| 100% | MYTH | 4 | "The ___ of Sisyphus," philosophical essay by Albert Camus published in 1942 |
| 71% | STRANGER | 8 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1942 which follows the life of a character named Meursault |
| 52% | PLAGUE | 6 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 which was inspired by the 1849 cholera epidemic |
| 44% | NUN | 3 | "Requiem for a ___," play by Albert Camus published in 1962 which was adapted from William Faulkner's novel |
| 43% | DEATH | 5 | "A Happy ___," novel by Albert Camus published posthumously in 1971 which recounts his travels in Europe |
| 39% | SKETCH | 6 | & 5D The — of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, collection of essays by Washington Irving first published in 1819 |
| 39% | SILMARILLION | 12 | The —, collection of works by J R R Tolkien published posthumously in 1977 |
| 37% | OPED | 4 | Term retired by the New York Times in 2021 in favor of "guest essay" |
| 37% | FREE | 4 | "Feel ___," collection of essays by Zadie Smith published in 2018 |
| 36% | ANDYWEIRPIECE | 13 | Essay by the author of "The Martian"? |
| 35% | NARNIA | 6 | Setting of seven fantasy novels by C S Lewis published in the 1950s |
| 34% | MIDST | 5 | In the ___ of (surrounded by) |
| 33% | SHADOWANDACT | 12 | Collection of political, social and critical essays by Ralph Ellison published in 1964: 3 wds. |
| 33% | SALLY | 5 | "The Adventures of ___," novel by P.G. Wodehouse first published as a book in 1922 |
| 33% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 33% | ARP | 3 | "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies", published in 1966 by Caltech, was the creation of astronomer Halton ___ |
| 33% | AMID | 4 | Surrounded by, in the thick of |
| 33% | CAMUS | 5 | Albert —, winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 33% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Albert —, 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 32% | CROSSCREEK | 10 | 1942 Rawlings work set in the backwoods of Florida |
| 32% | ANATOMY | 7 | The kind of Lesson painted by Rembrandt in 1632 |
| 32% | CARNIVAL | 8 | The kind of Evening painted by Rousseau in 1886 |
| 32% | THETIS | 6 | In Greek mythology, the mother of Achilles by Peleus |
| 32% | MARTIAN | 7 | The —, novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 |
| 32% | ZEN | 3 | "___ in the Art of Archery," book by Eugen Herrigel |
| 32% | FALL | 4 | The —, 1956 novel by Albert Camus |
| 32% | IAGO | 4 | One of the villains in 'Othello' by Shakespeare |
| 32% | ARREST | 6 | Keep in custody by authority of the law |