| 100% | VOLCANO | 7 | "Under the ___," 1947 novel by Malcolm Lowry whose final eleven chapters take place over a single day |
| 47% | SEIZE | 5 | "___ the Day," 1956 novel by Saul Bellow whose plot takes place over a single day |
| 43% | DALLOWAY | 8 | "Mrs. ___," 1925 novel by Virginia Woolf whose plot takes place over a single day |
| 42% | MAN | 3 | "A Single ___," 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood whose plot takes place over a single day |
| 37% | CAROL | 5 | "A Christmas ___," 1843 novella by Charles Dickens whose plot takes place over a single day |
| 31% | ULYSSES | 7 | Classic novel that takes place on a single day in Dublin |
| 31% | UNDER | 5 | & 2D 1947 novel by Malcolm Lowry |
| 26% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Novel whose first chapter is preceded by eighty epigraphs, none of which ought to be taken as “veritable gospel cetology,” per the author |
| 26% | MAGNOLIA | 8 | 2000 Paul Thomas Anderson epic that takes place over the course of one day |
| 26% | WREATH | 6 | (1/10) "We'll decorate for Christmas over the next few days in DTC! Start by placing a ___ on the door!" (Yule garland) |
| 23% | LONGTERM | 8 | Not taking place over a short period of time |
| 23% | DUSTINDIAMOND | 13 | "Saved by the Bell" actor whose surname is a place for baseball: 2 wds. |
| 23% | PINCENEZ | 8 | Pair of glasses without arms held in place by a clip that fits over the nose |
| 23% | DOWN | 4 | "Long Way ___," novel by Jason Reynolds where the story takes place over just sixty seconds |
| 22% | IKE | 3 | South Park's Broflovski whose body once was temporarily taken over by the spirit of Michael Jackson |
| 22% | GUN | 3 | Under the ___ (pressured by a deadline) |
| 22% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 22% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | The —, 1947 novel by James M Cain |
| 22% | CUSK | 4 | Rachel whose novel “Parade” features a procession of visual artists, all referred to by the initial “G“ (June, 2024) |
| 22% | TAKES | 5 | "It ___ Two," 1995 comedy movie starring the Olsen twins whose title is taken from a song by Marvin Gaye |
| 22% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 22% | THESEAOFGRASS | 13 | 1947 Western drama film directed by Elia Kazan based on a 1936 novel of the same name, starring Katharine Hepburn: 4 wds. |
| 22% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark placed over a vowel such as the o in French |
| 21% | RADLEYS | 7 | The Boo ___, "Wake Up Boo!" band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 21% | JAWS | 4 | Spielberg blockbuster that takes place by the beach |
| 21% | POSSESSED | 9 | Taken over, say, by a spirit |
| 21% | SITS | 4 | Takes a place at the table |
| 21% | THEPLOTAGAINSTAMERICA | 21 | Philip Roth novel about an alternative history where fascists take over the United States in the 1940s, featuring a North Carolina university |
| 21% | LEAGUES | 7 | 20,000 __ Under the Sea, a Jules Verne novel |