| 100% | WOMEN | 5 | "Little ___," written by Louisa May Alcott, following the lives of four sisters, whose first part is set during the Christmas period |
| 30% | 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" |
| 29% | INVISIBLE | 9 | ___ Woman, founding member of "Fantastic Four" who is the first superheroine created by Marvel during Silver Age |
| 28% | SAFETY | 6 | "A Place of Greater ___," 1992 novel by Hilary Mantel which is set during the French Revolution |
| 28% | PARISHILTON | 11 | "The Simple Life" star whose first name is the capital of France: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DISTRICTOF | 10 | & 13D Novel trilogy by John Dos Passos whose first part was 1939's Adventures of a Young Man |
| 28% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | TEL | 3 | Part of the name of an Israeli city that is followed by Aviv |
| 26% | IAM | 3 | "___ Mine," 2002 song written by Eddie Vedder which was the first single of the album "Riot Act": 2 wds. |
| 26% | RED | 3 | & 19D The —, 1937 volume of four stories by John Steinbeck whose central character is Jody Tiflin |
| 26% | ELEVEN | 6 | "___ Minutes," 2003 novel by Paulo Coelho that follows the life of Maria |
| 26% | GEORGEWBUSH | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be streamed live online (3 wds.) |
| 26% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 26% | STAR | 4 | "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little ___," nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 26% | WITCH | 5 | "The ___ of Portobello," 2006 book by Paulo Coelho that follows the life of Athena |
| 26% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 25% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on television (2 wds.) |
| 25% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Novel whose first chapter is preceded by eighty epigraphs, none of which ought to be taken as “veritable gospel cetology,” per the author |
| 25% | OCTOBER | 7 | "Poppies in ____," poem written by Sylvia Plath about the complexities of life which is included in the collection, "Ariel" |
| 25% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on prime-time television (2 wds.) |
| 25% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | One Direction's "Tell Me a Lie" was written by ___, winner of the first season of "American Idol": 2 wds. |
| 25% | RUMI | 4 | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera “Monsters of Grace” |
| 25% | HAWKING | 7 | Theoretical physicist Stephen, whose life is portrayed by Eddie Redmayne in the 2014 film "The Theory of Everything" |
| 25% | CAVALIERS | 9 | With 15a, it's the name of the NBA team whose mascots are Moondog and Sir C.C. and which is part-owned by Usher |
| 25% | WANDER | 6 | "...Not all those who ___ are lost...," quote from "The Lord of the Rings" that is part of a poem written by Bilbo Baggins |
| 25% | EYE | 3 | "The Bluest ___," 1970 novel written by Toni Morrison which is about a young girl growing up during the years of Great Depression |
| 25% | LOVE | 4 | "___ Is Strong," first single by The Rolling Stones which is a part of their 1994 album "Voodoo Lounge" |
| 24% | GIRLS | 5 | Lena Dunham's hit comedy-drama that follows the lives of four young women in New York City |
| 24% | ADVENT | 6 | The period of four Sundays before Christmas |