| 100% | SIBELIUS | 8 | Composer who's the eponym of a Helsinki park |
| 54% | GODDARD | 7 | Rocket-science pioneer Robert who's the eponym of a NASA flight center |
| 45% | ONO | 3 | Performer who's the descendant of a Japanese emperor |
| 44% | ALEX | 4 | Trebek who's the subject of a 2024 Forever stamp |
| 44% | BACH | 4 | Who was voted the "Greatest Composer of All Time," in a 2019 BBC poll |
| 43% | HARRY | 5 | ___ S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States who was also a skilled piano player |
| 42% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer who wrote, about crosswords, "A good clue can give you all the pleasures of being duped that a mystery story can" |
| 42% | JIMMYPAGE | 9 | "Stairway to Heaven" composer who is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SOLO | 4 | Han who's the title role of a 2018 film |
| 42% | TUT | 3 | King who's the subject of a song by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons |
| 41% | HURRICANECARTER | 15 | Wrongfully imprisoned boxer who's the subject of a Dylan song |
| 41% | OMAR | 4 | Ilhan ___ (politican who's a member of the congressional "Squad") |
| 41% | ENO | 3 | Brian who's the subject of a documentary that's different every time it's screened |
| 41% | BLACKPANTHERS | 13 | Members of a resistance party who organized the People's Free Food Program |
| 41% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who's been called the "First Lady of Civil Rights" |
| 41% | GLENN | 5 | Quagmire who's a neighbor of the Griffins on 15-Across |
| 41% | NATASHA | 7 | Romanoff, aka Black Widow, who's a member of the Avengers |
| 41% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 41% | PETERMAXWELL | 12 | & 12A British composer who was Master of the Queen's Music from 2004-14 |
| 41% | MENOTTI | 7 | Italian-American composer who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Saint of Bleecker Street" |
| 40% | CAREW | 5 | Eponym of the A.L. batting title award |
| 40% | LER | 3 | God who's a personification of the sea to the ancient Irish (var.) |
| 40% | MEL | 3 | Filmmaker Gibson who's planning a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" |
| 40% | MEL | 3 | Director Gibson who's making a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" |
| 39% | ANNE | 4 | "The Diary of a Young Girl" author who posthumously won the first World's Children's Prize |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Filmmaker Roth who's a member of the "Splat Pack" of directors and producers |
| 39% | LESLEYSTAHL | 11 | "60 Minutes" correspondent who's a former moderator of "Face the Nation": 2 wds. |
| 39% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Ms. magazine cofounder who's the subject of a new biographical film: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ANA | 3 | Comedian Gasteyer who's in the current Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress" |
| 39% | MOOCH | 5 | Tuxedo cat who’s a friend of 1-Across in the “Mutts” comic strip |