| 100% | ANEMOMETER | 10 | Instrument for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| 51% | WINDSHEAR | 9 | Changes in the speed and direction of the breeze |
| 43% | CLARINET | 8 | Wind instrument for the Cat in Peter and the Wolf |
| 42% | OBOES | 5 | Wind instruments whose name comes from the French for "high" and "wood" |
| 42% | MARS | 4 | Singer Bruno who won Grammys for Record, Album, and Song of the Year in 2018 |
| 41% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit that won Grammys for Song and Record of the Year |
| 41% | MANOMETER | 9 | Instrument used for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases |
| 39% | BATES | 5 | H E —, author of novels Love for Lydia and Fair Stood the Wind for France |
| 39% | HAIKU | 5 | "The west wind whispered, / And touched the eyelids of spring: / Her eyes, Primroses," for a classic example |
| 39% | BUB | 3 | ___ Seven Streamliner: holder of the land speed record for motorcycles (then 367.4 mph) in 2009 |
| 37% | RANGEFINDER | 11 | Instrument for determining the distance of an object |
| 37% | MANOMETER | 9 | Instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid |
| 36% | BASS | 4 | Instrument for Este Haim of the pop rock trio Haim |
| 36% | HARP | 4 | Musical instrument for one of the Marx Brothers |
| 36% | GOTYE | 5 | 2013 Grammy winner for Record of the Year |
| 35% | HIDEO | 5 | ___ Kojima, video director who held the record for the most followers for a videogame director on Instagram and Twitter, as of April 2020 |
| 35% | ATCO | 4 | Record label for Cream and the Bee Gees |
| 35% | MYTH | 4 | The story of Orpheus and Eurydice, for example |
| 35% | ICANTCOOK | 9 | Explanation one might give for following the directions of 18-, 24-, 39- and 47-Across? |
| 35% | PELE | 4 | I share the FIFA Player of the Century Award with Diego Maradona and hold a Guinness Record for the most successful domestic league goals |
| 35% | BEATIT | 6 | 1983 hit that won a Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 35% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Stay With Me" singer who was a first-time Grammy nominee for Record of the Year (and won): 2 wds. |
| 35% | WILLOWS | 7 | The Wind in the __, adventures of Toad and Ratty |
| 35% | ATCO | 4 | Record label for the Bee Gees and The Coasters |
| 35% | EMINEM | 6 | Record of the Year Grammy nominee for "Lose Yourself" |
| 35% | ROENTGEN | 8 | The unit of measurement for X and gamma rays |
| 35% | ERAS | 4 | The Napoleonic and Victorian periods of history, for example |
| 34% | ACROSTICS | 9 | NEWS for the four directions, and others |
| 34% | ERN | 3 | Suffix for any of the cardinal directions |