| 100% | THEREMIN | 8 | Leon —, Russian inventor in 1920 of an electronic musical instrument that bears his name |
| 30% | BORNTORUN | 9 | Bruce Springsteen's autobiography that was named after an iconic album and song of his, and was released in September 2016: 3 wds. |
| 29% | KENT | 4 | Name of a family that took in an extraterrestrial |
| 29% | RONPAUL | 7 | Name in the news that's an anagram of OUR PLAN |
| 29% | DRE | 3 | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41-Down |
| 28% | REED | 4 | Part of a musical instrument that anagrams to an animal |
| 28% | SYNTH | 5 | Short term for an electronic musical instrument |
| 27% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 27% | THUMB | 5 | & 26A African musical instrument also called an mbira with a row of tuned strips that vibrate when plucked |
| 27% | LEMAT | 5 | French physician who invented a revolver that bears his name |
| 27% | HARP | 4 | Musical instrument that's played by an angel |
| 27% | OBOE | 4 | Musical instrument that's a staple in orchestras |
| 27% | SHEA | 4 | Name of a former baseball stadium in Queens that neighbored (and is an anagram of) 9-Across |
| 27% | ASHE | 4 | Name of a tennis stadium in Queens that once neighbored (and is an anagram of) 16-Across |
| 27% | STOLI | 5 | Vodka brand that shed its longer, Russian name in opposition to the invasion of Ukraine |
| 27% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesiser is named |
| 27% | MOOG | 4 | Robert —, US engineer born in 1934 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named |
| 27% | BILL | 4 | First name of an iconic singer who won his third Grammy in 1987 |
| 26% | SOPRANINO | 9 | Term for a musical instrument such as a recorder or saxophone with the highest pitch of all those in its family |
| 26% | ALGORE | 6 | His name's an anagram of "gaoler" |
| 25% | XYLOPHONE | 9 | Instrument that means "sound of wood" in Greek |
| 25% | ISOTROPIC | 9 | Of an object that is uniform in all directions |
| 25% | BALALAIKA | 9 | Plucked musical instrument used in Russian folk music |
| 24% | GSTRING | 7 | Bit of attire that shares its name with part of a musical instrument |
| 24% | TUBA | 4 | Big instrument that's part of an oompah band |
| 24% | BASS | 4 | Name of an instrument or a fish |
| 24% | MENA | 4 | Name that's an anagram of "name" |
| 24% | EDIE | 4 | Name that's an ingredient in "ingredient" |
| 24% | ELVIS | 5 | Name that's an anagram of "lives" |
| 24% | NORMA | 5 | Name that's an anagram of ''manor'' |