| 100% | TRISTESSE | 9 | Melancholy title of Chopin's third étude for piano |
| 40% | EMAJOR | 6 | Key of Chopin's etude "Tristesse" |
| 40% | SONATA | 6 | One of three written for the piano by Chopin |
| 39% | FMINOR | 6 | Key of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| 39% | AFLAT | 5 | Most common key of Chopin's piano pieces |
| 36% | AYATOLLAH | 9 | Title that's Persian for "sign of God" |
| 35% | EMAJOR | 6 | Key of Chopin's étude "Tristesse" |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | Title of respect for a man |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | Title of respect for a knight |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | Title of knighthood for 32-Across |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | Title of respect for a gentleman |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | Title of honor, for the British |
| 35% | SIRE | 4 | Title of respect for a king |
| 35% | MAAM | 4 | Title of respect for a woman |
| 35% | SIR | 3 | Title of respect for Isaac Newton |
| 35% | SEN | 3 | Title for Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema as of January 2019: Abbr. |
| 34% | GFLAT | 5 | Key of Chopin's "Butterfly" Étude |
| 34% | SOS | 3 | Title of hits for ABBA and Rihanna |
| 34% | SRI | 3 | Title of respect for an Indian male |
| 34% | CREEP | 5 | Title of hits for Radiohead and TLC |
| 34% | PARIAH | 6 | Outcast, and the title of the third novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 34% | MESA | 4 | Arizona's third-largest city, named for a local type of plateau |
| 34% | AFLAT | 5 | Key of Chopin's first Opus 25 étude |
| 34% | FMINOR | 6 | Key of Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 2" |
| 34% | MINORKEY | 8 | Setting for half of Chopin's 24 preludes |
| 34% | ADONAI | 6 | Hebrew title of respect for God |
| 33% | NOOSE | 5 | What "N Is for" in one of Sue Grafton's titles |
| 33% | EMAJ | 4 | Key of Chopin's Étude Op. 10, No. 3 |
| 33% | DON | 3 | Title of respect for Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" |
| 33% | SIR | 3 | Title of respect for Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney |