| 100% | ABUD | 4 | "___ blooms into a flower": 2 wds. |
| 97% | ABUD | 4 | "___ may bloom into a flower.": 2 wds. |
| 97% | ABUD | 4 | "___ may bloom into a flower": 2 wds. |
| 80% | ABUD | 4 | "___ grows into a flower": 2 wds. |
| 61% | IFELL | 5 | "___ into a rut": 2 wds |
| 60% | WADUP | 5 | Crumple into a ball: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SOA | 3 | "___ man walks into a bar...": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SOA | 3 | "____ man walks into a bar ...": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SOA | 3 | "___ duck walks into a bar...": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SOA | 3 | "___ guy walks into a bar...": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SOA | 3 | "___ dog walks into a bar...": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SOA | 3 | "___ guy walks into a bar ...": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SOA | 3 | "___ man walks into a bar ...": 2 wds. |
| 55% | SAVEUP | 6 | Put money into a college fund, say: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be poured into a beer glass: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | Fighting video game adapted into a series of films: 2 wds. |
| 53% | AGUY | 4 | "___ walks into a bar ... " (2 wds.) |
| 52% | SOA | 3 | "___ man walks into a bar..." (start of a common joke format): 2 wds. |
| 52% | THEROAD | 7 | 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel, later made into a Viggo Mortensen film: 2 wds. |
| 52% | THEHOURS | 8 | 1998 Michael Cunningham novel, later made into a Nicole Kidman film: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHERYLSTRAYED | 13 | American novelist whose memoir "Wild" was adapted into a 2014 film: 2 wds. |
| 52% | THEATEAM | 8 | 1980s action show made into a 2010 film starring Liam Neeson: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MIAMIVICE | 9 | 1980s cop show made into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SEESRED | 7 | Goes into a rage (2 wds) |
| 52% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | 1987 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 2012 Hugh Jackman movie: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SUSANNAKAYSEN | 13 | American author whose memoir "Girl, Interrupted" was adapted into a 1999 film: 2 wds. |
| 51% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 50% | GHOSTWORLD | 10 | 1993-1997 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, later made into a Terry Zwigoff movie: 2 wds. |
| 49% | THEPRODUCERS | 12 | Mel Brooks film of 1967 adapted into a 2001 Broadway musical and 2005 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALICEWALKER | 11 | Author of the 1982 novel "The Color Purple," which was made into a 1985 movie: 2 wds. |