| 100% | MOZART | 6 | According to legend, at age 2 he identified a pig's squeal as G sharp |
| 26% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 24% | RYANLOCHTE | 10 | American swimmer who lost Speedo USA as a sponsor after he lied about being robbed at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 24% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | He underwent training, such as learning to fly a helicopter, to perform some of his own stunts in the "Mission: Impossible" films: 2 wds. |
| 24% | EXECUTABLE | 10 | Performing tasks according to encoded instructions, as a computer file |
| 23% | XVI | 3 | Age at which to get a chariot license? |
| 23% | JOHNNYBRAVO | 11 | Popular animated TV series with a boorish, muscular young man as its titular character who tries to get women to date him: 2 wds. |
| 23% | STY | 3 | Where a pig retreats to at the end of the day |
| 23% | CAPYBARA | 8 | S. American mammal similar to a big guinea pig |
| 23% | ADMIT | 5 | Allow to enter, as at a theater |
| 23% | USEON | 5 | Apply to, as a balm: 2 wds. |
| 23% | NIGHTINGALE | 11 | "Ode to a ___", John Keats's poem on a bird, as he explored transience and mortality |
| 23% | BLACKSAILS | 10 | American historical fiction series set as a prequel to Robert Stevenson's "Treasure Island": 2 wds. |
| 23% | HER | 3 | Pronoun relating to a person identifying as female |
| 23% | HITON | 5 | Try to pick up, as at a bar |
| 23% | GOAS | 4 | Pretend to be, as at a Halloween party |
| 23% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, as a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 23% | ONCALL | 6 | Available to work, as a doctor: 2 wds. |
| 23% | SHALLOWHAL | 10 | 2001 comedy starring Jack Black as a man hypnotized to see people's inner beauty: 2 wds. |
| 22% | PHILMICKELSON | 13 | Winner of the 2021 PGA Championship who, at age 50, is the oldest player to win a major golf tournament (2 wds.) |
| 22% | RINGSIDE | 8 | As close as possible to the action, at a boxing match |
| 22% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | He reprised his role as a captain in Top Gun 2 |
| 22% | TREVI | 5 | Fountain into which, according to legend, one can toss a coin to guarantee a future return to Rome |
| 22% | RAID | 4 | Visit at 2 a.m., say, as a fridge |
| 22% | STEEPEN | 7 | Give a sharper incline to, as an inclined plane |
| 22% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be poured, at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be served, at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be poured, at a pub: 2 wds. |
| 22% | IDO | 3 | Answer to a question at the altar: 2 wds. |
| 22% | SITSOUT | 7 | Declines to participate, as in a dance: 2 wds. |