| 100% | HOURS | 5 | "The ___," 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham that is inspired by and features Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" |
| 42% | MODEST | 6 | ___ Mouse, "Float On" band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel "The Mark on the Wall" |
| 38% | FURS | 4 | "Venus In ___," song by The Velvet Underground that was inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's eponymous novel |
| 38% | KITCHEN | 7 | "Hell's ___," 2023 jukebox musical that is inspired by Alicia Keys' life and that features her songs |
| 36% | NIGHTMARE | 9 | "Motorpsycho ___," 1964 song by Bob Dylan that was inspired by the films "Psycho" and "La Dolce Vita" |
| 36% | METRO | 5 | "___ 2033," video game that was inspired by Dmitry Glukhovsky novel of the same title |
| 36% | HERO | 4 | "My ___," 1998 song by Foo Fighters that was featured in the film "Varsity Blues" |
| 36% | BALALAIKA | 9 | Instrument featured in "Babooshka" and "Running Up That Hill" that was played by the singer's brother, Paddy Bush |
| 36% | SPEC | 4 | "___ Ops: The Line," video game that was partially inspired by Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" |
| 35% | FANCY | 5 | Collaborative song by Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX that is inspired by the film "Clueless" |
| 35% | AWAY | 4 | "Gouge ___," song by rock band Pixies that is inspired by the story of Samson and Delilah |
| 35% | WOOLF | 5 | Virginia —, author of novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse |
| 35% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SWIMMING | 8 | "___ with Sharks," TV series starring Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger that was inspired by the eponymous 1994 film |
| 34% | SPOCKMUSTDIE | 12 | Original novel by 39-Across that was inspired by one of the principal characters of "Star Trek" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BAD | 3 | "___ Moon Rising," 1969 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival that was inspired by the film "The Devil and Daniel Webster" |
| 34% | HANGOVER | 8 | 2014 song by K-pop's Psy and Snoop Dogg that was featured in the Marvel film "Black Panther" |
| 34% | STRANGER | 8 | "___ Things," sci-fi TV show created by The Duffer Brothers that was inspired by 21a, 25a, 43a, 2d, 38d and 43d |
| 33% | RAMBLE | 6 | "___ On," song by Led Zeppelin that was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 33% | CREED | 5 | "Assassin's ___," video game that was inspired by Vladimir Bartol's novel "Alamut" |
| 33% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola that was based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 33% | WAR | 3 | "The Forever ___," 1974 novel by Joe Haldeman that inspired graphic novel and board game adaptations |
| 33% | SOMA | 4 | Song by The Strokes that was inspired by Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" |
| 33% | ELIGIBLE | 8 | 2016 novel by Curtis Sittenfeld that is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 32% | APPRENTICE | 10 | "Scentless ___," song by Nirvana that was inspired by Patrick Suskind's "Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer" |
| 32% | GET | 3 | "___ Low," 2014 song by Dillon Francis and DJ Snake that was featured in the film "Furious 7" |
| 32% | MAN | 3 | "A ___ in Full," 1998 novel by Tom Wolfe that is set in Atlanta |
| 32% | ELEKTRA | 7 | Novel by Jennifer Saint that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring the daughter of Agamemnon |
| 31% | ELLIS | 5 | Island over which New York and New Jersey had a long-standing territorial dispute that was settled by the Supreme Court in 1998 |
| 31% | BRIDGET | 7 | "___ Jones's Diary," 1996 novel by Helen Fielding that is roughly based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |