| 100% | ATTIC | 5 | "A Light in the ___" (poem collection by Shel Silverstein) |
| 91% | ATTIC | 5 | "A Light in the ___" (poetry collection by Shel Silverstein) |
| 87% | ATTIC | 5 | "A Light in the ___" (poems by Shel Silverstein) |
| 64% | ATTIC | 5 | "A Light in the ___" (poems by 39-Across) |
| 64% | ATTIC | 5 | Shel Silverstein's "A Light in the __" |
| 58% | SHEL | 4 | "A Light in the Attic" poet Silverstein |
| 57% | TULIPS | 6 | 1961 poem written by Sylvia Plath about the flowers she received in a hospital which was included in the collection "Ariel" |
| 55% | SHEL | 4 | "A Light in the Attic" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" poet Silverstein |
| 54% | ALBEDO | 6 | In physics, the fraction of the incoming light reflected by a planet |
| 53% | THESEVENAGES | 12 | Collection by 36-Across that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2002 (3 wds.) |
| 52% | PHONE | 5 | Source of a light in the darkness, perhaps |
| 52% | HIAWATHA | 8 | 1952 drama starring Vincent Edwards in the title role based on a poem by H W Longfellow |
| 52% | RAGE | 4 | "___ against the dying of the light" (repeated line in a Dylan Thomas poem) |
| 49% | GIVING | 6 | Children's book by Shel Silverstein: The __ Tree |
| 49% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 48% | SORROWSONG | 10 | Poem about the innocence of children by 49-Across in her 1987 Pulitzer Prize-nominated collection "Next: New Poems" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ICE | 3 | "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ___..." line from a famous poem by Robert Frost |
| 48% | JAMESWOODS | 10 | "The Light in the Forest" as read by actor ___ |
| 47% | STAR | 4 | A twinkling light in the night sky |
| 46% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb represents in the comics |
| 46% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb signifies, in the cartoons |
| 46% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb represents, in the comics |
| 46% | ORB | 3 | The moon, in a Whitman poem |
| 46% | DADDY | 5 | 1962 poem written by Sylvia Plath about the complex relationship with her father which was included in the collection, "Ariel" |
| 46% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 46% | FOXHOLE | 7 | Protective burrow dug in the ground by a soldier |
| 46% | HAT | 3 | Item proverbially thrown in the ring by a candidate |
| 45% | BRIGADE | 7 | The Charge of the Light __, poem by Tennyson |
| 45% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 45% | ALBEDO | 6 | The proportion of light reflected by a surface |