| 100% | REMIX | 5 | New arrangement of tracks on a recording |
| 51% | VENATION | 8 | Arrangement of veins on a leaf blade |
| 48% | SIDE | 4 | One of two on a record |
| 48% | LINERNOTE | 9 | Bit of writing on a record sleeve |
| 47% | LOG | 3 | Record of events on a voyage |
| 46% | RECEIPT | 7 | Slip on a new piece of clothing? |
| 46% | ASSUMESTHEMANTLE | 16 | Takes on a new responsibility, as of leadership |
| 46% | BOEINGSHOWING | 13 | Track record of a plane manufacturer? |
| 45% | VIDEOED | 7 | Took a recording of to post on YouTube, say |
| 45% | COVER | 5 | New recording of a well-known song |
| 45% | LAP | 3 | Part of a track record? |
| 43% | PANEL | 5 | Group of pundits on a TV news show, e.g. |
| 43% | RAIL | 4 | Barrier on the inside of a horse track |
| 43% | INCOLDBLOOD | 11 | *1967 movie based on a series of New Yorker articles by Truman Capote |
| 42% | SAMPLES | 7 | Pieces of recorded sound, reused in a new manner |
| 42% | LAZING | 6 | "___ on a Sunday Afternoon," track by Queen that celebrates the seventh day of the week |
| 42% | MEETMEINSTLOUIS | 15 | *1944 movie based on a series of New Yorker short stories by Sally Benson |
| 42% | REMASTER | 8 | Do a new production of, as a recording |
| 42% | ROSEPETAL | 9 | Part of a parade float on New Year's Day |
| 41% | WREATH | 6 | Popular Christmas decoration which is an arrangement of flowers, leaves and twigs on a ring |
| 41% | RYE | 3 | New York city on Long Island Sound...and a homophone of 11 Across |
| 41% | TIMES | 5 | Keeps track of on a stopwatch, say |
| 41% | LETSGOCRAZY | 11 | First track on Prince's "Purple Rain," and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 41% | FROGPRINTS | 10 | Tracks on a lily pad? |
| 41% | RUT | 3 | Track on a muddy road |
| 40% | WINGCOASTER | 11 | Theme park ride where riders sit on either side of a track |
| 40% | BANDWAGON | 9 | What new fans of a winning team may jump on |
| 40% | RESLUG | 6 | Put a new header on (a piece of copy) |
| 40% | RAP | 3 | Charge on a record |
| 40% | STEVIE | 6 | Nicks on a record? |