| 100% | LENA | 4 | “___ Horne: The Lady and Her Music” (1981 one-woman show) |
| 80% | HORNE | 5 | Star of the 1981 one-woman show The Lady and Her Music |
| 62% | HORNE | 5 | Star of Broadway's "The Lady and Her Music," 1981 |
| 60% | LENA | 4 | Name above "The Lady and Her Music" on a 1981 Broadway poster |
| 59% | LENA | 4 | Horne of "The Lady and Her Music" |
| 49% | HORNE | 5 | Star of a 1981 Broadway revue subtitled "The Lady and Her Music" |
| 38% | AIMEE | 5 | She played the woman in "A Man and a Woman" |
| 38% | SENSE | 5 | One of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch |
| 38% | HEARTBREAKERS | 13 | Tom Petty and the ___, "Learning to Fly" band that made music for the film "She's the One" |
| 37% | YAM | 3 | The woman kept ___mering on and on, she wouldn't stop talking |
| 37% | BETH | 4 | One of the March ladies from "Little Women" who plays the piano |
| 37% | TERRYGROSS | 10 | She hosts the "Fresh Air" podcast and public radio show: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GENTLEMEN | 9 | Ladies and ___, traditional terms used to refer to the men's and women's matches at Wimbledon |
| 36% | WONDER | 6 | "___ Woman," superheroine from the DC universe, known for her bulletproof bracelets and cape |
| 36% | MENASUV | 7 | Co-star of the film "American Beauty" and TV show "American Woman" |
| 36% | TUBE | 4 | The —, 1980s Channel 4 music show hosted by Jools Holland and others |
| 36% | THEBACHELORETTE | 15 | Reality show with one woman and 25ish men |
| 35% | MATT | 4 | BBC TV presenter whose credits include Blue Peter, Countryfile and The One Show |
| 35% | TOOK | 4 | Barry —, co-creator and co-writer of BBC Radio comedy show Round the Horne |
| 35% | DRUMMOND | 8 | Ree ___, chef and blogger known for hosting the Food Network show "The Pioneer Woman" |
| 34% | WHISTLETONE | 11 | Extremely high vocal register, as heard in the music of Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande |
| 34% | ITO | 3 | In 1981, she became the first woman to land a triple-triple jump combination in competition |
| 34% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 33% | RUKEYSER | 8 | Poet Muriel who wrote, “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? / The world would split open” |
| 33% | MITZI | 5 | Gaynor with the one-woman show "Razzle Dazzle!" |
| 33% | TRL | 3 | MTV countdown show that named “. . . Baby One More Time” the most iconic music video of all time |
| 33% | PICO | 4 | "The Lady and the Monk" author ___ Iyer |
| 33% | DOGS | 4 | Lady and the Tramp, e.g. |