| 100% | RIDE | 4 | "The Longest ___" (Nicholas Sparks novel) |
| 100% | NOTEBOOK | 8 | Nicholas Sparks novel turned movie in 2004: The __ |
| 90% | RIDE | 4 | "The Longest ___" (Nicholas Sparks novel featuring a rodeo cowboy) |
| 86% | ROMANCE | 7 | Category of the Nicholas Sparks novel "The Notebook" |
| 85% | NOTEBOOK | 8 | The __, novel by Nicholas Sparks turned movie |
| 75% | OFME | 4 | "The Best ___" (Nicholas Sparks novel) (2 wds.) |
| 74% | DREAMLAND | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel about an aspiring musician running a family farm |
| 72% | HAVEN | 5 | "Safe ___," 2013 film based on Nicholas Sparks' novel |
| 71% | BEST | 4 | "The ___ of Me" (2014 film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel) |
| 69% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 69% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough (2 wds.) |
| 69% | THECHOICE | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer (2 wds.) |
| 69% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (2 wds.) |
| 69% | CRUELSEA | 8 | The —, 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat |
| 69% | COMFORTERS | 10 | The —, 1957 novel by Muriel Spark |
| 69% | BEST | 4 | "The ___ of Me" (James Marsden film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel) |
| 67% | THECHOICE | 9 | 2007 Nicholas Sparks novel in which Travis and Gabby fall in love: 2 wds. |
| 67% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel in which Noah and Allie fall in love: 2 wds. |
| 67% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | 2011 Nicholas Sparks novel in which Dawson and Amanda fall in love: 4 wds. |
| 67% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | 2010 Nicholas Sparks novel in which Alex and Katie fall in love: 2 wds. |
| 67% | SIGHT | 5 | "At First ___" (Nicholas Sparks novel) |
| 66% | THERETURN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel about an injured army doctor who moves back to his home town (2 wds.) |
| 66% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 66% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 13-Across and based on a Nicholas Sparks novel: 2 wds. |
| 66% | DEAR | 4 | "___ John" (Nicholas Sparks novel) |
| 65% | THELONGESTRIDE | 14 | Nicholas Sparks novel about unexpected connections between an elderly man, a college student, and a cowboy (3 wds.) |
| 65% | FINISHING | 9 | & 18D The —, 2004 novel by Muriel Spark |
| 64% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Nicholas —, author of novels Castle Garac and The White Rajah |
| 64% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Author of the novel The Cruel Sea: Nicholas __ |