| 100% | HOAGY | 5 | Carmichael who composed "Heart and Soul" |
| 55% | MEAT | 4 | Heart and soul |
| 55% | ESSENCE | 7 | Heart and soul |
| 54% | NOUNS | 5 | Heart and soul, e.g. |
| 46% | ESSENCE | 7 | Heart, soul, or heart and soul |
| 46% | FATS | 4 | Waller who composed and sang "Ain't Misbehavin'" |
| 45% | POET | 4 | One who composes rhymes and odes |
| 45% | LEHAR | 5 | Franz who composed "You Are My Heart's Delight" |
| 44% | ALAN | 4 | Menken who composed songs for "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" |
| 44% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen who composed the musicals "Into the Woods" and "Company" |
| 43% | DUET | 4 | "Heart and Soul," for one |
| 43% | CHARLIEPARKER | 13 | Jazz saxophonist who composed and played "Moose the Mooche": 2 wds. |
| 43% | LUDOVICOEINAUDI | 15 | Italian pianist who composed the scores for "Nomadland" and "The Father" |
| 43% | ELGAR | 5 | Sir Edward who composed "Pomp and Circumstance" |
| 43% | EVANESCENCE | 11 | (n.) the heart and soul of skater Lysacek, or actress Rachel Wood, or politician Bayh, etc. |
| 43% | DUET | 4 | "Heart and Soul," to young pianists |
| 42% | CHUCKMANGIONE | 13 | Jazz flugelhorn player who composed and played "Feels So Good": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHARLESMINGUS | 13 | Jazz bassist who composed and played "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ADLER | 5 | Richard who composed the music for "Damn Yankees" and "The Pajama Game" |
| 42% | CONTI | 5 | Bill who composed the film scores for "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid" |
| 42% | STEINER | 7 | Max who composed the scores for "Gone With the Wind" and "Casablanca" |
| 42% | NAOMI | 5 | Judd who wrote and sang "Change of Heart" |
| 42% | ELFMAN | 6 | Danny who composed the music for The Simpsons and The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| 41% | MAVISSTAPLES | 12 | Gospel and soul singer who received the Woody Guthrie Prize in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 38% | ANTONKARAS | 10 | Vienna-born zither player who composed and played the theme from 1949 film noir The Third Man |
| 38% | EMMADONOGHUE | 12 | Irish novelist who wrote "Slammerkin," 44-Down, and "Learned By Heart" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SOUL | 4 | Heart and ___ |
| 38% | SOUL | 4 | Heart and __ |
| 37% | KARAS | 5 | Anton —, Vienna-born zither player who composed and played the theme from 1949 film noir The Third Man |