| 100% | MINIM | 5 | In music, a note with the time value of half a semibreve |
| 86% | SEMIQUAVER | 10 | In music, a note with the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreve |
| 73% | CROTCHET | 8 | Musical note with the time value of a quarter of a semibreve |
| 62% | DOT | 3 | In music, the symbol placed after a note to increase its time value by a half |
| 56% | TRIPLET | 7 | In music, a group of three equal notes played in a time value of two or four |
| 52% | ROOT | 4 | In music, the note forming the foundation of a chord |
| 49% | TEA | 3 | "A drink with jam and bread" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 48% | NUMERATOR | 9 | Value in the top half of a fraction |
| 46% | SEMIBREVE | 9 | Musical note having the time value of two minims |
| 44% | LANCEITO | 8 | California judge with a lot of TV time in the mid-90s (2 wds.) |
| 44% | CHA | 3 | Half of a "Dancing With the Stars" dance |
| 43% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 43% | TREMOLO | 7 | In music, the rapid repetition of a single note produced by a back-and-forth movement of the bow on a string instrument |
| 42% | FLOORPLAN | 9 | Diagram with the layout of rooms in a building |
| 42% | QUARTERTONE | 11 | Half of a half step in music |
| 42% | TRILL | 5 | A rapid alternation of notes in music |
| 42% | OCTAVES | 7 | A range of eight notes in music |
| 42% | BFF | 3 | Person with the other half of a heart necklace, maybe |
| 42% | SAILING | 7 | Moving in a boat with the aid of the wind |
| 41% | ISOMER | 6 | Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement |
| 41% | CODA | 4 | In music, the final part of a musical structure |
| 41% | SIGN | 4 | Communicate with the hard of hearing, in a way |
| 41% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 41% | OLD | 3 | 2021 thriller with the tagline "It's only a matter of time" |
| 41% | BFF | 3 | One with the other half of a broken heart necklace, perhaps (Abbr.) |
| 41% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Cleveland … or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 41% | LAH | 3 | Sixth note of a major scale in music |
| 41% | TONIC | 5 | First note of a diatonic scale in music |
| 41% | MEMO | 4 | Short note with a message in the office |
| 41% | DEE | 3 | Letter with the shape of half a pizza |