100% | CHIN | 4 | With 67-Across, attachment to a string instrument |
52% | OPEN | 4 | With 67-Across, doctor's order ... and a hint to 40-, 50- and 58-Across |
51% | CLUE | 4 | With 67-Across, "I need a hint" and a hint to uncovering four famous detectives |
48% | ZITHER | 6 | Musical string instrument similar to a dulcimer |
47% | BUBBLEBUBBLE | 12 | With 72 Across, reason to call a plumber? |
46% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
46% | THERES | 6 | With 36-Across, "This has strings attached," and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
46% | RAZOR | 5 | With 67-Across, a whisker cutter |
45% | STRAP | 5 | Attachment with a guitar to hang around the neck |
45% | OAK | 3 | With 67-Across, sacred symbol to Zeus |
45% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
45% | LUCK | 4 | With 15 Across, party you might bring a dish to |
45% | SCALPEL | 7 | Medical instrument with a precision blade to cut |
45% | YOUARE | 6 | With 67-Across, dreaded words from a cop? |
45% | DASHBOARD | 9 | Panel of a car with instruments to read |
44% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a notable solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |
44% | WORKINGHARDOR | 13 | With 47 Across, facetious question to someone putting in a shift |
44% | GUITAR | 6 | An instrument with 6 strings stretched to its neck |
44% | BOW | 3 | Stick a violinist draws across the instrument's strings |
44% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
43% | REIN | 4 | Attachment to a bit |
43% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
42% | CELLO | 5 | String ensemble instrument related to a violin |
42% | POTTED | 6 | With 67 Across, lobby plants |
42% | BIO | 3 | Attachment to a job app |
42% | HOSE | 4 | Attachment to a movable sprinkler |
42% | SNELL | 5 | Attachment to a fishing line |
42% | REEL | 4 | Attachment to a fishing rod |
42% | STRAW | 5 | Attachment to a juice box |
42% | SPUR | 4 | Attachment to a cowboy boot |