100% | CSI | 3 | "The ___ Effect" (unreasonable expectations of real-life forensics held by juries) |
45% | CSI | 3 | ___ effect (the way the portrayal of forensic science on TV affects real jurors) |
44% | CSI | 3 | ___ effect (tendency for jurors' expectations to be influenced by depictions of forensic science on TV) |
41% | AXE | 3 | Item held by the king of diamonds |
41% | TORCH | 5 | Item held by the Statue of Liberty |
40% | SULTAN | 6 | Title held by the ruler of countries like Brunei |
40% | FIRSTLADY | 9 | Title held by the wife of a US president |
38% | HANDLE | 6 | The part of something by which it is held |
38% | IDEOLOGY | 8 | The set of beliefs that a culture lives by |
38% | EMT | 3 | Occupation symbolized by the Star of Life |
38% | AXE | 3 | Weapon held by the king of diamonds, in most decks of cards |
37% | SELF | 4 | __ Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker |
36% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | Real-life theoretical physicist portrayed by Eddie Redmayne in "The Theory of Everything": 2 wds. |
36% | MASSEXTINCTION | 14 | Effect on the world's life forms caused, in part, by climate change |
36% | RAINMAN | 7 | Best Picture Oscar winner inspired by the life of Kim Peek |
36% | IVAN | 4 | "One Day in the Life of ___ Denisovich" (novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn) |
36% | KINGJOHN | 8 | The Life and Death of —, stage play by William Shakespeare first published in 1623 |
35% | ELEVEN | 6 | "___ Minutes," 2003 novel by Paulo Coelho that follows the life of Maria |
35% | WITCH | 5 | "The ___ of Portobello," 2006 book by Paulo Coelho that follows the life of Athena |
35% | SATYAGRAHA | 10 | 1979 opera by Philip Glass loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi |
35% | DUMA | 4 | Most of its seats are held by the Yedinaya Rossiya party |
34% | ZEUGMA | 6 | Figure of speech exemplified by "You held your breath and the door for me" |
34% | JORDANBELFORT | 13 | Real-life stock market manipulator played by Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013's "The Wolf of Wall Street": 2 wds. |
34% | IDINA | 5 | Real first name of the singer introduced by John Travolta at the 2014 Oscars as "Adele Dazeem" |
34% | KARADANVERS | 11 | Real name (on Earth) of Supergirl, played by Melissa Benoist on the CW's "Supergirl": 2 wds. |
34% | DOCUDRAMA | 9 | TV reenactment of real life events |
34% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | Best-selling book by 19-Across about the life history of our oceans: 4 wds. |
34% | MADE | 4 | "Self ___: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker" (Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer) |
34% | PAST | 4 | "Remembrance of Things ___," book by Marcel Proust that holds the world record for longest novel |