| 100% | STAFF | 5 | Set of lines on which musical notes are written |
| 59% | STAVE | 5 | Five lines on which musical notation is written |
| 49% | STAVE | 5 | Lines on which music is written |
| 48% | BALLOTS | 7 | Pieces of paper on which secret votes are written |
| 42% | CHANTER | 7 | Pipe on a set of bagpipes on which the melody is played |
| 40% | BARCODES | 8 | Scannable sets of lines on product packaging: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAGNETICEQUATOR | 15 | Line on which a dip needle is horizontal |
| 39% | NOPE | 4 | Song Jeff Tweedy of "Wilco" wrote which was released on the album "Schmilco" in 2016 |
| 39% | CHORD | 5 | Set of musical notes |
| 39% | MATHTEST | 8 | On which numbers are written |
| 38% | SOUTH | 5 | "___ Pacific," musical based on a Pulitzer-winning book which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 38% | OCTAVE | 6 | Set of eight consecutive musical notes |
| 38% | FIVE | 4 | Number of lines on a musical staff |
| 38% | CHORDS | 6 | Sets of notes played on a guitar |
| 37% | GUYS | 4 | "___ and Dolls," musical based on Damon Runyon's short stories which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 37% | CAKE | 4 | On which "Happy Birthday" might be written in icing |
| 37% | SIGHTREAD | 9 | Follow musical notes written on a stave |
| 36% | TABLETS | 7 | Stones on which the Ten Commandments were written |
| 36% | COURSES | 7 | Grounds on which games of golf are played |
| 36% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which the musical Rent was based |
| 36% | ALLABOUTEVE | 11 | 1950 movie on which the musical "Applause" is based |
| 36% | ASIA | 4 | Continent on which the FX series "Shōgun" is set |
| 35% | OVID | 4 | "Dolor hic tibi proderit olim" which Deanna writes on the plan for the future of the town, was originally written by this poet |
| 35% | MAIDENOVER | 10 | Set of six deliveries in cricket in which no runs are scored |
| 35% | IAM | 3 | “___ a Camera” (play on which the musical “Cabaret” was based) |
| 35% | YANGTZE | 7 | Major river on which the city of Luzhou is located |
| 35% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of hills on which Rome was built |
| 35% | NORMADESMOND | 12 | Character portrayed by actress Patti LuPone in the musical "Sunset Boulevard" which was based on a 1950 film of the same title: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GANYMEDE | 8 | Moon on which Heinlein's "Farmer in the Sky" is set |
| 35% | CARD | 4 | *Greeting ___, gift accompaniment on which you might write a heartfelt note |