| 100% | TRUNK | 5 | "I Broke My ___!" (an Elephant & Piggie book by Mo Willems) |
| 47% | GERALD | 6 | Piggie's elephant friend in the Mo Willems books |
| 46% | NEEDS | 5 | "The Pigeon ___ a Bath!" (kids' book by Mo Willems) |
| 44% | HAS | 3 | "The Pigeon ___ to Go to School" (children's book by Mo Willems) |
| 44% | LET | 3 | "Don't ___ the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" (kids book by Mo Willems) |
| 40% | HOT | 3 | "The Pigeon Finds a ___ Dog!" (book by Mo Willems) |
| 33% | ARE | 3 | Mo Willems's "We ___ in a Book!" |
| 33% | PIGEON | 6 | Bird in Mo Willems books |
| 32% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Women," book by Louisa May Alcott which features the line "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship" |
| 30% | IDEA | 4 | "That Is NOT a Good __!": Mo Willems children's book |
| 30% | SCRIPT | 6 | Book whose lines are learned by an actor |
| 30% | TOUR | 4 | Book ___ (series of promotional appearances by an author) |
| 30% | MOLD | 4 | Something broken by an innovator, idiomatically |
| 30% | TRUNK | 5 | Packed by an elephant? |
| 30% | JUMANJI | 7 | Picture book by Chris Van Allsburg about an enchanted board game |
| 29% | ASK | 3 | "Go ahead! I'm an open book!" |
| 29% | NEWS | 4 | It might be broken by an anchor |
| 29% | SIZE | 4 | "Judge me by my ___, do you?": Yoda |
| 29% | DARK | 4 | "___ Matter," book by Blake Crouch that is set in an alternate universe |
| 29% | PIGGIE | 6 | "Elephant and __" (Mo Willems children's book series) |
| 29% | AYE | 3 | "___, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss": Keats |
| 29% | YODA | 4 | "Judge me by my size, do you?" asker |
| 29% | DESIRE | 6 | Bring me my arrows of __, Jerusalem by Blake |
| 29% | ONE | 3 | Number represented by an I in Roman numerals |
| 29% | AMERICANTRAGEDY | 15 | Book by 36-Across, with "An" |
| 28% | OFTHEEISING | 11 | 2010 book by 43-Across subtitled "A Letter to My Daughters" (4 wds.) |
| 28% | INTO | 4 | "___ The Wild," '90s book by Jon Krakauer that was an international best-seller |
| 28% | HEART | 5 | "Don't Go Breaking My ___," 1976 duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee |
| 28% | QURAN | 5 | Book whose contents were revealed gradually by an archangel over 23 years |
| 28% | SEND | 4 | "___ Me an Angel," song by Scorpions from their album "Crazy World" |