| 100% | TENUTO | 6 | Held to its full time, in music |
| 56% | DOT | 3 | In music, the symbol placed after a note to increase its time value by a half |
| 55% | SHAMWOW | 7 | Infomercial product said to hold 12 times its weight in liquid |
| 50% | LENTO | 5 | In music, it means to play slowly |
| 48% | QUICKSAND | 9 | It takes time to sink in |
| 47% | DANCE | 5 | Move in time to music |
| 44% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 43% | AIRBAG | 6 | It can inflate to its full capacity in less than a twentieth of a second |
| 43% | DAWN | 4 | ___ Braid, first woman to hold a full-time coaching job in the National Hockey League |
| 42% | ERA | 3 | Historical time in music |
| 40% | METRONOME | 9 | Swinging device marks time in music |
| 40% | ALLA | 4 | ___ breve (2/2 time in music) |
| 40% | SHORE | 5 | *Pun day at the beach! "Want to go in the water?" "___, it's about time!" |
| 40% | GARAGE | 6 | Part of a house that lends its name to a music genre stereotypically rehearsed in it |
| 40% | AROAR | 5 | "Could you hold it down to ___ in here?" |
| 40% | LUKE | 4 | ___ Kuechly, football linebacker who retired in 2020 and made it to the Pro Bowl seven times |
| 39% | COMMONTIME | 10 | Another name for four-four time in music |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | ___ Manning, football quarterback who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl four times |
| 39% | MARSHAL | 7 | ___ Yanda, football guard who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl eight times |
| 39% | CRESCENDO | 9 | In music, to get louder gradually |
| 38% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 38% | GATES | 5 | Antonio ___, football tight-end who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl eight times |
| 38% | NEEDLE | 6 | It may be lowered to hear music |
| 38% | TABLE | 5 | Hold to discuss at a later time |
| 38% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays Tina Turner in the music biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TEMPJOB | 7 | It may lead to a full-time position |
| 38% | DACAPO | 6 | In music, instruction to repeat from the beginning |
| 37% | EAR | 3 | It's trained in music school |
| 37% | MAKEABEELINEFOR | 15 | Waste no time in traveling to |
| 37% | RUIN | 4 | Enron came to it in 2001 |