| 100% | PDQBACH | 7 | Composer of "Oedipus Tex" and "A Little Nightmare Music" |
| 56% | BACH | 4 | "A Little Nightmare Music" composer P.D.Q. __ |
| 50% | PDQBACH | 7 | Ostensible composer of "The Abduction of Figaro" and "Oedipus Tex" |
| 48% | HANDEL | 6 | Composer of Water Music and Messiah |
| 45% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 44% | DELIUS | 6 | Frederick —, composer of 1907 opera A Village Romeo and Juliet |
| 44% | SKA | 3 | Music with a blend of folk and calypso |
| 43% | REPEAT | 6 | Meaning of two dots and a bar, in music |
| 43% | STYNE | 5 | Jule —, composer of the music for Broadway musicals Gypsy and Hallelujah, Baby! |
| 43% | SAUGUET | 7 | Henri —, French composer of music for ballets La Chatte and Les Forains |
| 43% | ADAMS | 5 | John —, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 42% | LLOYDWEBBER | 11 | Andrew —, composer of the music for stage musicals Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar |
| 41% | GLINKA | 6 | Mikhail —, Russian composer of operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila |
| 41% | OLIO | 4 | A little of this and a little of that dish |
| 41% | CALYPSO | 7 | Both a moon of Saturn and type of caribbean music |
| 41% | MOOR | 4 | Emánuel —, Hungarian composer and inventor of a two-keyboard piano |
| 41% | DILUTE | 6 | Make less concentrated, like a mix of bleach and water |
| 41% | GLINKA | 6 | Mikhail —, Russian composer of the operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila |
| 41% | LOEFFLER | 8 | Charles Martin —, composer of orchestral works Les veillees de l'Ukraine and A Pagan Poem |
| 41% | SALIERI | 7 | Murderer in P.D.Q. Bach's spoof opera "A Little Nightmare Music" |
| 41% | FRITOPIE | 8 | Tex-Mex treat traditionally mixed and eaten straight out of a chips bag |
| 40% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "Sound of Music" song |
| 40% | GEORGEGERSHWIN | 14 | Composer of the music for "Porgy and Bess" (his brother Ira wrote some of the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 40% | SONDHEIM | 8 | "A Little Night Music" composer |
| 40% | SPOTIFY | 7 | Music streaming service whose name is a portmanteau of the words "spot" and "identify" |
| 40% | PIBROCH | 7 | Form of music for Scottish bagpipes consisting of a theme and variations |
| 40% | HORNE | 5 | Star of a 1981 Broadway revue subtitled "The Lady and Her Music" |
| 40% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 40% | BUXTEHUDE | 9 | Dietrich, organist and composer of church music |
| 39% | THRILLER | 8 | Concert revue "___ - Live," a celebration of the music and life of Michael Jackson |