| 100% | AMP | 3 | Musical equipment that had a high setting of 11 in "Spinal Tap" |
| 38% | GREASE | 6 | 1978 film set at Rydell High School based on a musical that debuted on Broadway in 1972 |
| 37% | SWISS | 5 | ___ cheese, classic fondue ingredient that has a pattern of "holes" in it |
| 36% | IMDB | 4 | Site on which This Is Spinal Tap has a rating out of 11 |
| 36% | TAMPABAY | 8 | Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark |
| 36% | BASS | 4 | ___ Pro Shops, sporting goods company that has a type of fish in its logo |
| 36% | CHINA | 5 | Fancy set of dishes that's stored in a cabinet |
| 35% | ATL | 3 | 53-Down with more than 70 sts. that have a form of "Peachtree" in their names |
| 35% | RENT | 4 | Musical that had a live version on Fox in January |
| 35% | RUT | 3 | A set of behaviours that has become monotonous and unproductive |
| 34% | BURSTMODE | 9 | Setting that captures a lot of photos in quick succession |
| 34% | GEM | 3 | Type of stone that might be set in a ring |
| 34% | SKY | 3 | Part of a landscape that may have clouds in it |
| 34% | BUNDT | 5 | Type of cake that has a hole in the middle |
| 33% | TOE | 3 | Small body part that a giraffe has eight of in total |
| 33% | ESTEEMS | 7 | Has a high opinion of |
| 33% | OPEC | 4 | Association of nations that has a big say in oil prices: Abbr. |
| 33% | BUNSEN | 6 | __ burner, lab equipment that has a gas flame |
| 33% | GHEE | 4 | Cooking fat that has a high smoke point |
| 33% | IPA | 3 | Brew that has a high hops content: Abbr. |
| 33% | QUIZ | 4 | Highest-scoring four-letter word in Scrabble that also means a kind of a test |
| 33% | THOMPSONTWINS | 13 | Band that had a #11 hit in 1984 with "Doctor! Doctor!": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ALTO | 4 | Saxophone that has a higher range than a tenor |
| 32% | WAGGAWAGGA | 10 | City 81 miles north of 11 Across that has been a sister city to Leavenworth, Kansas since 1962 |
| 32% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |
| 32% | HAPLOID | 7 | Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes |
| 32% | HADES | 5 | Antagonist (and namesake) of a 2019 Tony-winning musical set partly in the underworld |
| 32% | CATS | 4 | “___: The Jellicle Ball” (2024 revival of a classic musical, set in the ballroom scene) |
| 32% | RUS | 3 | Letters that once followed a lots of Toys before Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017 |
| 32% | ANUBIS | 6 | "House of ___," Nickelodeon series starring Nathalia Ramos that's set in a boarding school |