| 100% | COOKIE | 6 | "If You Give a Mouse a ___" (1985 book by 27-Across) |
| 81% | PANCAKE | 7 | "If You Give a Pig a ___" (1998 book by 27-Across) |
| 81% | MUFFIN | 6 | "If You Give a Moose a ___" (1991 book by 27-Across) |
| 81% | CUPCAKE | 7 | "If You Give a Cat a ___" (2008 book by 27-Across) |
| 56% | PIG | 3 | "If You Give a ___ a Pancake" (kids' book) |
| 53% | MOUSE | 5 | Laura Joffe Numeroff kids' book "If You Give a ___ a Cookie" |
| 49% | MOUSE | 5 | "If You Give a ___ a Cookie" (classic children's book) |
| 48% | PIG | 3 | "If You Give a ___ a Pancake" (Laura Joffe Numeroff children's book) |
| 46% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Award-winning 1985 book by 44-Across that features a "toxic event": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GIVE | 4 | "If You ___ a Mouse a Cookie" (Laura Joffe Numeroff children's book) |
| 42% | ROTE | 4 | You might give a speech by this |
| 42% | YOU | 3 | "If ___ Give a Mouse a Cookie" |
| 41% | BACKCOVER | 9 | What you see if you flip a book over: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ATBAT | 5 | You don't get credit for this if you're hit by a pitch |
| 41% | LEMONS | 6 | If life gives you these, make a cool, sweet drink |
| 41% | OUTOFAFRICA | 11 | 1985 romantic drama starring 12-Across and based on a book written by 41-Across: 3 wds. |
| 40% | CRITTER | 7 | Just For You, a Little __ kids book by Mayer |
| 40% | BLURBS | 6 | They might help you judge a book by its cover |
| 39% | RECENT | 6 | Middle, if you have a 49-Across |
| 38% | AISLESEAT | 9 | Sit here if you don't want to be by a window |
| 38% | GLASS | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose title was inspired by a Beatles song |
| 37% | PREY | 4 | Mouse, to a 27-Across |
| 37% | REHAB | 5 | What you'll probably need if you survive being hit by a Mack Truck |
| 37% | RECALCULATE | 11 | What 14-Across will do if you miss a turn |
| 36% | OAR | 3 | Something which, if used with effort, will give you a stroke |
| 36% | ITS | 3 | "You can't judge a book by ___ cover" |
| 36% | ITS | 3 | "You can't judge a book by __ cover" |
| 36% | KITE | 4 | "The ___ Runner," book by Khaled Hosseini which features the line "For you, a thousand times over" |
| 36% | CHISHOLM | 8 | With 7 Across, she who said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." |
| 36% | EXTRACT | 7 | Remove, or, if you put a space after the fifth letter, a feature of five of this puzzle's Across answers |