| 100% | ALFRED | 6 | & 3A Russian composer of 1992 opera Life with an Idiot |
| 41% | GLINKA | 6 | Mikhail —, Russian composer of operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila |
| 37% | GLINKA | 6 | Mikhail —, Russian composer of the operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila |
| 32% | GLINKA | 6 | Composer regarded as the "father of Russian opera" |
| 32% | FIVES | 5 | Bills with an estimated life span of 5.5 years (appropriately) |
| 32% | ORFF | 4 | Composer of Der Mond, an opera in which the main characters steal the moon |
| 30% | OUR | 3 | "Days of ___ Lives" (soap opera with almost 15,000 episodes) |
| 30% | STRAUSS | 7 | Composer of the one act opera Salome: Richard __ |
| 30% | LVOV | 4 | Alexei —, composer of opera Undina and God Save the Tsar!, national anthem of the Russian Empire |
| 29% | BATMANRETURNS | 13 | 1992 Tim Burton movie with an army of penguins |
| 29% | IRS | 3 | Agency with an Office of the Taxpayer Advocate: Abbr. |
| 29% | PROKOFIEV | 9 | Russian composer of "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 29% | PROKOFIEV | 9 | Russian composer of Peter and the Wolf |
| 28% | BORODIN | 7 | Alexander —, 19th-century Russian composer of unfinished opera Prince Igor |
| 28% | EPA | 3 | Government group with an Office of Air and Radiation: Abbr. |
| 28% | GEORGESBIZET | 12 | French composer of the opera "Carmen": 2 wds. |
| 28% | EYETO | 5 | With an __ (mindful of) |
| 28% | GLAZUNOV | 8 | Alexander —, Russian composer of 1898 ballet Raymonda |
| 28% | VERDI | 5 | Composer of the opera "Aida" |
| 28% | ROSSINI | 7 | Composer of the opera "Tancredi" |
| 28% | WEBER | 5 | Composer of the opera "Euryanthe" |
| 28% | DVORAK | 6 | Composer of the opera "Rusalka" |
| 28% | LALO | 4 | Composer of the opera "Fiesque" |
| 28% | ARNE | 4 | Composer of the opera "Alfred" |
| 28% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer of the opera Fidelio |
| 28% | BIZET | 5 | Composer of the opera Carmen |
| 27% | SERENELY | 8 | With an air of calm |
| 27% | VERBOSE | 7 | With an excess of words |
| 27% | BLASE | 5 | With an attitude of indifference |
| 27% | SNOOTILY | 8 | With an air of haughtiness |