| 100% | ENO | 3 | "Thom Pain (based on nothing)" writer Will ___ |
| 54% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story on which "All About Eve" is based |
| 54% | HGWELLS | 7 | Writer on whose work Woody Allen's "Sleeper" is loosely based |
| 45% | AGEISM | 6 | Discrimination based on how old you are |
| 45% | LEY | 3 | Will ___, pioneering writer on spaceflight |
| 44% | CABARET | 7 | 1966 musical based on "I Am a Camera" |
| 44% | AGEISM | 6 | Prejudicial treatment based on how old you are |
| 43% | PEDESTAL | 8 | The base on which a statue is mounted on |
| 42% | SCARNE | 6 | Writer John who was an authority on cards |
| 41% | NUDISM | 6 | Activity in which nothing is going on? |
| 41% | MESSROOM | 8 | Where things are bolted down on base |
| 41% | SRI | 3 | Honorific title repeated based on the status of the person being addressed |
| 41% | AURALEE | 7 | Song on which "Love Me Tender" is based |
| 41% | AHAB | 4 | Literary character on whom Captain Hook is based |
| 41% | TEN | 3 | Number on which the decimal system is based |
| 41% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which the musical Rent was based |
| 41% | TSE | 3 | Poet on whose work "Cats" is based: Abbr. |
| 41% | EMMA | 4 | Novel on which the film "Clueless" is based |
| 41% | ALCOTTS | 7 | Sisters on whom "Little Women" was loosely based |
| 41% | PYGMALION | 9 | Play on which My Fair Lady was based |
| 41% | BEDROCK | 7 | Fundamental principles on which a thing is based |
| 41% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 41% | AREA | 4 | It may be "restricted" on a military base |
| 40% | LILI | 4 | Film on which "Carnival" was based |
| 40% | IAMACAMERA | 10 | Play on which "Cabaret" is based |
| 40% | EMMA | 4 | Novel on which "Clueless" is based |
| 40% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which "Rent" is based |
| 40% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story upon which "All About Eve" is based |
| 40% | ORR | 3 | Mary ___, on whose story "All About Eve" is based |
| 40% | PORGY | 5 | DuBose Heyward novel on which an opera was based |