| 100% | LITTLE | 6 | & 13A Two-volume Louisa May Alcott novel published in 1868 and 1869 |
| 37% | EIGHTCOUSINS | 12 | Louisa May Alcott novel |
| 37% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa MAY Alcott novel |
| 35% | WOMEN | 5 | "Little ___" (classic Louisa May Alcott novel) |
| 33% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 2019 film adaptation of a Louisa May Alcott novel: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HEART | 5 | & 25A Novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow published in 1902 volume Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories |
| 33% | BETHMARCH | 9 | Character in Louisa M Alcott novel Little Women played on screen by Claire Danes and Jean Parker |
| 31% | DONQUIXOTE | 10 | Novel by Miguel de Cervantes published in two parts in 1605 and 1615 |
| 31% | JOS | 3 | "___ Boys" (Louisa May Alcott novel) |
| 31% | WOMEN | 5 | "Little ___" (Louisa May Alcott novel) |
| 31% | WOMEN | 5 | "Little ____" (Louisa May Alcott novel) |
| 31% | UNDER | 5 | "___ the Lilacs" (Louisa May Alcott novel) |
| 30% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 29% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | BBC miniseries adaptation of a Louisa May Alcott novel that featured 45-Across as Aunt March (her last television role) (2 wds.) |
| 29% | CHIMNEY | 7 | "The ___ Sweeper," William Blake poem published in two parts in 1789 and 1794 |
| 28% | WOMEN | 5 | "Little ___," 2019 film directed by Greta Gerwig that is an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's titular novel |
| 28% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic |
| 28% | ROSEINBLOOM | 11 | Louisa May Alcott book |
| 28% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott book |
| 27% | JOS | 3 | Louisa May Alcott's "___ Boys" |
| 27% | WOMEN | 5 | Louisa May Alcott's Little ___ |
| 27% | WOMEN | 5 | Louisa May Alcott’s “Little ___” |
| 27% | WOMEN | 5 | Louisa May Alcott's "Little ___" |
| 27% | WOMEN | 5 | Louisa May Alcott's classic Little __ |
| 27% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic: 2 wds. |
| 26% | JOS | 3 | "___ Boys" by Louisa May Alcott |
| 26% | SIDDHARTHA | 10 | Hesse novel published in 1922 |
| 26% | OED | 3 | Voluminous book published in Britain and where you may look for word meanings: Abbr. |