| 100% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars" (teen drama based on a John Green novel) |
| 82% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars" (2014 film based on a John Green novel) |
| 73% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars" (2014 tear-jerker based on a John Green novel) |
| 59% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault In ___ Stars," the novel by John Green |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars" (YA novel by John Green) |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars," 2012 novel authored by John Green |
| 53% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars," John Green novel |
| 52% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars" (John Green novel) |
| 52% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 52% | OURSTARS | 8 | The Fault in __, young adult novel by John Green |
| 50% | STARS | 5 | "The Fault in Our ___" (2014 movie based on a young-adult novel) |
| 48% | STRIKEONE | 9 | Ump's call, often based on a sequence found in the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars," book by John Green |
| 48% | NORTHANDSOUTH | 13 | 1985 miniseries based on a John Jakes novel, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: 3 wds. |
| 47% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | Netflix series, based on a cyberpunk novel, set more than 300 years in the future: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MIND | 4 | "A Beautiful ___" biographical drama based on a novel by Sylvia Nasar which is about a Nobel laureate John Nash |
| 47% | OUR | 3 | John Green's "The Fault in ___ Stars" |
| 47% | OUR | 3 | John Green's "The Fault in __ Stars" |
| 46% | MAY | 3 | "What Dreams ___ Come," fantasy drama film based on a novel of the same name starring Robin Williams |
| 46% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Tom Hanks' 1994 drama film based on a Winston Groom novel of the same name in which 20a plays his love interest: 2 wds. |
| 45% | HIAWATHA | 8 | 1952 drama starring Vincent Edwards in the title role based on a poem by H W Longfellow |
| 45% | SHADOWANDBONE | 13 | Netflix teen drama based on a fantasy trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (3 wds.) |
| 45% | FAULT | 5 | The __ in Our Stars, 2012 John Green novel |
| 45% | OURSTARS | 8 | The Fault in __, book by John Green |
| 44% | LINDSAYLOHAN | 12 | Actress who starred as both the twins in 29a, a 1998 hit based on the novel "Lottie and Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 44% | PACHINKO | 8 | American TV drama based on a Min Jin Lee novel |