| 100% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that a melody is to be played legato or as a single phrase |
| 64% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that the notes in its limits be played smoothly, as one phrase |
| 54% | SLUR | 4 | Symbol of a curved line in Western musical notation indicating that two or more notes are to be played without separation |
| 43% | BAR | 3 | Musical symbol shaped like a vertical line that is used to indicate sections in music |
| 36% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 36% | ALLEGRETTO | 10 | Musical direction indicating that a piece be played fairly quickly or briskly |
| 35% | SFORZATO | 8 | Musical term indicating a note or chord is to be played with a dynamic accent |
| 34% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 34% | TENNIS | 6 | Sport that can be played as singles or doubles |
| 33% | SLUR | 4 | In music, to perform smoothly a melodic phrase of two or more notes |
| 33% | JUKEBOX | 7 | Machine that plays music when a coin is put in it |
| 33% | HAMLET | 6 | Shakespeare play that includes the line "To be or not to be ..." |
| 33% | PORTAMENTO | 10 | In music, a sliding movement from one note to another, especially in singing or playing the violin |
| 32% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 32% | CLEF | 4 | In music, a symbol normally placed at the beginning of a line of music to indicate the pitch |
| 32% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 32% | RANKING | 7 | A system that determines how good a player is as compared to others in sports, say |
| 32% | ADAPTATION | 10 | *2002 movie in which a Susan Orlean work is described as “that sprawling New Yorker shit” . . . or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 32% | BOFF | 4 | A line in a play or film, that elicits a big laugh |
| 32% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 32% | FLAME | 5 | Glowing part of a fire that is usually represented as a curved figure in illustrations |
| 32% | INNUENDO | 8 | "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?," e.g. |
| 32% | CLUB | 4 | "Crying in the ___," song by Camila Cabello that was her debut single as a solo artist |
| 31% | BRASS | 5 | "As bold as ___," phrase that is used to describe a "know-it-all" |
| 31% | ENTER | 5 | Key that moves the cursor to the next line ... or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzle |
| 31% | ETH | 3 | A letter in the Icelandic alphabet that can be described as a voiced or voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative |
| 31% | ALABAMA | 7 | Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 |
| 31% | THELONG | 7 | With 63-Across, all that needs to be said, or a hint to what's found in each starred answer |
| 31% | GOALS | 5 | What you score in soccer or hockey, or resolutions that are set as a New Year's tradition |
| 31% | DIRGE | 5 | Music unlikely to be played at a party |