| 100% | NEEDS | 5 | "The Pigeon ___ a Bath!" (kids' book by Mo Willems) |
| 67% | LET | 3 | "Don't ___ the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" (kids book by Mo Willems) |
| 63% | HOT | 3 | "The Pigeon Finds a ___ Dog!" (book by Mo Willems) |
| 63% | LATE | 4 | "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up ___!" (Mo Willems kids' book) |
| 53% | HAS | 3 | "The Pigeon ___ to Go to School" (children's book by Mo Willems) |
| 52% | TRUNK | 5 | "I Broke My ___!" (an Elephant & Piggie book by Mo Willems) |
| 51% | LET | 3 | "Don't ___ the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" (Mo Willems picture book) |
| 50% | BUS | 3 | "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the ___!" (Mo Willems children's book) |
| 49% | ARE | 3 | Mo Willems's "We ___ in a Book!" |
| 48% | HUNGRY | 6 | Kids' book by Eric Carle, The Very __ Caterpillar |
| 46% | GRUFFALO | 8 | Beloved kids' book by Julia Donaldson, The __ |
| 46% | RAILWAY | 7 | Book for kids by E. Nesbit: The __ Children |
| 45% | JUNGLE | 6 | The __ Book, story about a boy raised by animals |
| 44% | CURIOUS | 7 | __ George, kids' book about a monkey by H.A. Rey |
| 44% | PRADA | 5 | Designer sported by the Devil, per a 2003 book |
| 43% | READER | 6 | The __, book by Bernhard Schlink. Later a movie. |
| 43% | SPYCATCHER | 10 | 1987 book by Peter Wright subtitled The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer |
| 43% | HIMOM | 5 | Handmade sign held up by a kid in the bleachers |
| 43% | SOUL | 4 | "Operation Wandering ___," book by Richard Powers which was a finalist for the National Book Award |
| 43% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WIMPY | 5 | "Diary of a ___ Kid," book series by Jeff Kinney |
| 42% | THEBORROWERS | 12 | & 15A 1959 children’s book by Mary Norton; third in a series featuring the Clock family |
| 42% | IFNOMINATED | 11 | Start of a quote by Rep. Mo Udall, 1990, regarding the Presidency |
| 42% | ANT | 3 | Insect briefly ridden by a character in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
| 42% | EVE | 3 | Woman who was tempted by a serpent in the Book of Genesis |
| 42% | NATIVESON | 9 | First Book of the Month Club pick written by a Black American |
| 42% | HAROLD | 6 | "___ and the Purple Crayon" (1955 kids' book, or a 2024 film) |
| 41% | ANNE | 4 | "___ of Green Gables," book by Lucy Maud Montgomery featuring a famous literary character of the same name |
| 41% | LEROY | 5 | ___ Brown, kid detective nicknamed Encyclopedia in a book series by Donald J. Sobol |