| 100% | HITIT | 5 | How a bandleader says "Start the music!": 2 wds. |
| 50% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALLIN | 5 | How a poker player says "I bet everything I have": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALLIN | 5 | How a poker player says "I'll bet everything I have!": 2 wds. |
| 45% | INCODE | 6 | How does a programmer talk to the computer?: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ZONEDOUT | 8 | Started daydreaming in a meeting, say (2 wds.) |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Phrase a bride or groom says at the altar: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OPENS | 5 | Starts the daily service in a cafe, say |
| 42% | ILET | 4 | "___ the Music Speak," by ABBA: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HITIT | 5 | Bandleader's starting shout: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CRACKLINROSIE | 13 | Neil Diamond song inspired by the music director of a Canadian radio station (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ONRYE | 5 | How a traditional Reuben sandwich is served: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ILET | 4 | ABBA's "___ The Music Speak": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONLOW | 5 | How a fan may be set: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONRYE | 5 | How a Reuben sandwich is served: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DJING | 5 | Playing the music at a wedding reception, say |
| 40% | ALLDONE | 7 | How a waiter might ask whether you're finished: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LOSEBIG | 7 | Take a bath at the casino, say (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GOSOLO | 6 | Pursue a music career away from the band: 2 wds. |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | Words said before a kiss at the altar: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ENGARDE | 7 | Said at the start of a fencing match |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | Words said at the altar: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CITYLIGHTS | 10 | 1931 romantic comedy film by Charlie Chaplin for which he composed the music: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GOTUP | 5 | Started the day (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ONCD | 4 | How a lot of music got sold in the 1990s and early 2000s |
| 39% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OVERTURE | 8 | Introductory music at the start of a performance |
| 38% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Jukebox musical based on the music of Swedish pop group "ABBA": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | American actor who was in the music video of Gorillaz "Stylo": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BENZOBRIST | 10 | Cubs second baseman who started the 2016 MLB All-Star Game: 2 wds. |