| 100% | TOMORROW | 8 | "Yesterday is history, ___ is a mystery..." |
| 86% | TODAY | 5 | "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but ___ is a gift" |
| 61% | POLICEDEPARTMENTJAMES | 21 | Mystery writer who was a constable? |
| 60% | MCLACHLAN | 9 | Sarah __ is Building a Mystery |
| 58% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | Madonna hit that starts with the lyric "Life is a mystery" |
| 58% | POE | 3 | Whom a mystery award is named for |
| 57% | OREO | 4 | Cookie whose name origin is still a mystery |
| 57% | EEL | 3 | Creature whose mating habitats are a scientific mystery |
| 57% | YEARS | 5 | They may be memorized for a history test |
| 55% | ITSMAGIC | 8 | "How I did that trick will remain a mystery" |
| 54% | ANNO | 4 | "___ Dracula," alternate history novel where Sherlock Holmes is a character |
| 54% | ERA | 3 | Stretch of history that may be named for a dynasty |
| 54% | DETECTIVE | 9 | A person whose job is to solve mysteries |
| 50% | ATTIC | 5 | I am a hidden room of mysteries nestled under the roof. Who am I? |
| 50% | MAX | 3 | "___ Payne," 2008 mystery movie starring Mark Wahlberg which was based on a video game |
| 49% | NOVA | 4 | Its first episode was "The Making of a Natural History Film" |
| 48% | AKEY | 4 | "It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is ___": Churchill |
| 48% | NANCY | 5 | Edward Stratemeyer's fictional character who is a high schooler who spends her time solving mysteries |
| 48% | HOWCATCHEM | 10 | Mystery in which, unlike in a whodunnit, the perpetrator is revealed at the beginning |
| 48% | USEOFTWOHANDSANDANOSE | 21 | Mystery Person once composed a piano piece that, to be performed correctly, required the ... |
| 48% | GODOWN | 6 | "I will ___ in history as the greatest..." (make a name): 2 wds. |
| 48% | LIES | 4 | "History is a set of ___ agreed upon" (remark attributed to Napoleon) |
| 47% | SLASHER | 7 | Canadian anthology horror series with a mystery storyline that is resolved at the end of the season |
| 47% | ANN | 3 | ___ Radcliffe, novelist known for being a pioneer of Gothic fiction with works like "The Mysteries of Udolpho" |
| 47% | BYTHEROLLINGOFTWODICE | 21 | Mystery Person once wrote a waltz in which the choice of measures played was determined ... |
| 47% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer who wrote, about crosswords, "A good clue can give you all the pleasures of being duped that a mystery story can" |
| 46% | JANITOR | 7 | Will Hunting was a wicked smart one |
| 46% | NAGS | 4 | Is a bother |
| 46% | READS | 5 | Is a bookhound |
| 46% | TENDSBAR | 8 | Is a mixologist |