| 100% | JOY | 3 | "A thing of beauty is a ___ forever" (Keats' words) |
| 87% | JOY | 3 | "A thing of beauty is a ___ forever" (Keats' line) |
| 73% | ENDYMION | 8 | Poem by John Keats, that starts with "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever..." |
| 72% | AJOY | 4 | "A thing of beauty is ___ forever" |
| 70% | BEAUTY | 6 | Quote from Keats: "A thing of __ is a joy forever" |
| 66% | KEATS | 5 | "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" poet |
| 64% | KEATS | 5 | Poet who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" |
| 64% | THING | 5 | "A ___ of beauty is a joy forever" |
| 53% | KNOWLEDGE | 9 | A little of it is a dangerous thing |
| 49% | PICTURE | 7 | One of these is worth a thousand words |
| 48% | MAN | 3 | "He is a ___ of few words" |
| 48% | HIS | 3 | "He is a man of ___ word" |
| 48% | HIS | 3 | "He is a man of ___ word." |
| 47% | THEPLOTTHICKENS | 15 | "Now things are getting interesting" ... or a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 47% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things ..." |
| 47% | ODES | 4 | Beauty and a nightingale were the focus of two |
| 46% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things" |
| 46% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things..." |
| 46% | FEW | 3 | "These are a ___ of my favorite things ... " |
| 46% | FORMEIFIAMELECTED | 17 | "Unemployment will be a thing of the past!" |
| 46% | AWE | 3 | Feeling of being at a loss for words |
| 46% | IVEMOVEDON | 10 | “Our relationship is a thing of the past” |
| 46% | GERMS | 5 | Things a mysophobe is afraid of |
| 45% | DIAMONDS | 8 | __ are Forever, a gem of a hit for Shirley Bassey |
| 45% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things" (Julie Andrews line) |
| 45% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things..." (Julie Andrews line) |
| 45% | THESE | 5 | "___ are a few of my favorite things ..." (Julie Andrews line) |
| 45% | HISTORIAN | 9 | Scholar whose work is a thing of the past? |
| 45% | LEONE | 5 | Second word of a country whose capital is Freetown |
| 45% | ANALOGY | 7 | A comparison of one thing to another when you are explaining something |