| 100% | MAKE | 4 | "___ The Connection: 10 Steps To A Better Body And A Better Life," book by Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene published in 1996 |
| 42% | PATH | 4 | "The ___ Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose," book by Oprah Winfrey published in 2019 |
| 36% | HEALTH | 6 | "Food, ___, and Happiness," book by Oprah Winfrey published in 2017 |
| 31% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | KNOW | 4 | "What I ___ For Sure," book by Oprah Winfrey published in 2014 |
| 30% | BELOVED | 7 | "Journey to ___," novel by Oprah Winfrey published in 1998 |
| 29% | AREFREE | 7 | The best things in life __, according to a saying |
| 29% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | Principles for good prose in a classic writing guide by Strunk & White … or a hint to the wardrobe assembled at 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 28% | LEAN | 4 | "___ In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead," 2013 book by Sheryl Sandberg and Nell Scovell |
| 28% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | Place the Joads left to seek a better life in California |
| 28% | KINGJOHN | 8 | The Life and Death of —, stage play by William Shakespeare first published in 1623 |
| 28% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Well wishes before a performance, and what you do by filling in the circles |
| 28% | SOAR | 4 | "Courage to ___: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance" (memoir by gymnast Simone Biles) |
| 27% | LINGER | 6 | "Dare Not ___: The Presidential Years," book by Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa that was posthumously published in 2017 |
| 27% | EARTHS | 6 | "Crisis on Infinite ___," comic book maxiseries published by DC Comics and which is set in a shared universe |
| 27% | MOCKINGBIRD | 11 | "To Kill a ___," bestselling debut novel by Harper Lee published in 1960 that deals with race and gender issues in the American Deep South |
| 27% | OMENS | 5 | “Good ___” (book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett in which an angel and a demon attempt to prevent Armageddon) |
| 27% | COSMIC | 6 | "The ___ Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective," book by the astronomer Carl Sagan which was originally published in 1973 |
| 27% | STRANGER | 8 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1942 which follows the life of a character named Meursault |
| 27% | COLLEGEDROPOUTS | 15 | Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, famously, and a hint to some three-letter abbreviations in this puzzle |
| 27% | WATCHMEN | 8 | Comic book maxiseries published by DC Comics and is set in an alternate reality in the '80s |
| 27% | CLARENCE | 8 | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| 26% | CAMPTIGER | 9 | Children's book by 52-Across and illustrator John Rocco that features a big cat in the woods (2 wds.) |
| 26% | PRO | 3 | ___ Bowl, prestigious annual event held by the NFL to which Vinny Testaverde was invited in 1996 and 1998 |
| 26% | PELOPS | 6 | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal |
| 26% | PROMISES | 8 | "___ to Keep: On Life and Politics," book written by Joe Biden before he became a US president |
| 26% | BOAT | 4 | "The Girl on the ___," a novel by P.G. Wodehouse published as a book in 1922 |
| 26% | BATTLEZONE | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Atari in 1980 in which the goal is to save a tank from attacks by other tanks and missiles |