| 100% | BASSOON | 7 | Woodwind instrument with a double reed playing in the tenor and bass ranges |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Double reed woodwind instrument that plays in the treble or soprano range |
| 46% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a double reed |
| 40% | CLARINET | 8 | Keyed woodwind instrument with a cylindrical bore and a single reed |
| 40% | BASSOON | 7 | A double reed bass instrument from the oboe family |
| 38% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument with a double reed |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Orchestra instrument with a double reed |
| 36% | CLARINET | 8 | Woodwind instrument with a single reed mouthpiece |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind with a double reed |
| 34% | CLARINET | 8 | A woodwind instrument with a reed mouthpiece |
| 34% | BASSOON | 7 | Low-register woodwind instrument with double reed |
| 33% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a lot of vowels in its name |
| 33% | VAN | 3 | Vehicle with a double door in the back |
| 33% | BASSOON | 7 | Long woodwind instrument, with double reed |
| 33% | OBOE | 4 | Musical instrument with a double-reed mouthpiece |
| 32% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument featured in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 32% | OCARINA | 7 | Wind instrument with a solo in the Troggs’s “Wild Thing” |
| 32% | OBOEDAMORE | 10 | Double reed woodwind instrument used during the baroque era |
| 32% | OBOEDAMORE | 10 | Double reed woodwind instrument popular during the baroque era |
| 31% | ALTO | 4 | ___ saxophone, woodwind instrument that is played with a single-reed mouthpiece |
| 31% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 31% | OBOIST | 6 | Plays a slender double-reeded woodwind instrument |
| 31% | MANDOLIN | 8 | "___ Rain," 1986 song by Bruce Hornsby and the Range with a string instrument in its title |
| 31% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with the letter A in two corners |
| 30% | CURTSCHILLING | 13 | Red Sox pitcher who played in the 2004 World Series with a damaged ankle: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JESSEPINKMAN | 12 | Character played by Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad", who was a crystal meth dealer and worked with the character played by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that plays the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 30% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a flared bell |
| 30% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a nasal tone |
| 30% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a haunting sound |