| 100% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose "Enigma" remains unsolved |
| 42% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer whose only opera was Fidelio |
| 42% | MOZART | 6 | Composer whose middle name is Amadeus |
| 41% | VERDI | 5 | Composer whose name is Italian for "green" |
| 41% | VERDI | 5 | Composer whose name means "green" in Italian |
| 41% | ELGAR | 5 | Enigma Variations composer |
| 40% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose music is often heard at graduations |
| 40% | BACH | 4 | Composer whose first two initials are J.S. |
| 40% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose name is an anagram of "regal" |
| 40% | SOP | 3 | Consolation, when main concerns remain unsolved |
| 39% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME |
| 39% | ROYBUDD | 7 | Composer whose film scores include 1971 thriller Get Carter |
| 39% | ERIKSATIE | 9 | Composer whose ballet “Parade” features a typewriter as percussion |
| 39% | SOUSA | 5 | Composer whose work might be appropriate during March Madness? |
| 39% | MOZART | 6 | Austrian composer whose middle name is Amadeus |
| 38% | SCRIABIN | 8 | Russian composer whose fourth sonata was his shortest |
| 37% | COLEPORTER | 10 | Composer whose 125th birth anniversary was celebrated in June: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer whose works are hidden in 30-, 39- and 48-Across |
| 37% | BELABARTOK | 10 | *Hungarian composer whose only opera is about 17-Across |
| 37% | LEKEU | 5 | Guillaume —, Belgian composer whose works include 1891's Andromede |
| 37% | HAYDN | 5 | Franz Joseph —, Austrian composer whose operas include Le Pescatrici |
| 37% | CAGE | 4 | John —, experimental composer whose 4'33" featured no sound |
| 36% | ENESCO | 6 | Composer whose name is one letter off from an international peace grp. |
| 36% | HANDEL | 6 | George Frederick —, composer whose Water Music collection premiered in 1717 |
| 36% | CRUMB | 5 | George —, US composer whose works include 1971's Vox Balaenae |
| 36% | ARGENTO | 7 | Composer Dominick whose name means "silver" in Italian |
| 35% | BACH | 4 | Composer whose work is featured in Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” music video |
| 35% | ERIKSATIE | 9 | Composer whose Parade includes the use of a typewriter as a percussion instrument |
| 35% | CAGE | 4 | John —, US composer whose works include 1951's Music of Changes |