| 100% | RENT | 4 | Tony Award-winning musical broadcast on Fox in January 2019 |
| 46% | GREASE | 6 | Musical that aired live on Fox in January |
| 43% | KINKYBOOTS | 10 | Tony Award-winning musical with the song "Sex Is in the Heel" |
| 43% | RENT | 4 | Musical that had a live version on Fox in January |
| 39% | BOBMACKIE | 9 | "The Cher Show" costumer who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PARADE | 6 | Tony award-winning musical revival; a procession |
| 36% | EVITA | 5 | 1980 Tony Award-winning musical |
| 36% | EVAN | 4 | "Dear __ Hansen": Tony Award-winning musical |
| 36% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | Actor who won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, for the film "Vice": 2 wds. |
| 35% | SUTTON | 6 | Broadway star Foster who won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical |
| 35% | EDGAR | 5 | Award won by Deepa Anappara in 2021, for “Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line” |
| 35% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 35% | ONCE | 4 | "Falling Slowly" Broadway musical that won eight Tony Awards in 2012 |
| 35% | DEAR | 4 | 2017's Tony Award-winning musical, "___ Evan Hansen" |
| 35% | HADESTOWN | 9 | Anaïs Mitchell work based on Orpheus and Eurydice that won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical |
| 34% | LAMAS | 5 | Fernando —, 1957 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical nominee for Happy Hunting |
| 34% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Tony Award won by the starred answers in the years of their clues |
| 34% | GWENVERDON | 10 | She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for "Damn Yankees," "New Girl in Town," and "Redhead": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ICON | 4 | Billboard ___ Award (honor bestowed on Mariah Carey in 2019) |
| 34% | KEVINSPACEY | 11 | 2017 Tony Awards host who won a Tony for "Lost in Yonkers" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MARYMARTIN | 10 | She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for "South Pacific," "Peter Pan," and "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 33% | HODGE | 5 | Douglas —, 2010 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical winner for La Cage aux Folles |
| 33% | CLIO | 4 | Award that Burger King won in 2019 for its "The Whopper Detour" promotion |
| 33% | EVAN | 4 | "Dear ___ Hansen" (Broadway musical that won six Tony Awards in 2017) |
| 33% | CAIN | 4 | Center fielder Lorenzo who won a Gold Glove Award in 2019 |
| 33% | FOSSE | 5 | Tony-winning musical in 1999 |
| 33% | HADES | 5 | Antagonist (and namesake) of a 2019 Tony-winning musical set partly in the underworld |
| 32% | SAMMENDES | 9 | "The Ferryman" director who won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TIMCURRY | 8 | 2005 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical nominee for his role as King Arthur in Spamalot |
| 32% | DALY | 4 | Tyne —, 1990 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical winner for Gypsy |