| 100% | BANDSTAND | 9 | Rotunda found in parks for the playing of music |
| 49% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | "The Sound of Music" actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ROREM | 5 | Ned, who composed "Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra", first played in '75 and winner of the Pulitzer in '76 |
| 44% | BUSKED | 6 | Played music in the street for money |
| 43% | DAYTIMEMEAWARDS | 15 | Prizes won by Acadia National Park for the first sight of sunrise in the U.S.? |
| 42% | NEILSIMON | 9 | Author of play and movie Barefoot in the Park |
| 42% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 42% | NOUNDERWEAR | 11 | Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 41% | CLAUDIO | 7 | Brother of Isabella in the William Shakespeare play Measure for Measure |
| 41% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | "The Sound of Music" actress who played the nanny Mary Poppins in the 1964 film: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress nominated for an Oscar for playing a music teacher in "Music of the Heart": 2 wds. |
| 41% | STAND | 5 | Prepare for the playing of the national anthem |
| 40% | ISSARAE | 7 | She played Rachel Green in the music video for Jay-Z's "Moonlight" |
| 40% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president played by Bill Murray in "Hyde Park on Hudson" |
| 40% | LARASTHEME | 10 | Informal name of the instrumental music written for the character played by 33-Across in "Doctor Zhivago" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | XBOXLIVE | 8 | Service for playing Call of Duty in real time with someone across the country, say |
| 39% | EGLAMOUR | 8 | Agent for Silvia, in her escape, in William Shakespeare play The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| 39% | BARDOLPH | 8 | Companion of Falstaff in the William Shakespeare play Henry V sentenced to hang for looting |
| 39% | CRUZ | 4 | Nilo —, author of 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama-winning stage play Anna in the Tropics |
| 39% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 1964 Best Actor Oscar winner for playing Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LILYGLADSTONE | 13 | Best Actress Oscar nominee for playing Mollie Kyle in "Killers of the Flower Moon" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | WALSH | 5 | M Emmet —, US actor who played Calvin Murks in 1994 film drama The Music of Chance |
| 38% | TIMBERLAKE | 10 | Justin ___, singer who won Video of the Year for "Mirrors" at MTV Video Music Awards in 2013 |
| 38% | ANDY | 4 | Actor Serkis who played Caesar in "War for the Planet of the Apes" |
| 38% | SLEDGEHAMMER | 12 | Song that accounted for 9 of the 10 MTV Video Music Awards won by 17-Across in 1987 |
| 38% | KATY | 4 | Singer ___ Perry who won Video of the Year Award for "Firework" at MTV Video Music Awards in 2011 |
| 38% | KEIRA | 5 | ___ Knightley, "Pirates of the Caribbean" actress who learned to play the guitar for her role in "Begin Again" |
| 38% | SNOUTS | 6 | Found in the middle of pigs' faces |
| 38% | MARIAVONTRAPP | 13 | "The Sound of Music" role that earned Mary Martin a Best Actress Tony for playing the governess and stepmother to seven children: 3 wds. |
| 37% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | "The Theory of Everything" actor who was nominated for a 2024 Tony for playing the Emcee in "Cabaret": 2 wds. |