| 100% | CMINOR | 6 | Key of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” and Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” |
| 38% | MODE | 4 | Depeche ___, "Enjoy the Silence" band that was earlier named Composition of Sound |
| 35% | DFLAT | 5 | Key of "Heat of the Moment" and "Mr. Brightside" |
| 35% | ALT | 3 | Key to both the left and right of a PC's space bar |
| 33% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 33% | MODE | 4 | Depeche ___ ("Enjoy the Silence" band) |
| 33% | VEGANS | 6 | Ones unlikely to enjoy the land of milk and honey? |
| 33% | COOLIO | 6 | Gangsta's Paradise singer of 1995 |
| 32% | ESE | 3 | Dir. of the Missouri between S.D. and Neb. |
| 32% | GARFUNKEL | 9 | He and Simon sang The Sound of Silence |
| 32% | DAN | 3 | Guitarist and singer Auerbach of the Black Keys |
| 32% | TESLA | 5 | Maker of the Model S and Model 3 |
| 32% | ENJOY | 5 | "___ the Silence" (Depeche Mode song) |
| 31% | PAT | 3 | "The Silence of the Girls" and "The Women of Troy" novelist Barker |
| 31% | HOPKINS | 7 | Anthony, star of Nixon and Silence of the Lambs |
| 31% | MINOR | 5 | Like the key of Beethoven's Fifth |
| 31% | SPEAKERS | 8 | Step 4: "Adjust the volume of your ___ (sound-producing devices), and enjoy the music!" |
| 31% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Envoy and Yukon S.U.V.'s |
| 31% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Yukon and Acadia S.U.V.s |
| 31% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |
| 30% | MORTIMER | 8 | John —, author of novels Paradise Postponed and The Sound of Trumpets |
| 30% | HAMMETT | 7 | Dashiell —, author of novels The Glass Key and The Maltese Falcon |
| 30% | HOTDOG | 6 | Savory food consisting of sausage and bread that you'd enjoy at the stadium during your favorite team's game |
| 30% | AMAJOR | 6 | Key of "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
| 30% | SILENCE | 7 | "Enjoy the ___" (1990 Depeche Mode Top 10 song) |
| 30% | ITSTHEBERRIES | 13 | Old expression of admiration (and the key to this puzzle's theme) |
| 30% | PERSONALJESUS | 13 | *Depeche Mode song with the lyric "Reach out and touch faith" |
| 30% | GEOGRAPHY | 9 | The study of Earth's features and places |
| 30% | SAL | 3 | ___ Paradise of Kerouac's "On the Road" |
| 30% | MARSHMALLOWPEEPS | 16 | Folks who love s'mores and Lucky Charms and the flavor of TCBY's Roasty Toasty yogurt? |