| 100% | HILLS | 5 | “The ___ are alive with the sound of music . . .” |
| 97% | THEHILLS | 8 | These are alive with the sound of music |
| 81% | ALPS | 4 | The hills that are alive in "The Sound of Music" |
| 67% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Rodgers, composer with works like "Oklahoma!' and "The Sound of Music" who was the first person to win the EGOT |
| 67% | GOATHERD | 8 | Caprine-minder who is lonely in The Sound of Music |
| 67% | GOATHERD | 8 | This hill dweller was lonely in the Sound of Music |
| 63% | MACH | 4 | Physicist Ernst whose name is associated with the speed of sound |
| 60% | SAM | 3 | ___ the Eagle, Muppet who once thought "The Sound of Music" was written by Shakespeare |
| 60% | SOH | 3 | The note that was "a needle pulling thread" according to Maria in "The Sound of Music" |
| 59% | SOLONG | 6 | With 20 Across, "The Sound of Music" song |
| 59% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | "The Sound of Music" actress who is the voice of Lady Whistledown on "Bridgerton" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | AUSTRIA | 7 | Country where "The Sound of Music" is set |
| 57% | TUNE | 4 | The sound of music |
| 57% | TUNE | 4 | The sound of music? |
| 57% | AUDIO | 5 | The sound of music? |
| 57% | TONES | 5 | The sounds of music |
| 57% | NUN | 3 | Maria originally wanted to be one, in "The Sound of Music" |
| 56% | LIESL | 5 | "The Sound of Music" girl whose name is an anagram of ELLIS |
| 56% | MARIAVONTRAPP | 13 | "The Sound of Music" heroine, with an unusual "moving" birthplace: 3 wds. |
| 55% | NUN | 3 | What Maria is planning to become at the start of "The Sound of Music" |
| 55% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 55% | VONTRAPP | 8 | Name of the musical family in The Sound of Music |
| 55% | ALPS | 4 | Setting of The Sound of Music |
| 54% | VON | 3 | The ___ Trapps ("The Sound of Music" family) |
| 54% | VON | 3 | The __ Trapps: "The Sound of Music" family |
| 54% | ALPS | 4 | High points in The Sound of Music |
| 54% | DRAKE | 5 | Singer of 15-Across, 28-Across, and 38-Across who was honored with the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 "Billboard" Music Awards |
| 54% | VONTRAPP | 8 | The captain's family singers in The Sound of Music |
| 53% | LONELY | 6 | Describes the goatherd in The Sound of Music |
| 53% | DANCED | 6 | Moved the body to the sound of music |