| 100% | OBSESSIVE | 9 | __, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise |
| 31% | JOANDIDION | 10 | "The Year of Magical Thinking" author |
| 31% | JOANDIDION | 10 | ''The Year of Magical Thinking'' author |
| 31% | HITSUPON | 8 | Thinks of by chance |
| 31% | DIDION | 6 | Joan __ wrote The Year of Magical Thinking |
| 31% | DIDION | 6 | The Year of Magical Thinking author Joan |
| 31% | YEAR | 4 | "The ___ of Magical Thinking" (Joan Didion memoir) |
| 31% | YEAR | 4 | Joan Didion's "The ___ of Magical Thinking" |
| 31% | DIDION | 6 | "The Year of Magical Thinking" memoirist Joan |
| 30% | TOLOVEONESELFIS | 15 | Start of a thought by Oscar Wilde |
| 30% | TOOMUCHOF | 9 | Start of a thought by 29-Across |
| 30% | SPELL | 5 | Magical enchantment cast by witches |
| 30% | LAMP | 4 | Magical item held by Aladdin |
| 30% | DIDION | 6 | Joan who wrote "The Year of Magical Thinking" |
| 30% | UNLUCKY | 7 | A black cat, thought by some to be __ |
| 29% | MCPHEE | 6 | Magical nanny played by Emma Thompson |
| 29% | WAND | 4 | Magical item wielded by a wizard |
| 29% | IDEA | 4 | Thought symbolized by a light bulb |
| 29% | KNOWLEDGEIS | 11 | Start of a thought by British journalist Miles Kington |
| 29% | NARNIA | 6 | Magical world created by C.S. Lewis |
| 29% | IDEA | 4 | Thought sometimes represented by a light bulb |
| 29% | HITON | 5 | Think of by chance, as a solution |
| 29% | WILLS | 5 | Makes happen just by thinking |
| 28% | FAITHFULL | 9 | Marianne __, 60s singer of As Tears Go By |
| 28% | POOF | 4 | Magical sound often accompanied by a vanishing act |
| 27% | IDEA | 4 | Thought indicated by a light bulb over the head |
| 27% | SHOEMAKER | 9 | Fairy-tale cobbler assisted by magical elves |
| 27% | TALISMAN | 8 | An object thought to have magical powers |
| 27% | MAOISM | 6 | School of thought developed by Chinese chairman |
| 27% | ONLINE | 6 | Mad ___ (outraged by a think piece, say) |