| 100% | GRIMES | 6 | Peter __, many deaths in this fishy Britten opera |
| 34% | PEARS | 5 | Peter —, English tenor who created the role of Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten's 1954 opera The Turn of the Screw |
| 33% | EIGHTY | 6 | Around the World in this many Days |
| 33% | ERE | 3 | Right in this spot, to many Londoners |
| 32% | CYANIDE | 7 | Cause of death in many a murder mystery |
| 32% | SPEAR | 5 | Weapon in many operas |
| 32% | THIRTEEN | 8 | This many in a baker's dozen |
| 31% | SEVILLE | 7 | Figaro is a barber in this city in the opera |
| 31% | CHAN | 4 | Peter Sellers parodied him in "Murder by Death" |
| 31% | LOSE | 4 | Most people do this in Vegas |
| 31% | OWEN | 4 | & 24A Benjamin Britten opera for BBC TV first broadcast in 1971 |
| 30% | JOEEGG | 6 | Peter Nichols play, A Day in the Death of __ |
| 30% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Many in the US start driving at this age |
| 30% | BSL | 3 | Many deaf people use this language in the UK |
| 30% | TRYST | 5 | Plot point in many a soap opera |
| 30% | TRIANGLE | 8 | Love ___ (plot device in many soap operas) |
| 30% | SALMONROE | 9 | This fishy treat, known as ikura in Japan, is often pickled in soy sauce |
| 30% | JOEEGG | 6 | Peter Nichols wrote A Day in the Death of him |
| 30% | ACOUSTICS | 9 | Architects design opera houses with this in mind |
| 29% | DUMB | 4 | In the movie, Lloyd is this and Harry is more so |
| 29% | BARNOWL | 7 | Most common of this bird lives in farm structure |
| 29% | TRUMP | 5 | Name in many New York Times headlines these days |
| 29% | CRATES | 6 | Many dogs sleep in these metal rectangles |
| 28% | TEARGAS | 7 | Police in Hong Kong used this many times last year |
| 28% | CAPTIVITY | 9 | There are more tigers in this than in the wild |
| 28% | ONEWAYSTREETS | 13 | Most crosstown thoroughfares in Manhattan ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 27% | FRIDAYTHE13TH | 13 | This occurs at least once - and never more than three times - in a year |