| 100% | ACT | 3 | "The Children ___" (Ian McEwan novel) |
| 89% | ACT | 3 | Ian McEwan's "The Children ___" |
| 80% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Ian McEwan novel turned Oscar-winning film |
| 79% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Ian McEwan novel adapted into Oscar-winning film |
| 78% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Ian McEwan novel with an adaptation starring Saoirse Ronan |
| 75% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Ian McEwan novel, and what's needed in solving this puzzle? |
| 75% | ATONEMENT | 9 | 2007 James McAvoy film based on Ian McEwan novel |
| 75% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Keira Knightley film based on an Ian McEwan novel |
| 71% | HELP | 4 | "God ___ the Child" (2014 Toni Morrison novel) |
| 70% | FALLS | 5 | The —, 2001 novel by Ian Rankin |
| 70% | COMPLAINTS | 10 | The —, 2009 novel by Ian Rankin |
| 70% | FLOOD | 5 | The —, 1986 novel by Ian Rankin |
| 70% | ENEMY | 5 | The —, 2004 novel by Lee Child |
| 70% | HARDWAY | 7 | The —, 2006 novel by Lee Child |
| 67% | ONCHESILBEACH | 13 | May 18, 2018 film starring Saoirse Ronan based on an Ian McEwan novel (3 wds.) |
| 67% | END | 3 | The —, 2006 children's novel by Lemony Snicket |
| 66% | IMPOSSIBLE | 10 | & 10A The —, 2011 novel by Ian Rankin |
| 65% | NESBIT | 6 | Edith —, author of 1906 novel The Railway Children |
| 64% | COAUTHOR | 8 | Preston or Child, for the Agent Pendergast novels |
| 63% | IRAN | 4 | Setting of the novel Children of the Jacaranda Tree |
| 63% | MARR | 4 | Andrew —, author of 2015 novel Children of the Master |
| 63% | BERESFORD | 9 | Elisabeth —, author of 1968 children's novel The Wombles |
| 63% | HEIDI | 5 | Classic children's novel set in the Swiss Alps |
| 63% | SOLAR | 5 | 2010 novel by Ian McEwan |
| 63% | SATURDAY | 8 | 2005 novel by Ian McEwan |
| 63% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | 1998 novel by Ian McEwan |
| 63% | SPY | 3 | "Harriet the ___" (children's novel) |
| 62% | BABE | 4 | "___, the Gallant Pig," children's novel written by Dick King-Smith |