| 100% | OFFENBACH | 9 | German-born composer of The Tales of Hoffmann |
| 79% | OFFENBACH | 9 | Composer of The Tales of Hoffmann |
| 62% | OFFENBACH | 9 | Composer of The Tales of Hoffman opera, Jacques __ |
| 57% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | German composer of the Moonlight Sonata |
| 55% | ZIMMER | 6 | Hans, German composer of the Gladiator soundtrack |
| 54% | MOIRA | 5 | Shearer of "The Tales of Hoffmann" |
| 53% | SPOHR | 5 | Louis —, German composer of the operas Jessonda and Faust |
| 53% | RICHARDWAGNER | 13 | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| 51% | STRAUSS | 7 | Johann, composer of Tales from the Vienna Woods |
| 50% | BRUCH | 5 | Max —, German composer of oratorio Arminius born in 1838 |
| 50% | PAPA | 4 | Biggest of the Three Bears, in a fairy tale |
| 50% | PAPA | 4 | Biggest of the three bears, in Goldilocks's tale |
| 49% | PAPA | 4 | Largest of the Three Bears in the Goldilocks fairy tale |
| 49% | NORWAY | 6 | The Brown Bear of __, old Celtic folk tale |
| 49% | KEPLER | 6 | Johannes —, German scientist born in 1571 regarded as one of the fathers of modern astronomy |
| 49% | MOUNTAIN | 8 | "The King of the Golden ___," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 49% | KREUTZER | 8 | Conradin —, German composer of 1834 opera The Night Camp in Granada |
| 49% | BESTALL | 7 | Alfred —, author and illustrator, from 1935, of the Rupert Bear tales |
| 48% | BACH | 4 | Johann Sebastian —, German composer of keyboard music collection The Well-Tempered Clavier |
| 48% | OFFENBACH | 9 | Jacques __, French-German composer of the Can-Can |
| 47% | RESPIGHI | 8 | Composer of The Fountains of Rome: Ottorino __ |
| 47% | VANGELIS | 8 | Composer of the Chariots of Fire score |
| 46% | GOETHE | 6 | German lyric poet of The Dance of Death |
| 46% | HANDEL | 6 | Composer of the "Messiah" |
| 45% | SEEGER | 6 | Composer of the song "Guantanamera" |
| 45% | VERDI | 5 | Composer of the opera "Aida" |
| 45% | ROSSINI | 7 | Composer of the opera "Tancredi" |
| 45% | WEBER | 5 | Composer of the opera "Euryanthe" |
| 45% | WAGNER | 6 | Composer of the 17-Across |
| 45% | DVORAK | 6 | Composer of the opera "Rusalka" |