| 100% | CHILD | 5 | "The Snow ___," novel by Eowyn Ivey set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a girl made of snow comes to life |
| 41% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |
| 37% | CHILD | 5 | "The Snow ___," 2012 winter-themed novel by Eowyn Ivey about a little girl |
| 36% | PETSEMATARY | 11 | Horror novel where animals come back to life (and which has a misspelled word in the title): 2 wds. |
| 33% | STRANGER | 8 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1942 which follows the life of a character named Meursault |
| 33% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost" |
| 32% | THEMUSEUM | 9 | "Night at ___," trilogy of comedy films starring Ben Stiller, where characters come to life in the night: 2 wds. |
| 32% | FAREWELL | 8 | "A ___ to Arms," novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I |
| 32% | MALORY | 6 | "___ Towers," series of novels by Enid Blyton that is set in a girls' boarding school |
| 32% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 32% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___," horror novel by Stephen King about a family's trip in the peak of winter to a desolate hotel |
| 31% | PUDDNHEAD | 9 | & 21A 1894 novel by Mark Twain set in the town of Dawson's Landing |
| 31% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | 2015 Pixar movie set in the mind of a young girl |
| 31% | DATE | 4 | "Save the ___," 2018 novel by Morgan Matson set against the backdrop of a wedding |
| 30% | CALL | 4 | "The ___ of the Wild," short adventure novel by Jack London about a pet dog who has to survive the frozen wilderness along the Yukon Trail |
| 30% | EYRE | 4 | "The ___ Affair" (murder mystery set in the universe of a Brontë novel) |
| 29% | THESCHOLOMANCE | 14 | Trilogy of novels by 27-Across set in a magic school (2 wds.) |
| 29% | AMENDED | 7 | Made changes to, as a bill in the House of Representatives |
| 29% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 29% | MUDROOM | 7 | Where to come in out of the rain |
| 29% | NARNIA | 6 | Setting of seven fantasy novels by C S Lewis published in the 1950s |
| 29% | IDEOLOGY | 8 | The set of beliefs that a culture lives by |
| 28% | HAND | 4 | "The ___ of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters," 1876 novel by Thomas Hardy about Ethelberta who reinvents herself to find a perfect match |
| 28% | FAIREST | 7 | 2006 novel by Gail Carson Levin set in the kingdom of Ayortha |
| 28% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 28% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 28% | BABYTOY | 7 | A set of blocks . . . or the box they came in, perhaps |
| 28% | RECHARGE | 8 | To boost the battery of a device by plugging it in |
| 28% | ALONE | 5 | "The Great ___" (Kristin Hannah bestseller set in the Alaskan wilderness) |