| 100% | CUSTOM | 6 | Like modified instrument |
| 54% | TUNED | 5 | Like musical instruments |
| 54% | REEDY | 5 | Like some instruments |
| 53% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument like the clarinet |
| 53% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument like a clarinet |
| 53% | LYRE | 4 | Instrument like a crwth |
| 53% | TRUMPET | 7 | Instrument like a bugle |
| 53% | AMEND | 5 | Modify, like the Constitution |
| 53% | SURG | 4 | Like some instruments: Abbr. |
| 53% | ACAPPELLA | 9 | Like singing sans instruments |
| 53% | SAFEST | 6 | Like AAA-rated instruments |
| 52% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that sounds like money |
| 52% | INTUNE | 6 | Like a concert-ready instrument |
| 52% | ALTER | 5 | Modify clothes, like a tailor |
| 52% | EDITS | 5 | Modifies, like a Wikipedia page |
| 50% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument shaped like a 69-Across |
| 50% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that sounds like a duck |
| 50% | STERILE | 7 | Like surgical instruments after being autoclaved |
| 50% | LYRE | 4 | Ancient harp like instrument |
| 49% | CRUMHORN | 8 | Instrument looking like a crooked walking stick |
| 49% | CELESTA | 7 | Instrument that sounds much like a glockenspiel |
| 49% | MANDOLIN | 8 | Stringed instrument, like a lute |
| 49% | LYRATE | 6 | Shaped like a stringed instrument |
| 49% | REED | 4 | Wind instrument like a clarinet |
| 49% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed instrument like a harp |
| 47% | SONATA | 6 | Like a cantata but for instruments, not voices |
| 47% | BUGLE | 5 | Military instrument like a valveless trumpet |
| 47% | CYMBALS | 7 | Metal percussion instruments, like pan lids |
| 47% | CELESTAS | 8 | Keyboard instruments that sound like glockenspiels |
| 47% | OBOE | 4 | Flute like musical instrument |