| 100% | LUCIE | 5 | ___ Manette, woman in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 81% | MANETTE | 7 | The doctor in A Tale of Two Cities: Alexandre __ |
| 70% | DARN | 4 | Carton's counterpart in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 70% | LUCIE | 5 | A Tale of Two Cities heroine |
| 70% | DEFARGE | 7 | Villainous knitter in “A Tale of Two Cities” |
| 68% | DICKENS | 7 | He wrote A Tale of Two Cities |
| 65% | MADAMEDEFARGE | 13 | Villainous woman in Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities" whose knitting encodes her enemies' names: 2 wds. |
| 65% | SYDNEYCARTON | 12 | London barrister in 1859 Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities |
| 62% | PARIS | 5 | "A Tale of Two Cities" city |
| 62% | GUILLOTINE | 10 | "A Tale of Two Cities" ender? |
| 62% | LUCIE | 5 | "A Tale of Two Cities" heroine |
| 60% | DARNAY | 6 | Charles ___, fictional character from "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 58% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 55% | ITWAS | 5 | Opening words of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 55% | WAS | 3 | Second word of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 55% | ITWAS | 5 | First words of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 54% | WAS | 3 | Second word of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' |
| 54% | MADAME | 6 | ___ Defarge of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 53% | WAS | 3 | Word seen 11 times in the opening line of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 52% | DARNAY | 6 | Charles ___, hero of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 52% | BASTILLE | 8 | Setting for part of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 52% | WEEKLY | 6 | Like the installments of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 51% | TWOCITIES | 9 | A Tale of __, 2009 installment in Underbelly show |
| 50% | DIANE | 5 | Title woman in a "little ditty" of 1982 |
| 50% | MATRON | 6 | Woman in charge of a prison |
| 49% | FOURSOME | 8 | A team of two pairs in golf |
| 49% | DOT | 3 | One of two in a : |
| 49% | CITIES | 6 | "A Tale of Two —" |
| 48% | ITWAS | 5 | ''Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 48% | DIMENSION | 9 | One of two in a plane |