| 100% | DAY | 3 | "The Remains of the ___" (novel by Kazuo Ishiguro) |
| 80% | REMAINS | 7 | "The ___ of the Day," acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 80% | DAY | 3 | "The Remains of the ___" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| 71% | OFTHEDAY | 8 | "The Remains ___," 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
| 71% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Kazuo —, author of novels The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans |
| 69% | DAY | 3 | Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the ___" |
| 69% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| 67% | GIANT | 5 | "The Buried ___," 2015 fantasy novel by Kazuo Ishiguro which was nominated for the 2016 World Fantasy Award for best novel |
| 66% | SEVERANCE | 9 | Ling Ma début novel influenced by “The Remains of the Day,” but with zombies (August, 2018) |
| 64% | REMAINS | 7 | “The ___ of the Day” (Oscar-nominated film based on a Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| 62% | KAZUO | 5 | "The Remains of the Day" author Ishiguro |
| 61% | NEVERLET | 8 | "___ Me Go," 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 60% | WORLDS | 6 | The War of the __, novel by UK writer HG Wells |
| 60% | KAZUO | 5 | “The Remains of the Day” author Ishiguro |
| 60% | REMAINS | 7 | "The ___ of the Day" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel that won the Booker Prize) |
| 59% | WERTHER | 7 | The Sorrows of Young __, novel by Goethe |
| 59% | POYNTON | 7 | The Spoils of __, 1895 novel by Henry James |
| 59% | SCARLET | 7 | The __ Pimpernel, Reign of Terror novel by Orczy |
| 59% | SAMPIG | 6 | The Adventures of —, 1940 novel by Alison Uttley |
| 59% | EMBER | 5 | The City of ___ (2003 novel by Jeanne DuPrau) |
| 58% | KLARA | 5 | “___ and the Sun” (2021 Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| 58% | PANAMA | 6 | The Tailor of __, spy novel by John le Carré |
| 58% | WONDERFUL | 9 | The __ Wizard of Oz, novel by L. Frank Baum |
| 58% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 wds.) |
| 58% | THEREMAINSOF | 12 | & 15A 1989 Booker-McConnell Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 56% | LOVE | 4 | "___ in the Time of Cholera," novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
| 56% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Kazuo __, author of The Remains of The Day |
| 56% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Kazuo, author of The Remains of the Day |
| 55% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |