| 100% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument that dots the i of "Ohio" for Ohio State's marching band |
| 61% | SOUSAPHONE | 10 | It dots the "i" in the Ohio State marching band's spelling of "Ohio" |
| 41% | IOWA | 4 | State that's the setting for "The Bridges of Madison County" |
| 39% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band that's named for a continent |
| 38% | TOTO | 4 | Band that won a Record of the Year Grammy for "Rosanna" |
| 37% | CLE | 3 | Ohio city that is home to the Browns of the NFL, for short |
| 36% | ALBANY | 6 | State capital that's the setting of "Ironweed" |
| 36% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the birthplace of seven US presidents |
| 35% | LIGATURE | 8 | Metal band that holds a reed on to the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments |
| 35% | JUICE | 5 | Song from 46-Across's album "Cuz I Love You" that won the 2019 Soul Train Music Award for Video of the Year |
| 35% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |
| 35% | ALASKA | 6 | State that's the title of a Maggie Rogers song |
| 35% | IDAHO | 5 | State that's home to the Museum of Clean |
| 34% | EAGLES | 6 | Band that released a cover version of the holiday song "Please Come Home for Christmas" |
| 34% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the title of a Neil Young song (where Cleveland is) |
| 34% | HOME | 4 | "___ on the Range," western folk song that's also the Kansas state song fitting for a "National Day of the Cowboy" playlist |
| 34% | ERRED | 5 | Crossed the I's and dotted the T's, for example |
| 34% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that's the mascot of California State University, Monterey Bay |
| 34% | HELLO | 5 | Greeting that's the title of a 2015 hit for Adele |
| 34% | TUBA | 4 | Big instrument that's part of an oompah band |
| 34% | AMP | 3 | Piece of equipment that boosts the band's sound |
| 34% | SEIS | 4 | Número of Mexican states that border the U.S. |
| 34% | DRA | 3 | Org. that's a Fed.-state partnership for improving life for residents near the mouth of the Mississippi |
| 34% | DEVO | 4 | "Whip It" band that was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 34% | DONTSTOP | 8 | 1977 top 10 hit for Fleetwood Mac, the band that accounts for one of Stevie Nicks's Hall of Fame inductions: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CREAM | 5 | Coffee lightener, that's also the name of a British rock band |
| 34% | TIRANA | 6 | Capital that's the site of the Pallati i Brigadave presidential residence |
| 34% | NOLA | 4 | City that's the subject of the book Musical Gumbo, for short |
| 33% | PHOTO | 5 | Industrial revolution invention that's the output of a camera, for short |
| 33% | MAINE | 5 | State that's the largest U.S. producer of lobsters |