| 100% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a notable solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 79% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 52% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a brief solo in Beethoven's Fifth |
| 49% | VIOLA | 5 | Instrument with a solo in Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" |
| 48% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a solo in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" |
| 47% | OCARINA | 7 | Wind instrument with a solo in the Troggs’s “Wild Thing” |
| 42% | SAX | 3 | Instrument featured on Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
| 41% | BORN | 4 | "___ to Run," song by Bruce Springsteen about driving on U.S. Route 9 and hope of starting anew with a girl |
| 39% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a bore |
| 38% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a conical bore |
| 37% | FORTUNATE | 9 | Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth |
| 36% | SCALPEL | 7 | Medical instrument with a precision blade to cut |
| 35% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a lot of vowels in its name |
| 35% | XXXXXX | 6 | Ready to run, in a way |
| 35% | RANCH | 5 | In Buffalo, it's a faux pas to order this with Buffalo wings |
| 35% | CLARINET | 8 | Keyed woodwind instrument with a cylindrical bore and a single reed |
| 34% | RHUMB | 5 | Line with a constant bearing, in navigation |
| 34% | UTILE | 5 | If you're stuck with a Q, it's a godsend to draw this in Scrabble |
| 34% | GETUP | 5 | “What’s with the ___?” (question to a friend in an unusual outfit) |
| 34% | PIPEORGAN | 9 | Instrument with monstrous sound, often in a church |
| 34% | KLONDIKEBAR | 11 | Treat with a polar bear in its logo |
| 34% | INRE | 4 | With respect to, in a memo |
| 34% | BASSOON | 7 | Woodwind instrument with a double reed playing in the tenor and bass ranges |
| 34% | ICE | 3 | Rocks in a cocktail or word with "land" to make Reykjavik's country |
| 33% | LOAD | 4 | Carbo-___ (prepare to run a marathon, in a way) |
| 33% | TIRE | 4 | Start to run out of gas, in a sense |
| 33% | ICEE | 4 | Drink brand with a polar bear in its logo |
| 33% | CNN | 3 | Network with a "+" offshoot set to debut in 2022 |
| 33% | POLAR | 5 | Seltzer brand with a white bear in its logo |