| 100% | SOH | 3 | The note that was "a needle pulling thread" according to Maria in "The Sound of Music" |
| 58% | SEW | 3 | "A needle pulling thread" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 58% | SOL | 3 | Note that's "a needle pulling thread," according to the song "Do-Re-Mi" |
| 50% | SOL | 3 | Note that's "a needle pulling thread" in the song "Do-Re-Mi" |
| 49% | NUN | 3 | Maria originally wanted to be one, in "The Sound of Music" |
| 48% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that sounds like "a duck if the duck were a songbird," according to Angels in America |
| 46% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 45% | FAR | 3 | "A long, long way to run" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 44% | ALPS | 4 | The hills that are alive in "The Sound of Music" |
| 43% | LAA | 3 | "... ___ note to follow so" or part of a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GOVERNESS | 9 | Job of Maria in The Sound of Music |
| 42% | NONNBERG | 8 | Abbey of novice Maria in The Sound of Music |
| 42% | NUN | 3 | What Maria is planning to become at the start of "The Sound of Music" |
| 42% | SUPERIOR | 8 | Maria worried Mother __ in The Sound of Music |
| 41% | SEWA | 4 | "___ needle pulling thread" ("The Sound of Music" lyric) |
| 40% | GOATHERD | 8 | This hill dweller was lonely in the Sound of Music |
| 40% | GOATHERD | 8 | Caprine-minder who is lonely in The Sound of Music |
| 40% | AMAZON | 6 | ___ River, waterbody in South America that is central to a rainforest of the same name |
| 40% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that the notes in its limits be played smoothly, as one phrase |
| 40% | 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. |
| 40% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RAY | 3 | "A drop of golden sun" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 39% | DOE | 3 | "A deer, a female deer" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 39% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 39% | TEA | 3 | "A drink with jam and bread" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 39% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 39% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 39% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 38% | POOR | 4 | According to The World Bank, in 2015, 734 million people were this, a change from 1990's figure of 1.9 billion |
| 38% | CAP | 3 | Surgical ___, headwear worn in the operating room to maintain sterilization that could be a part of your "Doctor" Halloween costume |