| 100% | GOLDEN | 6 | "The ___ Compass," fantasy novel by Philip Pullman that is set in the Arctic |
| 51% | AGE | 3 | "The ___ of Innocence," novel by Edith Wharton that is set in New York City |
| 47% | MAN | 3 | "A ___ in Full," 1998 novel by Tom Wolfe that is set in Atlanta |
| 47% | RAMA | 4 | "Rendezvous with ___," 1973 novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the 2130s |
| 47% | CREEK | 5 | "Willow ___," 2013 horror film directed by Bobcat Goldthwait that is set in the woods |
| 46% | RYE | 3 | "The Catcher in the ___," novel by J.D. Salinger that is set in New York City |
| 46% | MALORY | 6 | "___ Towers," series of novels by Enid Blyton that is set in a girls' boarding school |
| 46% | THEDUSTBOWL | 11 | 2012 documentary by 43-Across that was set in the 1930s: 3 wds. |
| 46% | BOOK | 4 | "The Ring and the ___," narrative poem written by Robert Browning that is set in Rome |
| 46% | HAMMER | 6 | "The ___ of God," 1993 sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the year 2109 |
| 46% | HOUSE | 5 | "The Last ___ on the Left," 1972 horror film directed by Wes Craven that is set in the woods |
| 46% | CURSE | 5 | "Hagazussa: A Heathen's ___," 2017 horror film directed by Lukas Feigelfeld that is set in the woods |
| 45% | SONGS | 5 | "The ___ of Distant Earth," 1986 sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the early 3800s |
| 45% | SALEMS | 6 | "___ Lot," 1975 novel by Stephen King that was nominated for the World Fantasy Award |
| 45% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 44% | ISLANDS | 7 | "___ in the Sky," 1952 sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the later half of the 21st century |
| 44% | ROSE | 4 | "The Name of the ___," best-selling novel by Umberto Eco that was originally written in Italian |
| 43% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 43% | ROMA | 4 | 2018 film directed by the Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuaron that is set in Mexico city |
| 43% | NARNIA | 6 | Setting of seven fantasy novels by C S Lewis published in the 1950s |
| 43% | LIST | 4 | "The Guest ___," 2020 novel by Lucy Foley that is a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a wedding |
| 43% | DRAGON | 6 | "The Girl with the ___ Tattoo," best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson that was originally written in Swedish |
| 42% | LIGHT | 5 | "The ___ Brigade," book by Kameron Hurley that is set in a dystopian future |
| 42% | ORIGIN | 6 | 2017 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown that has been set in Spain |
| 41% | MUSKETEERS | 10 | "The Three ___," adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that was originally written in French |
| 41% | WILD | 4 | "The Witcher 3: ___ Hunt," one of the best-selling video games released in 2015 that is set in the fantasy world known as the Continent |
| 41% | WANNA | 5 | "Do I ___ Know?," instrumental version of the song by Arctic Monkeys that was featured in the period drama "Peaky Blinders" |
| 40% | PERIOD | 6 | __ piece, a drama that is set in the past |
| 40% | WEB | 3 | World Wide ___, invention by Tim Berners-Lee that was mentioned in the sci-fi novel "Dial F for Frankenstein" by Arthur C. Clarke |
| 39% | DARK | 4 | "After ___," 2004 novel by Haruki Murakami which is set in Tokyo |