| 100% | EVITA | 5 | Musical in which musical chairs is played |
| 59% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical in which FDR is a character |
| 58% | RUR | 3 | Play in which "robot" was coined |
| 56% | HAIRSPRAY | 9 | 2007 movie musical in which Queen Latifah played Maybelle |
| 54% | INTOTHEWOODS | 12 | Film musical in which James Corden plays a baker: 3 wds. |
| 54% | EVITA | 5 | 1996 movie musical in which Madonna plays the title Argentine icon |
| 54% | SKAT | 4 | Activity in which people are not playing with a full deck |
| 54% | SHOWBOAT | 8 | 1936 movie musical in which Paul Robeson played a dockworker: 2 wds. |
| 54% | OTHELLO | 7 | Play in which jealousy is called "the green-eyed monster" |
| 53% | THEATER | 7 | Building in which plays or performances are done |
| 52% | MELISMA | 7 | Musical phrase in which a single syllable is sung over several notes |
| 52% | ARPEGGIO | 8 | Musical chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously |
| 52% | EVA | 3 | Perón who was played by Madonna in a movie musical |
| 52% | ALI | 3 | 2001 film in which Will Smith played a legendary boxer |
| 52% | EVITA | 5 | Hit 1979 musical in which a character's mistress is one of the main roles |
| 51% | EVA | 3 | Perón who was played by Madonna in a 1996 movie musical |
| 51% | JUJU | 4 | Musical genre which originated in Nigeria and is based on the traditional Yoruba percussion |
| 50% | BAULK | 5 | In croquet, either of the two lines from which a ball is struck into play |
| 50% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | 1964 musical film in which 46-Across plays a chimney sweep: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ACROSS | 6 | "___ the Universe," jukebox musical drama which was named after The Beatles song released in 1969 |
| 48% | BYTHEROLLINGOFTWODICE | 21 | Mystery Person once wrote a waltz in which the choice of measures played was determined ... |
| 47% | AWRINKLEINTIME | 14 | 2018 fantasy movie in which Reese Witherspoon played a being who flies kids through space: 4 wds. |
| 47% | WOK | 3 | In which dim sum is cooked |
| 47% | TENNIS | 6 | In which good service is important |
| 46% | DREAMGIRLS | 10 | A 2006 musical starring Jamie Foxx and Beyonce, in which Danny Glover plays a talent manager, Marty Madison |
| 46% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 drama film in which Brie Larson played a woman who has been held captive for seven years |
| 46% | SAFEHOUSE | 9 | 2012 film in which Denzel Washington plays a former CIA agent thought to be a traitor: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is the character played by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" |
| 45% | FAME | 4 | 1980 teen musical drama in which Laura Dean plays a teenager who gets accepted in a performance art school |
| 45% | BEGIN | 5 | "___ Again," 2013 American musical drama film starring Keira Knightley in which she plays a struggling singer-songwriter, Gretta James |