| 100% | SIAM | 4 | "Anna and the King of ___" (title of the novel "The King and I" is based on) |
| 76% | WHY | 3 | TV series "13 Reasons ___" with Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford that is based on Jay Asher's novel of the same name |
| 76% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | TV series with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman that is based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 75% | LIARS | 5 | TV series "Pretty Little ___" with Lucy Hale and Troian Bellisario that is based on Sara Shepard's novel series of the same name |
| 75% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 74% | CITY | 4 | TV series "Sex and the ___" with Sarah Jessica Parker that is based on Candace Bushnell's novel of the same name |
| 71% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | "Squeeze Me" author who wrote the novel that 49-Across is based on (2 wds.) |
| 71% | SHREW | 5 | The Taming of the ___ (Shakespeare play that Kiss Me, Kate was based on) |
| 68% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 67% | OBJECTS | 7 | 2018 HBO series "Sharp ___" which stars Amy Adams and is based on Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name |
| 66% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 66% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel that the movie "Clueless" is loosely based on |
| 64% | LES | 3 | "___ Miserables," musical based on Victor Hugo's novel that is one of the longest-running musicals in the West End |
| 64% | LANE | 4 | "Firefly ___," show starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke as friends that is based on the eponymous novel by Kristin Hannah |
| 64% | HAPPY | 5 | 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of "Despicable Me 2" and was Billboard's number-one single in 2014 |
| 64% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" band that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds. |
| 62% | LUNAR | 5 | Calendar that is based on the cycles of the Moon |
| 62% | GAME | 4 | TV series "___ of Thrones" with Emilia Clarke and Sophie Turner that is based on George R.R. Martin's novel series, "A Song of Ice and Fire" |
| 62% | CUJO | 4 | 1983 horror movie based on a Stephen King book and featuring a rabid dog that was set largely in one location, the Trenton family home |
| 61% | GOD | 3 | "___ of War," video game franchise that is based on Greek and Norse mythology |
| 61% | LOIS | 4 | When I discovered that my son's school was built on a toxic waste dump, I fought for the cleanup of Love Canal and got more than 800 families evacuated |
| 61% | BATTLE | 6 | "___ of the Sexes," sports comedy film starring Steve Carell that is based on 38a |
| 61% | HOUSEOFCARDS | 12 | Popular American political thriller by Beau Willimon which is a story of a Democrat from South Carolina and is based on the novel of the same by Michael Dobbs: 3 wds. |
| 60% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is on the shore of |
| 60% | NAT | 3 | I played jazz and was a part of the King Cole Trio |
| 60% | INCOME | 6 | Type of tax that is based on earnings and gains |
| 60% | ARK | 3 | "Schindler's ___", original title of the book by Thomas Keneally that "Schindler's List" was based on |
| 60% | LOLITA | 6 | 1997 film starring Jeremy Irons and Melanie Griffith that is based on a Nabokov novel |
| 60% | BROTHER | 7 | "Big ___," television reality franchise that is based on the Dutch show of the same name |