| 100% | FINN | 4 | "The Adventures of Huckleberry ___" (novel by 14-Across) |
| 81% | SAWYER | 6 | "The Adventures of Tom ___" (novel by 14-Across) |
| 72% | SAMPIG | 6 | The Adventures of —, 1940 novel by Alison Uttley |
| 66% | FINN | 4 | "The Adventures of Huckleberry ___" (Mark Twain novel) |
| 63% | SAWYER | 6 | "The Adventures of Tom ___," novel by Mark Twain |
| 63% | CHINA | 5 | "The Adventures of ___ Iron," novel by Gabriela Cabezon Camara which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 58% | INJUNJOE | 8 | Villain in 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
| 57% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 57% | SALLY | 5 | "The Adventures of ___," novel by P.G. Wodehouse first published as a book in 1922 |
| 57% | AMERICANWOMAN | 13 | Novel by 52-Across based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| 55% | PEREGRINE | 9 | Novel by Tobias Smollett: Adventures of __ Pickle |
| 55% | FINN | 4 | "The Adventures of Huckleberry ___" |
| 55% | LONGISLAND | 10 | 2024 novel by 38-Across featuring the heroine of 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 54% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 54% | WERTHER | 7 | The Sorrows of Young __, novel by Goethe |
| 54% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by 43-Across about an African-American veteran of the Korean War |
| 54% | CHOLERA | 7 | Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of __ |
| 54% | MARTIN | 6 | & 10A The Life and Adventures of —, 1844 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Tom Pinch |
| 54% | POYNTON | 7 | The Spoils of __, 1895 novel by Henry James |
| 54% | EMBER | 5 | The City of ___ (2003 novel by Jeanne DuPrau) |
| 54% | ALEGACYOFSPIES | 14 | 2017 novel by John le Carré that wraps up the story of 30-Across (4 wds.) |
| 53% | AURORADAWN | 10 | Debut novel by 43-Across subtitled "Or, the True History of Andrew Reale" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 53% | PANAMA | 6 | The Tailor of __, spy novel by John le Carré |
| 53% | CASTLE | 6 | Gothic novel by Horace Walpole: The __ of Otranto |
| 52% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 52% | ALEJANDRA | 9 | 2023 horror novel by V. Castro, The Haunting of __ |
| 52% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |