| 100% | ADVENTURES | 10 | & 7D & 15A The —, 1751 novel by Tobias Smollett |
| 56% | EXPEDITIONOF | 12 | 21A & 14D The —, 1771 novel by Tobias Smollett |
| 54% | PEREGRINE | 9 | Novel by Tobias Smollett: Adventures of __ Pickle |
| 48% | DARK | 4 | & 15A The —, 1989 novel by Stephen King |
| 48% | INIMITABLE | 10 | & 15A The —, 1923 novel by P G Wodehouse |
| 46% | KALAHARI | 8 | & 6A, 15A The —, 2002 novel by Alexander McCall Smith |
| 40% | NAPOLEONOF | 10 | & 7D The —, 1904 novel by G K Chesterton |
| 39% | THEBRIDEOF | 10 | & 7D 1819 novel by Walter Scott featuring the character Sir William Ashton |
| 38% | RIGHTHO | 7 | & 15A 1934 novel by P G Wodehouse published in the US as Brinkley Manor |
| 37% | STATE | 5 | & 15A 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical |
| 37% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 36% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 36% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 36% | DOLLHOUSE | 9 | 2011 novel by the Kardashian sisters |
| 35% | CHOLERA | 7 | Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of __ |
| 35% | PIMPERNEL | 9 | "Flowery" novel by Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet __ |
| 35% | RAILWAY | 7 | Classic novel by Edith Nesbit, The __ Children |
| 35% | LANARK | 6 | 1981 novel by the late Alasdair Gray |
| 35% | WOLFHALL | 8 | 2009 novel by the late Hilary Mantel |
| 35% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 35% | BEWILDERMENT | 12 | Novel by 30-Across shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize |
| 35% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | 1826 novel by Walter Scott subtitled The Cavalier |
| 35% | CASTLE | 6 | Gothic novel by Horace Walpole: The __ of Otranto |
| 35% | SERPENT | 7 | Award-winning novel by Sarah Perry, The Essex __ |
| 34% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 34% | ROXANA | 6 | 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe subtitled The Fortunate Mistress |
| 34% | PHINEASFINN | 11 | 1869 novel by Anthony Trollope subtitled The Irish Member |
| 34% | TANCRED | 7 | 1847 novel by Benjamin Disraeli subtitled The New Crusade |
| 34% | SYBIL | 5 | 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli subtitled The Two Nations |