| 100% | PRIMABALLERINA | 14 | Musical work lionizing a talented hoopster, using the key with three 63-Acrosses? |
| 54% | SWEETCAROLINE | 13 | Musical work that's a delightful Christmas composition, using the key with four 63-Acrosses? |
| 49% | PERFECTTIMING | 13 | Musical work idealizing the CEO of Apple, using the key with one 63-Across? |
| 47% | ABEAUTIFULMIND | 14 | Musical work of affection for Bond's boss, using the key with two 63-Acrosses? |
| 33% | LARGO | 5 | Musical tempo that shares a name with one of the Florida Keys |
| 31% | ADD | 3 | Use the "+" key on a calculator |
| 31% | ADDS | 4 | Uses the + key on a calculator |
| 31% | ADD | 3 | Use the + key on a calculator |
| 30% | CMINOR | 6 | Musical key with three flats |
| 30% | ILTROVATORE | 11 | Musical work with a duel |
| 30% | OPERA | 5 | Musical work with a libretto |
| 30% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 29% | AMAJ | 4 | Musical key with three sharps, for short |
| 29% | AMAJ | 4 | Musical key with three sharps, briefly (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THE | 3 | With 63- and 64-Across, privileged info, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 28% | MOELARRY | 8 | With 46 Across, the Three Stooges |
| 28% | ACHORUSLINE | 11 | Broadway musical about three guys using the same pickup routine at a bar? |
| 28% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 28% | MUSICMAN | 8 | The __, a musical with Seventy-Six Trombones |
| 27% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 24 Across, slogan of The Three Musketeers |
| 27% | DONTCRYFOR | 10 | With 115 Across, song from a WAC musical? |
| 27% | ITSRAINING | 10 | With 63-Across, the opening lines to a nursery rhyme suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 27% | SALBANDO | 8 | Three-time World Series champ with the A's |
| 27% | BEARS | 5 | The Three ___, trio from a fairy tale with Goldilocks |
| 27% | TIN | 3 | The only chemical element with a three-letter name |
| 27% | PIANOTUNER | 10 | One working with a set of keys |
| 27% | LEISTER | 7 | Spear with three prongs also called a trident used for catching fish |
| 26% | STOOGES | 7 | The Three ___, slapstick comedy trio who worked with Ted Healy |
| 26% | AVENUEQ | 7 | Musical with the song "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" |
| 26% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical with the song "It's a Hard Knock Life" |