| 100% | ARTUROTOSCANINI | 15 | He conducted the premiere performances of "Pagliacci" and "La Bohème" |
| 43% | TOSCA | 5 | Puccini opera ... or the first five letters of the maestro who conducted its La Scala premiere |
| 38% | GARFUNKEL | 9 | He and Simon sang The Sound of Silence |
| 37% | VALENTINE | 9 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona are him and Proteus |
| 36% | RODIN | 5 | He called his field "the art of the hole and the lump" |
| 36% | NEZ | 3 | Part of the body between la bouche and les yeux |
| 36% | NEVADA | 6 | It's the location of Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe |
| 36% | FIGGIS | 6 | Mike —, director of the films Timecode and Leaving Las Vegas |
| 36% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Longtime music director of La Scala and the New York Philharmonic |
| 35% | STARR | 5 | Subject of James Carville's "... And the Horse He Rode In On" |
| 35% | MRSANDMAN | 9 | Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" |
| 35% | NICKCARRAWAY | 12 | He is the narrator and a friend of Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 34% | NBA | 3 | Organization of which the LA Lakers and Miami Heat are a part: Abbr. |
| 34% | ZOOEYDESCHANEL | 14 | "New Girl" actress and lead singer of the band She & Him: 2 wds. |
| 34% | GALUPPI | 7 | Baldassare —, 18th-century composer of the operas La diavolessa and Il mondo della luna |
| 34% | SRT | 3 | Group that makes performance versions of cars like the Viper and the Hellcat: Abbr. |
| 34% | FWDEKLERK | 9 | Predecessor of 36-Across and sharer with him of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 34% | JAMSESSION | 10 | Impromptu performance ... or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 34- and 50-Across comprise? |
| 33% | FUTURE | 6 | Rap artist, and the name of the #1 album he released on 2/17/17 |
| 33% | SKELETOR | 8 | Cartoon villain who's the enemy of He-Man and has a flesh-free skull |
| 33% | DICKCLEMENT | 11 | Co-writer, with Ian La Frenais, of BBC TV sitcoms Porridge and The Likely Lads |
| 33% | SALT | 4 | "People like him are the ___ of the earth." (good and honest) |
| 33% | JACKSON | 7 | Stephen ___, former NBA player for LA Clippers and co-host of the podcast "All the Smoke" |
| 33% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 33% | CLEMENT | 7 | Dick —, co-writer, with Ian La Frenais, of BBC TV sitcoms Porridge and The Likely Lads |
| 33% | IRA | 3 | Sachs, director of "Frankie", shot on the Portuguese Riviera and premiered in Cannes in May 2019 |
| 33% | ADAM | 4 | He "gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air" |
| 32% | OUTS | 4 | "He knew all the ins and ___ of the place" |
| 32% | KAWHI | 5 | ___ Leonard, LA Clippers player who was the recipient of the NBA Finals MVP in 2014 and 2019 |
| 32% | ARTURO | 6 | He conducted Enrico at La Scala |