| 100% | CATS | 4 | “___: The Jellicle Ball” (2024 revival of a classic musical, set in the ballroom scene) |
| 41% | HADES | 5 | Antagonist (and namesake) of a 2019 Tony-winning musical set partly in the underworld |
| 40% | CABARET | 7 | Classic musical set in a nightclub in 1930s Germany |
| 39% | SUTTONFOSTER | 12 | "Younger" actress who played Princess Winnifred in the 2024 Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress": 2 wds. |
| 39% | CAT | 3 | Jellicle Ball attendee, in a Broadway classic |
| 39% | LETTEROPENER | 12 | Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across? |
| 39% | STOOGE | 6 | Any of a classic, pie in the face, slapstick trio |
| 38% | DAISYBUCHANAN | 13 | Woman with a botanical name in a classic novel set in the Roaring Twenties (2 wds.) |
| 38% | COCHONNET | 9 | The target ball or jack in a game of pétanque |
| 38% | REO | 3 | Classic car company in the name of a classic rock band |
| 37% | EDEN | 4 | Setting for a scene in the Sistine Chapel |
| 37% | EYRE | 4 | "The ___ Affair" (murder mystery set in the universe of a Brontë novel) |
| 37% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |
| 37% | APE | 3 | Bone smasher in the opening scene of "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 37% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | 2015 Pixar movie set in the mind of a young girl |
| 37% | CODA | 4 | In music, the final part of a musical structure |
| 37% | CANISTER | 8 | One of a set in the kitchen |
| 37% | KING | 4 | "The Lion ___," 1994 musical animated film set in The Pride Lands of Africa |
| 36% | EXTRA | 5 | Person in the background of a movie scene |
| 36% | COLENSO | 7 | Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; scene of a December 1899 battle in the Second Boer War |
| 36% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Classic author who was the subject of a 1952 film musical |
| 36% | NAME | 4 | "The ___ of the Rose" (Sean Connery film set in a monastery) |
| 35% | REDMAYNE | 8 | Eddie who starred in the 2024 Broadway revival of “Cabaret” |
| 35% | OHMYDARLING | 11 | Repeated phrase in the chorus of a classic folk ballad |
| 35% | TARTS | 5 | What the Knave of Hearts stole, in a classic poem |
| 35% | ANYTHINGGOES | 12 | Actress LuPone played a nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in this 1987 Broadway revival of a 1934 musical: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THREEPENNYOPERA | 15 | Classic 1928 musical set in London, with "The" |
| 35% | THEGOODFIGHT | 12 | CBS All Access series set in the world of a Chicago law firm: 3 wds. |
| 35% | RENTFREEZE | 10 | Super-cold spell on the set of a 1996 Broadway musical? |
| 35% | NANCYTRAVIS | 11 | "The Kominsky Method" actress who plays the grandmother of a critically ill girl in the 2024 film "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |