| 95% | OBOEDA | 6 | & 16D Woodwind instrument, a predecessor of the cor anglais |
| 48% | SURETE | 6 | French agency that was a predecessor of the FBI |
| 45% | PICCOLO | 7 | Woodwind instrument; smallest member of the flute family |
| 45% | OBOE | 4 | One of the woodwind instruments |
| 43% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a lot of vowels in its name |
| 43% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument related to the cor anglais |
| 43% | OSS | 3 | Predecessor of the C.I.A. |
| 42% | BASSET | 6 | ___ horn, woodwind instrument that is part of the clarinet family |
| 42% | BOBMOOG | 7 | Inventor of the first commercially available electronic instrument, a synthesizer |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument in the woodwind section of an orchestra |
| 42% | DASHBOARD | 9 | Instrument panel at the front of a vehicle |
| 42% | MANOMETER | 9 | Instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid |
| 42% | FIPPLE | 6 | The mouthpiece of an instrument like a recorder |
| 41% | BASSOON | 7 | Woodwind instrument with a double reed playing in the tenor and bass ranges |
| 41% | BUGLE | 5 | Instrument in the name of a "Spider-Man" tabloid |
| 41% | TUNED | 5 | Calibrated the sound of a musical instrument |
| 41% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument used to set the pitch of an orchestra |
| 40% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 40% | SOUSA | 5 | Bandmaster who popularized the use of a wraparound instrument |
| 40% | BAGPIPES | 8 | Scottish instrument played at the end of a wedding |
| 40% | SAXOPHONEBOOKS | 14 | Publications dedicated to the history of a jazz instrument? |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | Cousin of a cor anglais |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | Relative of a cor anglais |
| 40% | REED | 4 | Part of a woodwind instrument |
| 39% | BELL | 4 | Instrument that is rung, rung at the beginning of a boxing match |
| 39% | MUTE | 4 | Device used to muffle the sound of a musical instrument |
| 39% | TUNER | 5 | Technician hired to correct the sound of a musical instrument |
| 39% | TUNE | 4 | Melody, or to correct the pitch of a musical instrument |
| 39% | BAGPIPEDREAMS | 13 | Fantasies about being the best player of a Scottish instrument? |