| 100% | APOLLO | 6 | ___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934 |
| 37% | APOLLO | 6 | Theater where Ella Fitzgerald got her start |
| 29% | TENDER | 6 | What The Night is in Fitzgerald's 1934 novel |
| 29% | BROADWAY | 8 | Theater district where Mamma Mia! debuted in 2001 |
| 27% | ROUND | 5 | Theater-in-the-___ (space in which an audience sits on most or all sides of the stage) |
| 26% | CNN | 3 | Channel that debuted in 1980 with a story about an assassination attempt on Vernon Jordan |
| 25% | RECLEAGUE | 9 | An amateur athlete might play in one |
| 25% | RUDOLPH | 7 | J A —, South Africa cricketer who hit an unbeaten 222 against Bangladesh in Chittagong on his 2003 Test debut |
| 25% | SEANPENN | 8 | Oscar winner who made his debut in an episode of Little House on the Prairie directed by his father |
| 25% | BASIS | 5 | On an irregular ___ (once in a while) |
| 24% | BLACK | 5 | When did Barbie make her debut? On this day in 1959, rocking her iconic ___ and white striped swimsuit. Talk about an entrance! |
| 24% | FULL | 4 | "___ House," family sitcom where a snowstorm in an episode leaves the Tanner family stranded at an airport on Christmas Eve |
| 24% | ROXY | 4 | New York City theater where CinemaScope debuted |
| 24% | OPENED | 6 | Had a first night in a theater |
| 24% | AHWILDERNESS | 12 | Comedy that debuted on Broadway in 1933 |
| 24% | EATME | 5 | Phrase on an "Alice in Wonderland" cake |
| 24% | CCS | 3 | Includes on an email, in brief |
| 23% | AUTUMN | 6 | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's fall song "___ in New York" |
| 23% | STARRY | 6 | Like the night in an 1889 Van Gogh painting |
| 23% | STAGE | 5 | Where the action happens in a theater |
| 23% | USHER | 5 | Theater worker who stands in an aisle |
| 23% | AUCTION | 7 | An event where people bid on goods |
| 23% | YELPREVIEW | 10 | Where to see stars on an app |
| 23% | OCEAN | 5 | Where an echograph is used in measuring |
| 23% | JAPANESEVICTORY | 15 | Where were battleships sunk in an 1894 ___? |
| 23% | AMP | 3 | Where to plug in an electric guitar |
| 23% | IDAHO | 5 | Where to find an American in Moscow? |
| 23% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, in an expression |
| 23% | WINDSECTION | 11 | Where flutes are played, in an orchestra |