| 100% | PARODIES | 8 | P.D.Q. Bach's "Sanka Cantata" and such |
| 51% | TOOTSUITE | 9 | P.D.Q. Bach's calliope opus |
| 49% | CANTATA | 7 | P.D.Q. Bach's "Iphigenia in Brooklyn," e.g. |
| 48% | ARIA | 4 | P.D.Q. Bach's "I'm the Village Idiot," e.g. |
| 47% | TOCCATA | 7 | Bach's "__ and Fugue in D Minor" |
| 46% | BACH | 4 | Name that follows J. S. or P. D. Q. |
| 46% | PINKIE | 6 | P's and q's typer |
| 46% | SALIERI | 7 | Murderer in P.D.Q. Bach's spoof opera "A Little Nightmare Music" |
| 44% | PETER | 5 | P.D.Q. Bach creator Schickele |
| 43% | BEHAVES | 7 | Minds one's P's and Q's |
| 43% | BEHAVE | 6 | Mind one's p's and q's |
| 42% | ALPHABETSUPERVISOR | 18 | One minding everyone's p's and q's? |
| 42% | EDIT | 4 | Tend to some p's and q's, say |
| 42% | LDRS | 4 | P.M.'s and such: Abbr. |
| 41% | TEX | 3 | "Oedipus __" : P.D.Q. Bach western-themed parody |
| 41% | NOTSOFAST | 9 | A typical P.D.Q. Bach music direction |
| 40% | FANFAREFORTHE | 13 | With 33 Across, P.D.Q. Bach piece with a lot of horn-blowing (and probably nose-blowing) |
| 40% | THESEASONINGS | 13 | P.D.Q. Bach oratorio that includes the duet, "Bide Thy Thyme" |
| 39% | MINTMARK | 8 | D, P or S, on quarters |
| 38% | RAPMETAL | 8 | Fusion genre of such acts as P.O.D. and Limp Bizkit: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FRANZROMANSSOHN | 15 | With 96 Across, P.D.Q. Bach's portrait painter (who may or may not have had a partner named Lemmy O'Rears) |
| 38% | YULE | 4 | "Throw the __ Log On, Uncle John": P.D.Q. Bach madrigal parody |
| 37% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 36% | VITAMINS | 8 | Essential nutrients such as A, C, and D |
| 36% | ANDL | 4 | Follower of P in accounting and S in finance |
| 35% | ECON | 4 | Study of G.D.P. and such |
| 35% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 34% | OFAN | 4 | P. D. James's "Death ___ Expert Witness" |
| 34% | AMMO | 4 | BB's and such |
| 33% | THEUNIVERSITYOF | 15 | With 66 Across, the (luckily for us) hard-to-get-to site of the P.D.Q. Bach Museum |