| 100% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, to a violist |
| 81% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, to a cellist |
| 81% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, to a violinist |
| 71% | ARCO | 4 | "With the bow," to a violinist |
| 66% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, to Brahms |
| 64% | ARCO | 4 | Bowed, to a violist |
| 63% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, on a score |
| 59% | VIRGINIAMAYOR | 13 | Actress with the keys to a city? |
| 56% | ARCO | 4 | With a bow, to Stern |
| 56% | YELLOWISH | 9 | With a hue similar to the sun |
| 56% | IMMORTAL | 8 | A being with the inability to die |
| 55% | ARCO | 4 | Instruction to play with the bow |
| 54% | COMET | 5 | Cleanser with the old slogan "Nothing can hold a can to ..." |
| 54% | ALAMO | 5 | Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it |
| 54% | ARCHERY | 7 | The art of shooting with a bow and arrow |
| 54% | VANADIUM | 8 | The only chemical element to begin with a V |
| 54% | OBI | 3 | Sash with a bow in the back |
| 53% | UNDO | 4 | To erase a mistake on the computer, with CTRL + Z |
| 53% | JIGSAW | 6 | 2017 horror film with the tagline "We All Have a Part to Play" |
| 53% | PIERCE | 6 | To make a hole in the skin with a sharp object |
| 52% | AIM | 3 | Prepare to fire, as with a bow and arrow |
| 52% | NAMASTE | 7 | Greeting said with a bow and the palms together |
| 52% | STRAP | 5 | Attachment with a guitar to hang around the neck |
| 52% | STUDY | 5 | Clue room with a secret passage to the kitchen |
| 52% | DESPICABLEME | 12 | 2010 movie with a plot to steal the moon |
| 52% | GOLDENSLUMBERS | 14 | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |
| 52% | PLANETARY | 9 | With 36-Down, astronomical rarity ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 52% | EPEE | 4 | Sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard |
| 52% | DOGLEGS | 7 | Some links holes ... with a hint to the circled letters |
| 52% | BITTERN | 7 | Wading bird similar to the heron with a booming call |