| 100% | LENTANDO | 8 | Italian term in music for slowing and softening |
| 43% | LARGO | 5 | Slow and stately, in music |
| 41% | COLORITO | 8 | Italian term used for the colors in a painting |
| 41% | GRAZIOSO | 8 | Italian music term for graceful |
| 41% | VIVACE | 6 | Italian music term for lively |
| 40% | ADAGIO | 6 | Italian musical term for a slow tempo |
| 38% | DIVA | 4 | Term for a female superstar in opera or pop music |
| 38% | OSSICLES | 8 | Term for the hammer, anvil and stirrup in the ear |
| 37% | AMATI | 5 | Family name in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian music |
| 37% | ENO | 3 | Brian ___ known for his work in ambient music and electronica |
| 37% | LARGO | 5 | Broad and slow, in music |
| 36% | EGOT | 4 | Acronym for the biggest awards in TV, music, movies, and theater |
| 36% | PIANO | 5 | Challenge for Laurel and Hardy in "The Music Box" |
| 36% | ADAGIO | 6 | Italian word for "slowly" in music |
| 36% | EGOT | 4 | Acronym for winning the top awards in TV, music, film, and theater |
| 35% | BATTERY | 7 | Joint term for catcher and pitcher in baseball |
| 35% | BELOWMACARONI | 13 | Where spaghetti and orzo rank in terms of their suitability for making necklaces? |
| 35% | CORELLI | 7 | Arcangelo —, Italian violinist and composer born in 1653 noted for his Twelve concerti grossi |
| 34% | POCO | 4 | Italian for a little, used in music |
| 34% | ROCK | 4 | ___ and roll, music genre for Elvis Presley, which originated in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1950s |
| 33% | STRIKE | 6 | Term in baseball and bowling |
| 33% | SKA | 3 | Music for Mods and Skinheads |
| 33% | VALENTINOROSSI | 14 | Italian motorcycle racer and multiple-time MotoGP champion, who stands second in terms of overall race wins: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PERFECTHATTRICK | 15 | Soccer term for scoring with one's right foot, left foot and head in a single game |
| 33% | ALDENTE | 7 | Italian term for perfectly cooked pasta |
| 33% | BRINDISI | 8 | Italian term for a drinking song |
| 33% | LOAN | 4 | Term in both finance and linguistics |
| 33% | SKA | 3 | Music for rude boys and girls |
| 32% | VIBRATO | 7 | Italian term for an undulating musical note |
| 32% | SNAIL | 5 | Slow and slimy mover, in a garden |