Across in 1964: 4 wds. |
| 23% | HEINE | 5 | Poet whose works were set to music by Schumann, Strauss and Brahms |
| 22% | HURT | 4 | Original song by Nine Inch Nails that was covered by Johnny Cash in 2002 and won the Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video |
| 21% | WATER | 5 | "Cold ___," song by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MO which was nominated for an MTV Video Music award in 2017 |
| 21% | LCM | 3 | 20, in relation to 4, 5, and 10: abbr. |
| 21% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande that won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year in 2020 |
| 20% | BARRIERSTOENTRY | 15 | Impediments to newcomers, illustrated by black squares in rows 2, 4, 12 and 14 |
| 20% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___ known for his work in ambient music and electronica |
| 20% | BOBDYLAN | 8 | He sold his music to Universal for $300m in 2020 |
| 20% | WELCOME | 7 | "___ to the Jungle," 1987 song whose riff by Slash was composed in his mom's basement |
| 20% | LOVEISTHEDRUG | 13 | Roxy Music song performed by Bryan Ferry in 2013's "The Great Gatsby": 4 wds. |
| 20% | JOURNEY | 7 | "Sentimental ___," 1945 song recorded by Doris Day for Les Brown and His Band of Renown |
| 20% | GAL | 3 | "(I've Got a ___ In) Kalamazoo" (#1 hit song for Glenn Miller and His Orchestra) |
| 20% | BED | 3 | Flower ___ (as described by 1-, 4-, 5- and 6-Across, read in order?) |
| 19% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Schiller work set to music by Beethoven |
| 19% | GRAMMY | 6 | ___ Lifetime Achievement Award, honor given to Bobby McFerrin in 2023 for his outstanding contribution to music |
| 19% | ARNE | 4 | Thomas —, 18th-century English composer noted for his setting of Shakespearean songs |
| 19% | BARD | 4 | Term for a person hired by a nobleman in medieval times to compose verses in his praise |
| 19% | TOLLS | 5 | "For Whom the Bell ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway, set in the Spanish Civil War and is regarded as one of his best works |
| 19% | HOLLABACK | 9 | "___ Girl," 2004 song by Gwen Stefani, with a music video set in school |
| 19% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Dirac, English theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and electrodynamics |
| 19% | RAIN | 4 | "Set Fire to the ___," hit song by Adele that won the Grammy in 2013 for its live rendition at the Royal Albert Hall |
| 19% | SLEDGEHAMMER | 12 | Song that accounted for 9 of the 10 MTV Video Music Awards won by 17-Across in 1987 |
| 19% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 19% | JOHNLENNON | 10 | English songwriter who co-founded the Beatles and is known for his song "Imagine": 2 wds. |