| 100% | GLAMROCK | 8 | 80's music with outrageous make-up and clothes |
| 49% | GLAMROCK | 8 | Era of 70s music with glitter, satin and make-up |
| 46% | GLAMROCK | 8 | Early 70s music genre with glitter and make-up |
| 46% | TURKEYTROT | 10 | Dance to ragtime music in which birdlike movements are made with the shoulders and upper body |
| 41% | KNITTERS | 8 | Crafters who make clothes with wool and needles |
| 40% | CALLME | 6 | Gesture made with one’s thumb and pinkie extended |
| 40% | OPTS | 4 | Makes up one's mind, with "for" |
| 38% | SEAT | 4 | With 5- and 8-Across, clothing-related idiom for something that's completely improvised |
| 38% | SINGING | 7 | Making music with one's mouth |
| 38% | GRASPING | 8 | With 44-Down, making futile attempts ... and an extra hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | HUMATUNE | 8 | Make music with one's mouth closed |
| 37% | MIAMIVICE | 9 | 80's cop show with Crockett and Tubbs in Florida |
| 36% | HUG | 3 | Hershey's bite-size candy made with white creme and milk chocolate |
| 36% | BYTE | 4 | Unit made-up of 0's and 1's |
| 36% | CLAVICLE | 8 | S-shaped bone between with the sternum and scapula |
| 36% | AGUA | 4 | It's made up of hidrógeno and oxígeno |
| 36% | EAU | 3 | It's made up of hydrogène and oxygène |
| 36% | DONTSHOOT | 9 | Plea made with one's hands up |
| 36% | ADLIB | 5 | Make up then and there |
| 36% | MUSS | 4 | Make hair and clothing messy |
| 36% | DECIDE | 6 | Make up one’s mind |
| 36% | DECIDED | 7 | Made up one’s mind |
| 36% | KISS | 4 | "___ and Make Up," 2018 song by K-pop's Blackpink and Dua Lipa |
| 35% | JOANDMEG | 8 | With Beth and Amy they make up the Little Women |
| 35% | BRAHMS | 6 | With Bach and Beethoven, one of music's Three Bs |
| 35% | SALSA | 5 | It's often made with peppers and onions |
| 35% | FORT | 4 | Kid's shelter made with pillows and sheets |
| 35% | FORT | 4 | Kid's shelter made with pillows and blanket |
| 35% | DEMOTAPE | 8 | Up-and-coming music artist's submission |
| 35% | OPT | 3 | Make up your mind, with "for" |