| 100% | THEN | 4 | "That Was ___, This Is Now" (S.E. Hinton teen novel) |
| 68% | NOW | 3 | "That Was Then, This Is ___" (S.E. Hinton novel) |
| 61% | NOW | 3 | S.E. Hinton's "That Was Then, This Is ___" |
| 60% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Classic S.E. Hinton teen novel |
| 54% | THEN | 4 | That was ___, this is now |
| 51% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie |
| 49% | THEN | 4 | "That was ___, this is now" |
| 48% | WAS | 3 | "That ___ then, this is now" |
| 47% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 45% | TEX | 3 | S.E. Hinton novel |
| 43% | THEUSOPEN | 9 | Annual sporting event that is this puzzle's theme |
| 42% | EASYA | 5 | Teen comedy film starring Emma Stone that was based on the novel "The Scarlet Letter": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANVIL | 5 | Blacksmith's heavy block that was sometimes dropped by Wile E. Coyote |
| 40% | LINER | 5 | "Queen Mary 2," now docked at Southampton, is the last operating ship that was originally one of these |
| 40% | TEX | 3 | S.E. Hinton novel adapted into a 1982 film starring Matt Dillon |
| 40% | SHIRLEY | 7 | Charlotte Bronte's second novel that was published in 1849 |
| 40% | DAILYPLANET | 11 | Publication that is the key to this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | THEOUTSIDERS | 12 | S. E. Hinton classic |
| 39% | HANDMAID | 8 | Offred was one of these in Atwood's novel |
| 39% | VEGAN | 5 | California's Sweet Earth Enlightened Foods will sell you delicious Ginger Scallion Sausages that are this |
| 38% | PHRASING | 8 | That of this clue is awkward |
| 38% | CHUCK | 5 | ___ E. Cheese, popular chain of children's restaurants that was mentioned in "The Office" |
| 38% | CREED | 5 | "Assassin's ___," video game that was inspired by Vladimir Bartol's novel "Alamut" |
| 38% | VERSATILE | 9 | The V in DVD was originally video, now it's this |
| 38% | NORM | 4 | Christie novel title that, without spaces, is a man's name |
| 38% | TAKETWO | 7 | Words that might be said after "Let's try this again" |
| 38% | AVAILABLE | 9 | When something can be bought now, it's this |
| 37% | OHO | 3 | "Well now, this is unexpected!" |
| 37% | JACKBUILT | 9 | This is the house that __, repeating nursery rhyme |