| 100% | OBOE | 4 | It has a brief solo in the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth |
| 59% | SYMPHONY | 8 | The oboe has a brief solo in Beethoven's fifth one |
| 47% | TUBA | 4 | It has a solo near the end of "An American in Paris" |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a brief solo in Beethoven's Fifth |
| 42% | CHOCOLATEO | 10 | It has a chance of sprinkles in the morning |
| 41% | ALA | 3 | State, in short, which had as its first permanent capital the community of Cahaba, now a ghost town |
| 38% | AFLAC | 5 | It has a duck float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 38% | TAMPABAY | 8 | Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark |
| 37% | TUE | 3 | The first of two T's, in a familiar sequence |
| 37% | URBANA | 6 | It has a twin city in the Midwest |
| 37% | REDSEA | 6 | It had a big part in the Bible |
| 37% | REDSEA | 6 | It had a major part in the Bible |
| 36% | AIDA | 4 | The king of Egypt has a part in it |
| 36% | OASIS | 5 | It has a spring in the middle |
| 36% | MOREL | 5 | It has a cap in the kitchen |
| 36% | RATIO | 5 | It has a colon in the middle |
| 36% | BELLY | 5 | It has a button in the middle |
| 36% | MINUET | 6 | It's done in the form of an S or a Z |
| 36% | SONATA | 6 | Traditional form for the first movement of a string quartet |
| 36% | TOBY | 4 | ___ Flenderson, HR representative who had a recurring role in the first season of "The Office" |
| 35% | TRAGEDY | 7 | In theater, it's the opposite of a comedy |
| 35% | POOLCUE | 7 | It has a tip for players in the game room |
| 35% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
| 35% | NET | 3 | It's in the middle of a tennis court |
| 35% | ICECREAM | 8 | It's in the middle of a baked Alaska |
| 35% | PIT | 3 | Have a bad feeling in the ___ of your stomach |
| 35% | DELI | 4 | It has the makings of a hero |
| 34% | SIRED | 5 | Had a role in the production of? |
| 34% | LORNASIMPSON | 12 | "Projects 23" photographer who was the first African-American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (2 wds.) |
| 34% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |