| 100% | SAMUELBARBER | 12 | American composer of "Adagio for Strings": 2 wds. |
| 67% | WALTERMURPHY | 12 | Composer of the theme music for the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 62% | AARONCOPLAND | 12 | American composer of "Appalachian Spring": 2 wds. |
| 60% | VIRGILTHOMSON | 13 | American composer of "Four Saints in Three Acts": 2 wds. |
| 55% | ALANSILVESTRI | 13 | American composer and conductor who scored music for "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 55% | RICHARDRODGERS | 14 | Composer of the music for "Oklahoma!" (Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 53% | FREDERICKLOEWE | 14 | Composer of the music for "My Fair Lady" (Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 52% | GEORGEGERSHWIN | 14 | Composer of the music for "Porgy and Bess" (his brother Ira wrote some of the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 52% | JUSTINHURWITZ | 13 | American composer who won the 2017 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film "La La Land": 2 wds. |
| 51% | COLEPORTER | 10 | American composer known for 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | American author of "The Godfather" who also wrote the screenplay for 1978 film "Superman": 2 wds. |
| 50% | PAULWHITEMAN | 12 | American composer often referred to as "King of Jazz": 2 wds. |
| 50% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | American author of "The Grapes of Wrath" who also wrote the screenplay for "Viva Zapata!": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GEORGIAOKEEFFE | 14 | American modernist painter known for her paintings of flowers, bones, and deserts: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GEORGEGERSHWIN | 14 | Composer of "Porgy and Bess": 2 wds. |
| 47% | KANDER | 6 | John —, American composer of the music for 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret |
| 47% | JUSTINHURWITZ | 13 | American composer who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for 2016's "La La Land" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BILLCONTI | 9 | Composer of "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GEORGESBIZET | 12 | French composer of the opera "Carmen": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MARYCASSATT | 11 | American painter of "The Boating Party": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ISADORADUNCAN | 13 | American pioneer of modern dance: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MAURICERAVEL | 12 | French composer of the orchestral work "Boléro": 2 wds. |
| 45% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SAMUEL | 6 | “Adagio for Strings” composer Barber |
| 44% | NEWGIRL | 7 | American sitcom of 2011, starring Zooey Deschanel: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RICHARDWAGNER | 13 | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| 43% | THANKGOD | 8 | Phrase of gratitude for divine intervention: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HECTORBERLIOZ | 13 | French composer of "Symphonie fantastique," a work based on his unrequited love: 2 wds. |
| 41% | GEORGEWALLACE | 13 | American Independent Party candidate for President (1968): 2 wds. |
| 41% | THESHINING | 10 | 1980 Jack Nicholson horror movie featuring Bartók's "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta": 2 wds. |