| 100% | LUTE | 4 | Pear-shaped instrument |
| 100% | SITAR | 5 | Pear-shaped instrument |
| 100% | MANDOLIN | 8 | Pear-shaped instrument |
| 96% | LUTES | 5 | Pear-shaped instruments |
| 91% | LUTE | 4 | Pear-shaped string instrument |
| 91% | LUTE | 4 | Pear-shaped stringed instrument |
| 91% | SITAR | 5 | Pear-shaped Indian instrument |
| 90% | LUTES | 5 | Pear-shaped musical instruments |
| 90% | LUTES | 5 | Pear-shaped string instruments |
| 90% | LUTES | 5 | Pear-shaped stringed instruments |
| 87% | LUTENIST | 8 | Medieval musician with pear-shaped instrument |
| 85% | LUTE | 4 | Pear-shaped stringed instrument (anagram of "tule") |
| 85% | LUTE | 4 | Pear-shaped musical instrument of the Renaissance |
| 83% | LUTE | 4 | Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a halved pear |
| 83% | LUTE | 4 | Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a sliced pear |
| 83% | LUTE | 4 | Ancient plucked stringed instrument with a body shaped like a sliced pear |
| 77% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument with a pear-shaped body |
| 77% | LUTE | 4 | Pear shaped classical guitar |
| 77% | ADOS | 4 | Pear shaped fruits: avoc___ |
| 70% | LUTE | 4 | Medieval instrument with a pear-shaped body |
| 67% | LYRATE | 6 | Shaped like a stringed instrument |
| 65% | PROVOLONE | 9 | Aged Italian cheese, sometimes comes in pear shape |
| 65% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument shaped like a 69-Across |
| 63% | BALALAIKA | 9 | Russian stringed instrument, triangle shape |
| 61% | MODELPLANE | 10 | Ideal instrument for shaping wood surfaces? |
| 61% | OROTUND | 7 | Pear-shaped |
| 60% | BALALAIKA | 9 | Russian string instrument shaped like a triangle |
| 59% | TRIANGLE | 8 | Three-sided shape, also a musical instrument |
| 59% | SERPENT | 7 | Wind instrument resembling a snake in shape |
| 59% | FIG | 3 | Pear-shaped fruit |