| 100% | NIGHT | 5 | "___ of January 16th," theatrical play by Ayn Rand which follows the trial of a secretary |
| 43% | CHOKE | 5 | 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a con man, Victor |
| 43% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Monsters," 1999 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a former model |
| 43% | FOUNTAINHEAD | 12 | "The ___," 1949 drama film starring Gary Cooper which was based on a novel of the same name by Ayn Rand |
| 42% | GIVE | 4 | "___ the Dark My Love," dark fantasy novel by Beth Revis which follows the story of a young alchemist |
| 41% | STRANGER | 8 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1942 which follows the life of a character named Meursault |
| 40% | ANNABEL | 7 | "___ Lee," last complete poem by Edgar Allan Poe which follows the death of a beautiful woman |
| 35% | DIARY | 5 | 2003 modern horror novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of Misty Wilmot |
| 35% | WOLF | 4 | "___ Hall," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which follows the rise of Thomas Cromwell |
| 35% | METAMORPHOSIS | 13 | "The ___" 1915 novella by Franz Kafka which is the story of a salesman named Gregor Samsa |
| 34% | AXL | 3 | 2018 sci-fi movie which follows the story of a boy and a robotic dog |
| 34% | ASTRO | 5 | "___ Boy," popular anime series released in 1963 which follows the adventures of a robotic boy |
| 34% | DRACULA | 7 | Gothic novel by Bram Stoker which tells the story of a vampire on the loose |
| 34% | SPARROW | 7 | The surname of a pirate played by Johnny Depp |
| 34% | OLDMANAND | 9 | "The ___ the Sea," short novel by Ernest Hemingway which tells the story of a Cuban fisherman: 3 wds. |
| 33% | GOOD | 4 | "The ___ Fight," 2017 American legal TV series featuring Matthew Perry which is about a financial scam that wipes out the fortunes of a lawyer played by Christine Baranski |
| 33% | MORAL | 5 | "___ Disorder," 2006 collection of connected short stories by Margaret Atwood which chronicles the pains of a Canadian family |
| 33% | BLACK | 5 | "The ___ Cat," gothic story by Edgar Allan Poe which follows the story of an unreliable narrator |
| 33% | CANTSTOP | 8 | A song by 31-Across co-written by Frusciante, which is one of the songs that the band play live the most: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ITOOAMAMERICA | 13 | Last line of a poem by 6-Down, which follows the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" (4 wds.) |
| 33% | RAVEN | 5 | "The ___," gothic narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe which follows the story of the titular talking bird |
| 33% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," novel by Charlotte Bronte which tells the story of the eponymous character as a governess |
| 33% | BEAUTY | 6 | "On ___," 2005 novel by Zadie Smith following the lives of a mixed-race British-American family |
| 32% | SON | 3 | "The Good ___," 1993 psychological thriller directed by Joseph Ruben that follows the story of a 12-year-old and his psychopathic cousin |
| 32% | TELLTALE | 8 | "The ___ Heart," gothic story by Edgar Allan Poe which follows the story of the narrator's hamartia: Hyph. |
| 32% | QUEEN | 5 | "Royal" title for the leader of a hive, who is followed by 11a |
| 32% | PRACTICE | 8 | "Private ___," medical series following the life of Dr. Addison Montgomery played by Kate Walsh |
| 32% | LILACTIME | 9 | 1928 silent film in which Colleen Moore plays the daughter of a flower farmer |
| 31% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | 2010 psychological thriller directed by Martin Scorsese that follows the story of a U.S. Marshal's investigation of a psychiatric facility: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is a character played by Keanu Reeves |