| 100% | INCONCERT | 9 | Playing music for a live audience: 2 wds. |
| 52% | THEJOKER | 8 | Batman villain named for a playing card: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ENDRUN | 6 | Evasive tactic named for a football play: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DJS | 3 | Plays music for a party |
| 50% | DJED | 4 | Played music for a party |
| 50% | PEANUTGALLERY | 13 | Group of kids who were the live audience for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JESSICALANGE | 12 | "Tootsie" actress nominated for a 2024 Tony for her performance in "Mother Play": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ACT | 3 | Play pretend for a living? |
| 45% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | "The Theory of Everything" actor who was nominated for a 2024 Tony for playing the Emcee in "Cabaret": 2 wds. |
| 45% | STRIPPER | 8 | Takes his or her clothes off to music for a living |
| 44% | ITRAN | 5 | "___ for a decade on BBC!" (aired): 2 wds. |
| 43% | BUSKING | 7 | Playing music in a public place for donations |
| 43% | RECROOM | 7 | Place for a Ping-Pong table: 2 wds. |
| 43% | EGGCARTON | 9 | Container for a dozen breakfast items: 2 wds. |
| 43% | FISHTANK | 8 | Home for a neon tetra, maybe: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SOAPDISH | 8 | Container for a bar of Dial: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NOMDE | 5 | ___ plume (pen name for a writer): 2 wds. |
| 43% | SICEM | 5 | Command for a canine to attack: 2 wds. |
| 43% | INONE | 5 | Hole ___ (rare feat for a golfer): 2 wds. |
| 43% | TRADESIN | 8 | Swaps for a newer model, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready for a pitch, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DIPIN | 5 | "Go for a ___ the pool" (swim): 2 wds. |
| 43% | TWOPOINTS | 9 | Score for a basket in basketball: 2 wds. |
| 43% | COWBOYHAT | 9 | Headgear for a Western rancher, say: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SHORTSALE | 9 | Transaction for a homeowner in trouble: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NOTV | 4 | Consequence for a misbehaving child, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DJS | 3 | Plays the music for a party |
| 43% | DJED | 4 | Played the music for a party |
| 43% | HERGRACE | 8 | Title for a duchess: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ONHAND | 6 | Available for a purpose: 2 wds. |