| 100% | ORFEO | 5 | Lover of Euridice, in a Monteverdi work |
| 71% | ORFEO | 5 | Lover of Euridice, in a Gluck opera |
| 56% | CRESSIDA | 8 | Lover of Troilus in a Shakespeare play |
| 56% | LADY | 4 | Lover of Tramp in a Disney movie |
| 55% | LOLA | 4 | Lover of Tony in a hit 1978 song |
| 54% | PYRAMUS | 7 | Lover of Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 52% | BEE | 3 | Lover of honey who lives in a hive |
| 52% | NOVELTIES | 9 | Neckwear in a work of fiction? |
| 51% | PARTV | 5 | Fifth in a series of connected works |
| 50% | ANACHRONISM | 11 | Time-related error in a work of fiction |
| 50% | MOTIF | 5 | Dominant theme or pattern in a work of art |
| 49% | ACIS | 4 | Lover of Galatea in Greek mythology crushed under a boulder by Polyphemus |
| 49% | TANDEM | 6 | A couple of people may work in it |
| 49% | DOOR | 4 | A bouncer often works in front of one |
| 47% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Work incorporated in 33-Across ... or a description of this puzzle? |
| 47% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 47% | PARALEGAL | 9 | Works with law but not in the level of a lawyer |
| 47% | SERENADE | 8 | Sing a song in front of lover's window |
| 46% | CUER | 4 | One who might work in the wings of a theater |
| 45% | AUREOLE | 7 | Radiance around the head of a holy person in works of art |
| 44% | INT | 3 | Undesirable result of trying to make a pass in working hours (abbr.) |
| 44% | MANAGE | 6 | Be in charge of, as a work group |
| 44% | PERIODPIECE | 11 | Work of art set in a particular era |
| 44% | ORFEO | 5 | Operatic lover of Euridice |
| 43% | TWOSISTERS | 10 | 1970 work by Gore Vidal subtitled A Novel in the Form of a Memoir |
| 43% | BYRONIC | 7 | Like moody Romantic heroes, as first described in the works of a British lord |
| 43% | ORFEO | 5 | Title role in a Monteverdi opera |
| 42% | AMID | 4 | In a group of |
| 42% | AMIDST | 6 | In a crowd of |
| 42% | AMID | 4 | In a crowd of |