| 100% | ANTHEM | 6 | The man composed a song |
| 74% | ANTHEM | 6 | The man composed a patriotic piece |
| 72% | ANTHEM | 6 | The man composed song |
| 59% | TIGHTENUP | 9 | The Black Keys song about a man looking for love |
| 59% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 58% | MOTET | 5 | Met to compose a song |
| 57% | ANTHEM | 6 | The man composed hymn |
| 56% | IFI | 3 | "___ Were a Rich Man" ("Fiddler on the Roof" song): 2 wds. |
| 55% | MULAN | 5 | Disney film with the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" |
| 55% | MULAN | 5 | Disney film featuring the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" |
| 55% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 movie with the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" |
| 54% | TUPAC | 5 | Artist with whom Kendrick Lamar stages a posthumous conversation on the song “Mortal Man” |
| 54% | LYRICS | 6 | The words in a song |
| 54% | LYRICS | 6 | The words of a song |
| 53% | GARYINDIANA | 11 | City that's a song title in "The Music Man" |
| 53% | IRON | 4 | "___ Man," 1970 song by Black Sabbath about a man who time travels and sees the apocalypse |
| 53% | ROCKET | 6 | "___ Man," Elton John number that is a popular wake-up song aboard the International Space Station |
| 53% | DIE | 3 | "___ a Happy Man" (Thomas Rhett song that mentions Marvin Gaye in the lyrics) |
| 52% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Singer of the 1973 pop song "The Piano Man," which sounds like a waltz: 2 wds. |
| 52% | AMI | 3 | "___ the Man" (Jackie Wilson song) |
| 52% | NOLAN | 5 | The Man Without a Country |
| 52% | SON | 3 | "___ of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield song on the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack) |
| 51% | MINE | 4 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter" |
| 51% | LONCHANEY | 9 | The Man of a Thousand Faces |
| 51% | SWEETDAY | 8 | "One ___," a song by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, that was Billboard's most successful song of the 1990s: 2 wds. |
| 50% | PULPFICTION | 11 | 1994 Quentin Tarantino film whose soundtrack features the 1968 hit song "Son of a Preacher Man" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 50% | ENYA | 4 | Irish New Ager who co-composed a song in Elvish for "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 50% | ENYA | 4 | One-named singer who co-composed a song in Elvish for "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 50% | AUBADE | 6 | A song or poem greeting the dawn |