| 100% | NIGHTINGALE | 11 | "Ode to a ___", John Keats's poem on a bird, as he explored transience and mortality |
| 45% | GRECIAN | 7 | Ode on a __ Urn, John Keats poem on art and beauty |
| 42% | NIGHTINGALE | 11 | Melodious bird in John Keats' titular poem that is a tribute to its song that soars beyond sorrow and time |
| 37% | KEATS | 5 | John —, author of poems The Eve of St Agnes and Ode on a Grecian Urn |
| 37% | APOLLO | 6 | "___ 13," Ron Howard's film where Jim Lovell is featured as a captain and salutes his on-screen counterpart as he returns to Earth |
| 36% | URN | 3 | "Ode on a Grecian ___," poem by John Keats |
| 35% | ODE | 3 | "___ to a Nightingale," John Keats poem |
| 34% | URN | 3 | "Ode on a Grecian ___" (John Keats poem) |
| 34% | ODE | 3 | "___ on a Grecian Urn," John Keats poem |
| 34% | ODE | 3 | "___ to a Nightingale" (1819 John Keats poem) |
| 33% | ODE | 3 | "___ on a Grecian Urn," poem by John Keats |
| 33% | URN | 3 | "Ode on a Grecian ___" (poem by John Keats) |
| 32% | ODE | 3 | John Keats's "___ to a Nightingale" |
| 32% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Maya Angelou poem often read on Juneteenth ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 31% | ODE | 3 | "___ to a Nightingale" (John Keats poem) |
| 30% | ODE | 3 | "___ on a Grecian Urn" (John Keats poem) |
| 30% | URN | 3 | Keats's "Ode on a Grecian ___" |
| 30% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| 30% | BYSSHESHELLEY | 13 | Romantic poet Percy, the writer of classic poems such as "Ozymandias", "Ode to the West Wind" and "To a Skylark": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ODE | 3 | "___ on a Grecian Urn" (poem by John Keats) |
| 30% | ODE | 3 | "___ on a Grecian 43-Down" (John Keats poem) |
| 30% | URN | 3 | "42-Down on a Grecian ___" (John Keats poem) |
| 29% | ANTLERS | 7 | What The Grinch put on his dog to disguise him as a reindeer |
| 29% | SCROLL | 6 | To move text up and down on a computer's monitor |
| 29% | MARBLE | 6 | & 21A Structure designed by John Nash originally erected on The Mall, London, as a gateway to Buckingham Palace |
| 29% | ODE | 3 | Many a John Keats poem |
| 29% | SCONES | 6 | Serving in John Betjeman's poem "How to Get on in Society" |
| 29% | ENDYMION | 8 | John Keats' poem about a beautiful Greek youth |
| 28% | SCAPEGOAT | 9 | A space got ruined, and he's to blame |