| 100% | INE | 3 | Like a violin concerto by Bach |
| 48% | INE | 3 | Like Bach's second violin concerto |
| 43% | TOASTY | 6 | Like a spot by the fire |
| 43% | GROSSO | 6 | Big, like a concerto |
| 42% | ORAL | 4 | Like a vaccine that's taken by mouth |
| 41% | 2UP | 3 | Like a team that's ahead by a safety |
| 41% | FARRFETCHED | 11 | Like a ball retrieved by actor Jamie? |
| 40% | CELLO | 5 | Musical instrument that looks like a big violin |
| 40% | UPBOW | 5 | Violin stroke symbolized by a V |
| 39% | NOHIT | 5 | Like a July 2013 baseball game pitched by Homer Bailey: Hyph. |
| 39% | INE | 3 | Like Bach's Violin Sonata No. 3 |
| 39% | FIDDLE | 6 | Violin played by a nursery rhyme cat |
| 39% | INAREA | 6 | Like services covered by a health insurer |
| 39% | INC | 3 | Like Bach's Sonata No. 3 for violin |
| 39% | OBOEDAMORE | 10 | Bach wrote a concerto in A for it |
| 38% | NUTTY | 5 | Like a professor played by Jerry Lewis and Eddie Murphy |
| 38% | ALICE | 5 | A Town Like —, 1950 novel by Nevil Shute |
| 38% | CLASSICAL | 9 | Music by composers like Mozart and Bach |
| 38% | CANTATA | 7 | A composition by Bach, used in choirs |
| 38% | TEA | 3 | A popular beverage made by the likes of Tetley |
| 37% | WRINKLEFREE | 11 | Like a shirt condition suggested by the ends of 16-, 27- and 46-Across |
| 37% | EXPENSES | 8 | Costs incurred by a company like energy, workforce |
| 36% | TEA | 3 | A popular, non-alcoholic brew made by the likes of Tetley |
| 36% | OBOE | 4 | Bach wrote a solo concerto for it |
| 36% | SLAIN | 5 | Dead, like a dragon killed by a knight |
| 36% | SLIMY | 5 | Like the trail left by a slug |
| 36% | OILY | 4 | Like old rags used by a mechanic |
| 35% | STAG | 4 | By oneself, like a single guy at a prom |
| 35% | WET | 3 | Like someone just hit by a water balloon |
| 35% | TEENSPIRIT | 10 | "Smells Like ____," a massive hit song by Nirvana released in 1991: 2 wds. |