| 100% | NEAR | 4 | "Life and Other ___-Death Experiences" (novel by Camille Pagán) |
| 46% | KINGJOHN | 8 | The Life and Death of —, stage play by William Shakespeare first published in 1623 |
| 46% | TERMS | 5 | Life and others |
| 44% | FINKNOTTLE | 10 | Augustus —, fish-faced newt collector in Right Ho, Jeeves and other novels by P G Wodehouse |
| 43% | MARTIN | 6 | & 10A The Life and Adventures of —, 1844 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Tom Pinch |
| 41% | DRACULA | 7 | 1897 novel with film adaptations by F. W. Murnau, Werner Herzog, and Francis Ford Coppola, among others |
| 40% | BOLEYN | 6 | Novel by Phillipa Gregory: "The Other __ Girl" |
| 40% | GREATDIVIDE | 11 | Passage between life and death |
| 40% | URGENCY | 7 | Matter of life and death |
| 39% | HONEYBABYMINE | 13 | 2023 memoir by 15-Across and 45-Across subtitled "A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | BILLYBUDD | 9 | Novel by Herman Melville and opera by Britten |
| 39% | GANTRY | 6 | Novel by Sinclair Lewis and 1960 film : Elmer __ |
| 39% | WAVERLEY | 8 | Novel by Walter Scott and his literary collection |
| 39% | THEGIFTOFFEAR | 13 | "___ ... and Other Christmas Ideas by Stephen King" |
| 39% | EMER | 4 | Matter of life and death: Abbr. |
| 38% | EMMAS | 5 | Heroines in novels by Flaubert and Austen |
| 38% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 38% | SUKENICK | 8 | Ronald, wrote Death of the Novel and Other Stories |
| 38% | TOYSTORY | 8 | Buzz Lightyear and other playthings come to life |
| 38% | MAYDAY | 6 | 1979 novel by Nelson DeMille and Thomas Block |
| 38% | DEADHEAT | 8 | 2007 novel by Dick Francis and Felix Francis |
| 38% | THERACE | 7 | 2011 novel by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott |
| 38% | PUBERTYBLUES | 12 | 1979 novel by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey |
| 38% | EASTOFEDEN | 10 | Novel inspired by Cain and Abel |
| 37% | PODCASTS | 8 | "This American Life" and others |
| 37% | SMILE | 5 | — and Other Stories, 1987 short story collection by Deborah Moggach |
| 37% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | *"A Matter of Life and Death" heavy metal band |
| 37% | TALISMAN | 8 | The —, 1984 novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub |