| 100% | DEMOCD | 6 | Submission to a record label in the 1990s |
| 60% | DEMOCD | 6 | Submission to a record label, once |
| 51% | DECCA | 5 | Record label that declined to sign the Beatles in 1962 |
| 47% | DEMOTAPE | 8 | Cassette submitted to a record label |
| 47% | DEMO | 4 | Music submission to a recording studio |
| 45% | RCA | 3 | Second-oldest record label in the U.S. |
| 45% | ELON | 4 | Musk who set a record for the largest loss of personal fortune in history, according to Guinness |
| 44% | NOHIT | 5 | A game in baseball when the opposing team fails to record a single base hit: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DEMOS | 5 | Submissions to record labels |
| 43% | JAMMING | 7 | "The band was in the midst of a ___ session when they received a call from the record label" |
| 42% | AMIDST | 6 | In the thick of, to a bard |
| 42% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, to a chef |
| 42% | APPLE | 5 | Record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 |
| 42% | RCA | 3 | Record label with a dog in its logo |
| 42% | ATSCALE | 7 | In the required size to solve a problem |
| 42% | FORK | 4 | Come to a ___ in the road |
| 41% | RCA | 3 | Record label with a dog in its classic logo |
| 41% | OOF | 3 | Response to a punch in the stomach |
| 41% | OOF | 3 | Response to a punch in the gut |
| 41% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to a sock in the gut |
| 41% | RUMPPUNCH | 9 | Alternative to a kick in the butt? |
| 41% | SPIRITUAL | 9 | Relating to a belief in the divine |
| 41% | ULNAR | 5 | Relating to a bone in the forearm |
| 41% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to a punch in the gut |
| 41% | VEER | 4 | React to a dog in the road |
| 41% | OOF | 3 | Reaction to a punch, in the comics |
| 41% | FURBISH | 7 | In the old days it meant to polish a weapon |
| 40% | USA | 3 | Made in the ___ (letters on a clothing label) |
| 40% | BUD | 3 | Nip in the ___ (promptly put a stop to) |
| 40% | BOOED | 5 | Reacted to a bad performance in the theater |