| 100% | SIA | 3 | Slam poet Beau of the Tony-winning “Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway” |
| 29% | AUDRAMCDONALD | 13 | Six-time Tony-winning actress who was a guest on the "On Broadway" episode of "Finding Your Roots" in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MANDYPATINKIN | 13 | Tony- and Emmy-winning actor who was a guest on the "On Broadway" episode of "Finding Your Roots" in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ALISTROKER | 10 | Actress who won a Tony for her role as Ado Annie in the 2019 Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!": 2 wds. |
| 27% | CAT | 3 | Attendee of the Jellicle Ball, on Broadway |
| 27% | ODOM | 4 | Leslie ___ Jr., Tony-winning best actor for the role of Aaron Burr in Broadway's "Hamilton" |
| 26% | ANAIS | 5 | ___ Mitchell, creator of the Tony-winning musical "Hadestown" |
| 26% | SCREECH | 7 | Sound of slamming on the brakes |
| 26% | SHALHOUB | 8 | Actor Tony who plays the father of 48-Across on an Emmy-winning Amazon series |
| 26% | GYPSY | 5 | Actress LuPone's second Tony Award was for this 2008 Broadway revival of a musical loosely based on the memoirs of a striptease artist |
| 26% | SKID | 4 | Possible result of slamming on the brakes |
| 25% | HADESTOWN | 9 | Broadway musical based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice |
| 25% | ZEROMOSTEL | 10 | Star of Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 25% | SOUTH | 5 | "___ Pacific," musical based on a Pulitzer-winning book which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 25% | TSE | 3 | Poet with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame |
| 25% | LUCRETIUS | 9 | Epicurean poet who wrote On the Nature of Things |
| 25% | AUDRA | 5 | ___ McDonald, actress known for her work on Broadway who has won six Tony awards |
| 25% | STROKEPLAY | 10 | * Golf format not based on the number of holes won |
| 24% | ROMEO | 5 | Beau of the Bard |
| 24% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Tony Award won by the starred answers in the years of their clues |
| 24% | RENTFREEZE | 10 | Super-cold spell on the set of a 1996 Broadway musical? |
| 24% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 24% | YANK | 4 | One of the players on the winning team that played the Braves in the '58 World Series |
| 24% | ROBERTBROWNING | 14 | "Porphyria's Lover" poet with a pan of ground beef on the stove? |
| 24% | ELIHUROOT | 9 | Secretary of War who went on to win the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 23% | AUDRELORDE | 10 | Poet on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor whose poems include "Coal" and "Power": 2 wds. |
| 23% | ANGELOU | 7 | "On the Pulse of Morning" poet |
| 23% | PATINA | 6 | Miller who won a Tony for her performance in the 2013 revival of “Pippin” |
| 23% | ELIOT | 5 | Writer of the 1950 Tony-winning play "The Cocktail Party" |
| 23% | SERENA | 6 | One half of the Williams sister duo beside Venus, a pair who have won 14 Grand Slam doubles together |