| 100% | OPUSES | 6 | Works by a musical composer |
| 72% | OPUS | 4 | Work by a composer |
| 60% | LYRICPOEM | 9 | Classical work accompanied by a musical instrument |
| 53% | LATVIAN | 7 | Vital work by a new foreigner |
| 53% | PEC | 3 | It's worked by a rower |
| 53% | PEC | 3 | Something worked by a press, informally |
| 53% | CABIN | 5 | Section worked by a flight attendant |
| 52% | GIG | 3 | Live performance by a musical group, informally |
| 52% | TREADLE | 7 | It may be worked by a tailor |
| 52% | STRIKE | 6 | Refusal to work by a mass crowd |
| 52% | LAT | 3 | Muscle worked by a kettlebell swing, informally |
| 52% | NAILART | 7 | Fancy work by a manicurist (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ABS | 3 | Muscles worked by a rowing machine, for short |
| 51% | DELT | 4 | Muscle worked by a reverse fly, for short |
| 51% | LAT | 3 | It's worked by a landmine row, briefly |
| 50% | EXCESSIVETARIFFS | 16 | Too much guitar work by a professor's helper? |
| 50% | DELT | 4 | Shoulder muscle worked by a bench press, for short |
| 48% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a work by Verdi |
| 48% | OPUS | 4 | Numbered work of a composer |
| 48% | OPUS | 4 | Noted work for a composer |
| 47% | AIDA | 4 | Opera adapted into a musical by Elton John |
| 47% | OPUSONE | 7 | Earliest work in a musical chronology |
| 47% | SHARP | 5 | A musical note that's off key by being too high |
| 46% | ILTROVATORE | 11 | Musical work with a duel |
| 46% | OPERA | 5 | Musical work with a libretto |
| 46% | PERFECTPITCH | 12 | Ability to identify a musical note just by hearing it |
| 46% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Musical piece by US composer Gershwin, __ in Blue |
| 45% | OEUVRE | 6 | Entirety of a composer's works |
| 45% | OPUS | 4 | Numbered work of a classical composer |
| 45% | EARNONESSPURS | 13 | Gain a position by hard work |