| 100% | ACCESS | 6 | To meet the band after a concert; back stage __ |
| 46% | ENCORE | 6 | Word that's shouted after a band leaves the stage |
| 38% | SORE | 4 | Achy after a trip to the gym |
| 37% | AFT | 3 | To the back of a boat |
| 37% | AFT | 3 | To the back, on a ship |
| 37% | AREAR | 5 | To the back, on a boat |
| 37% | ABAFT | 5 | To the back, on a boat |
| 37% | STAINEDINSTEAD | 14 | What was done to the back deck this time after the fiasco a few years ago with the paint and the raccoon? |
| 37% | OVATIONS | 8 | Applauses after a concert where the crowd may rise up from their chairs |
| 37% | MIAMIHEAT | 9 | The team which picked up LeBron James after he became a free agent, and then went on to win back to back championships: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FRAY | 4 | The ___ ("How to Save a Life" band) |
| 37% | AFT | 3 | Back of the boat, to a sailor |
| 36% | RASP | 4 | Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe |
| 36% | SCENERY | 7 | The background to a stage play, the setting |
| 36% | REFLEXIVE | 9 | A pronoun that refers back to the subject |
| 36% | BEEP | 4 | After the ___ (when to leave a phone message) |
| 36% | REM | 3 | Band named after a sleep stage |
| 36% | AFT | 3 | Toward the back, to a sailor |
| 36% | AFT | 3 | Towards the back, to a skipper |
| 36% | PRESENTCOMPANY | 14 | Bring a Sondheim musical to the stage? |
| 36% | MOTOR | 5 | Attachment to the back of a boat |
| 36% | COMEBACK | 8 | Return to the spotlight after a break |
| 35% | LEVELUP | 7 | To progress to the next stage in a video game |
| 35% | GARTER | 6 | Band worn around the leg to keep up a stocking |
| 35% | ERASE | 5 | To rub out, as with the back of a pencil |
| 35% | USED | 4 | After 2004, the only way to buy a 14-Across |
| 35% | TOURDATES | 9 | List on the back of a band shirt |
| 35% | ONED | 4 | Made in the A.M. band, to fans |
| 35% | PIEMAN | 6 | Simple Simon met a __, going to the fair |
| 35% | MOSHPIT | 7 | Frenetic area near the stage at a rock concert |