| 100% | WOMEN | 5 | "Little ___," 2019 film directed by Greta Gerwig that is an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's titular novel |
| 47% | RASCALS | 7 | "Little ___," 1994 film directed by Penelope Spheeris that is an adaptation of Hal Roach's "Our Gang" |
| 39% | MERMAID | 7 | "The Little ___," upcoming film directed by Rob Marshall that is the live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film |
| 38% | CHILDREN | 8 | "Little ___," 2006 film directed by Todd Field that is based on Tom Perrotta's titular novel |
| 38% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 2019 film adaptation of a Louisa May Alcott novel: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BIRD | 4 | "Lady ___," 2017 film directed by Greta Gerwig that follows a high schooler and her mother |
| 32% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Women," 2019 adaptation written and directed by Greta Gerwig that follows the March sisters |
| 29% | BIRD | 4 | "Lady ___" (2017 film directed by Greta Gerwig) |
| 29% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | BBC miniseries adaptation of a Louisa May Alcott novel that featured 45-Across as Aunt March (her last television role) (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | American drama film of 1982 starring Meryl Streep which is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by William Styron: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SUMMER | 6 | "___ of '42," 1971 film directed by Robert Mulligan that won an Oscar |
| 27% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 2019 Greta Gerwig film starring Emma Watson, 17-Across, and 28-Across based on a Louisa May Alcott novel (2 wds.) |
| 27% | WOMEN | 5 | "Little ___," written by Louisa May Alcott, following the lives of four sisters, whose first part is set during the Christmas period |
| 26% | WOMEN | 5 | Louisa May Alcott's Little ___ |
| 26% | OCTOBERSKY | 10 | 1999 movie that is an adaptation, and an anagram, of 20-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | WOMEN | 5 | Louisa May Alcott's classic Little __ |
| 26% | CATS | 4 | 2019 film adaptation of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical |
| 25% | SPEC | 4 | "___ Ops: The Line," video game that was partially inspired by Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" |
| 25% | STREET | 6 | "The ___ of Sorrow," 1925 film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst that stars Greta Garbo |
| 25% | MIDLIFECRISIS | 13 | *Period of anxiety that may be brought on by facing one's mortality |
| 25% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 25% | GOAL | 4 | "Next ___ Wins," sports comedy film directed by Taika Waititi that is based on a 2014 documentary of the same name |
| 25% | MIAMI | 5 | "___ Vice," 2006 action crime film that was an adaptation of the famous 1980s TV series starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas |
| 24% | PET | 3 | "___ Sematary," 1989 song by the Ramones that was featured in the titular film adaptation |
| 24% | EVIL | 4 | "Touch of ___," 1958 movie directed by Orson Welles that was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry |
| 24% | MOOD | 4 | State that may be indicated by an emoji |
| 24% | FLAP | 4 | Part of an envelope that may be licked |
| 24% | ACHOO | 5 | Sound that might be triggered by an allergy |
| 24% | SIGH | 4 | Sound that might be accompanied by an eyeroll |
| 24% | TRADEGAP | 8 | Imbalance that might be studied by an economist |