| 100% | TUTTI | 5 | Performed by the whole ensemble, in music |
| 49% | EVA | 3 | Spacewalk performed by the first all-female team in 2019 (Abbr.) |
| 47% | SHINY | 5 | Song performed by the villainous Tamatoa in Disney's "Moana" |
| 46% | MEMORY | 6 | Showstopping number performed by Jennifer Hudson in the 2019 movie “Cats” |
| 46% | MOUNTAIN | 8 | Music by Grieg: In the Hall of the __ King |
| 45% | LARK | 4 | The —, stage play by Jean Anouilh first performed in 1953 |
| 45% | SOULS | 5 | "Poor Unfortunate ___," song performed by the villainous Ursula the Sea Witch in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" |
| 45% | CREATION | 8 | The —, oratorio by Joseph Haydn first performed in Vienna in 1798 |
| 45% | NOSE | 4 | The —, opera by Dmitri Shostakovich first performed in full in 1930 |
| 44% | SHARP | 5 | In music, an accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone |
| 44% | DOT | 3 | In music, the symbol placed after a note to increase its time value by a half |
| 44% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | Song performed by Elton John in the film adaptation of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | AIDA | 4 | Role performed by Leontyne Price in her 1985 farewell operatic performance, at the Met |
| 44% | TAKE | 4 | "Every Breath You ___," song performed by the Police that won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1984 |
| 44% | SOCA | 4 | Caribbean music genre pioneered by Lord Shorty in the 1970s |
| 43% | FLAT | 4 | In music, the sign that, when placed before a note, lowers it in pitch by a semitone |
| 43% | LOVEISTHEDRUG | 13 | Roxy Music song performed by Bryan Ferry in 2013's "The Great Gatsby": 4 wds. |
| 43% | OVERTHELOVE | 11 | New song performed by Florence + The Machine in 2013's "The Great Gatsby": 3 wds. |
| 43% | SHARP | 5 | Accidental in music that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone |
| 43% | LITTLEEYOLF | 11 | 1894 play by Henrik Ibsen first performed in the following year |
| 42% | TONIGHT | 7 | Top 10 single performed by 30-Across when they won the AMA for Breakthrough Artist in 2008 |
| 42% | BELLAMY | 7 | The ___ Brothers, country music duo that was named Top Country Duo by Billboard in 1982 |
| 42% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer played by Val Kilmer in the music biopic "The Doors" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | RAGA | 4 | Mainstay of Indian music popularized in the west by Ravi Shankar, amongst others |
| 41% | THE | 3 | “Angela Bassett did ___ thing” (line from a viral rap performed by Ariana DeBose at the BAFTAs in February, 2023) |
| 40% | SOBER | 5 | 1993 song by the rock band Tool that features stop-motion animation of a humanoid in the official music video |
| 40% | STOMP | 5 | Dance performed by the Chickasaw and Cherokee |
| 40% | VEVO | 4 | Video music hosting group, formed by two of the "big three" record companies in the US |
| 40% | ODDITY | 6 | "Space ___," David Bowie song that was performed in space by astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the ISS |