| 100% | MOSES | 5 | "Go Down, ___," 1942 novel by William Faulkner that encompasses seven related pieces of short fiction |
| 38% | THEREIVERS | 10 | "___: A Reminiscence," the last novel by William Faulkner that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEMANSION | 10 | 1959 novel by William Faulkner that is the last of the trilogy on the Snopes family: 2 wds. |
| 32% | INTRUDERINTHE | 13 | "___ Dust," 1948 novel by William Faulkner that was adapted into a movie by Clarence Brown: 3 wds. |
| 29% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 novel by William Faulkner, the title of which is derived from Homer's "Odyssey": 2 wds. |
| 29% | GODOWN,OOEE | 11 | 1942 collection of stories by William Faulkner |
| 29% | SHAMELESSGULP | 13 | Piece of unabashed self-promotion achieved by downing your brewskie all in one go? |
| 28% | DROPLEAFTABLE | 13 | Piece of furniture with parts that fold down, as depicted seven times in this puzzle |
| 28% | ASILAYDYING | 11 | 1930 novel by William Faulkner |
| 28% | REIVERS | 7 | The —, 1962 novel by William Faulkner |
| 27% | PASSAGE | 7 | Novel by William Golding: "Rites of __" |
| 27% | POSTCARDS | 9 | Novel by 29-Across that won the 1992 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction |
| 26% | THOMASTALLIS | 12 | Ralph Vaughan Williams piece that's a favorite of classical music stations, Fantasia on a Theme by ___ |
| 25% | BONSAITREE | 10 | Piece of art that's cut short |
| 25% | BOLT | 4 | Piece of hardware that goes with a nut |
| 25% | STAY | 4 | 1960 song by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts |
| 24% | YEMASSEE | 8 | The —, 1835 novel by William Gilmore Simms subtitled A Romance of Carolina |
| 24% | REDCARPET | 9 | Broad piece of fabric that celebrities walk down |
| 24% | ISLE | 4 | Piece of land that's surrounded on all sides by water |
| 24% | WHITTLING | 9 | Carving a piece of wood by shaving it down |
| 24% | POEM | 4 | Short piece of writing that often rhymes |
| 23% | HERITAGE | 8 | Word for a piece of property that's passed down |
| 23% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | Sixth novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) which was written in two pieces that holds a lot of historical value and is considered to be her best work |
| 23% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 23% | OTRANTO | 7 | "The Castle of ___," novel by Horace Walpole that is considered a seminal work for gothic fiction |
| 23% | LESS | 4 | 2018 novel by Andrew Sean Greer that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 22% | WATERMUSIC | 10 | Collection of pieces by George Frideric Handel that premiered in 1717 |
| 22% | ELEKTRA | 7 | Novel by Jennifer Saint that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring the daughter of Agamemnon |
| 21% | ALEGACYOFSPIES | 14 | 2017 novel by John le Carré that wraps up the story of 30-Across (4 wds.) |
| 21% | STONE | 5 | "Rodney ___," gothic mystery novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that was adapted as "The House of Temperley" |