| 100% | TALE | 4 | "Living to Tell the ___," 2002 book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that was the first volume of his autobiography |
| 50% | OTHER | 5 | "Of Love and ___ Demons," 1994 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that tells the story of a 12 year old girl who is bitten by a dog |
| 43% | TIME | 4 | "Love in the ___ of Cholera," Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1985 novel that was translated to English in 1988 |
| 41% | HUNDRED | 7 | "One ___ Years of Solitude," 1967 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that revolves around various generations of the Buendia family |
| 35% | GODS | 4 | "Men Like ___," 1923 novel by H.G. Wells that was one of the first to feature the idea of parallel universes |
| 35% | LOVE | 4 | "___ in the Time of Cholera," novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
| 34% | TIME | 4 | "Love in the ___ of Cholera," 1988 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez which depicts the story of Florentino and Fermina |
| 34% | CSI | 3 | Drama that was the #1 show of the season from fall 2002 to spring 2005 |
| 34% | MYSPACE | 7 | Social networking giant of the '00s that was the first to reach a global audience |
| 34% | TOOMUCHHEAVEN | 13 | Song that was the first of three #1 singles by 42-Across in 1979 (3 wds.) |
| 33% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 33% | TIMEOF | 6 | "Love in the ___ Cholera," 1985 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that revolves around the characters, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CAN | 3 | "Breakfast ___ Wait," song by Prince that refers to the first meal of the day |
| 33% | SING | 4 | "Hear the Wind ___," 1979 novel by Haruki Murakami that is the first of the "Trilogy of the Rat" series |
| 33% | IAM | 3 | "___ Mine," 2002 song written by Eddie Vedder which was the first single of the album "Riot Act": 2 wds. |
| 33% | KISS | 4 | "___ Me," song by Sixpence None the Richer that was the first song Taylor Swift learned to play on guitar |
| 33% | GIFT | 4 | "The Supreme ___," 1991 book by Paulo Coelho that was adapted from the works of Henry Drummond |
| 32% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DECK | 4 | "___ the Halls," song by Nat King Cole that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts |
| 32% | WHATITSWORTH | 12 | "For ___," the third single by 17a, meant to be released as part of his solo album: 3 wds. |
| 32% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who was the first to discover that the Milky Way was made up of stars |
| 32% | HOBBIT | 6 | "The ___," book that is a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" series |
| 32% | GEORGEWBUSH | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be streamed live online (3 wds.) |
| 32% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THISISLANDEARTH | 15 | 1955 sci-fi film that was one of the first to use Technicolor |
| 32% | MOBILEALABAMA | 13 | City that was the first capital of French Louisiana |
| 32% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on television (2 wds.) |
| 31% | GIANTS | 6 | "On the Shoulders of ___," scientific book that was compiled and edited by Stephen Hawking |
| 31% | MERMAID | 7 | "The Little ___," upcoming film directed by Rob Marshall that is the live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film |
| 31% | TINY | 4 | "___ Beautiful Things," book by Cheryl Strayed that was adapted into a miniseries of the same name starring Kathryn Hahn |