| 100% | FACT | 4 | ___ or fiction? |
| 89% | NON | 3 | Fact or fiction starter |
| 87% | NON | 3 | Prefix with fat or fiction |
| 87% | NON | 3 | Prefix for stop or fiction |
| 87% | NON | 3 | Prelude to fat or fiction |
| 82% | GENRE | 5 | Fiction or nonfiction |
| 80% | GENRE | 5 | Romance or science fiction |
| 78% | AUNT | 4 | May or Polly of fiction |
| 78% | PULP | 4 | After wood or before fiction |
| 78% | RACHEL | 6 | Kushner or Cusk of fiction |
| 78% | ELVISH | 6 | Quenya or Sindarin, in fiction |
| 78% | DYSTOPIA | 8 | Panem or Oceania, in fiction |
| 74% | SCIENCE | 7 | __ fiction; a book or movie genre |
| 74% | NON | 3 | Prefix for fiction or profit |
| 74% | GENRE | 5 | Category of fiction or music |
| 72% | THRILLER | 8 | Fiction or drama with high degree of suspense |
| 72% | CULT | 4 | ___ classic movies (like "Fight Club" or "Pulp Fiction") |
| 72% | GENRE | 5 | Science fiction or romance, for example |
| 70% | ESCAPE | 6 | Romance fiction or horror films, e.g. |
| 68% | EDITOR | 6 | White, in fiction, or Brown, in real life |
| 67% | JONATHANFRAKES | 14 | "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction" host who plays Commander Riker on 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 66% | HUGO | 4 | Literary award for works of science fiction or fantasy |
| 64% | FAN | 3 | "Fare" or "fiction" preceder |
| 62% | NON | 3 | Prefix for "stop" or "fiction" |
| 62% | NON | 3 | Prefix for "toxic" or "fiction" |
| 62% | NON | 3 | Prefix with "binary" or "fiction" |
| 62% | NON | 3 | Prefix for "smoking" or "fiction" |
| 58% | FAN | 3 | Word that can precede "club" or "fiction" |
| 57% | RAY | 3 | ___ Bradbury Award, prize given to the best movies or television episodes of science fiction or fantasy |
| 55% | NON | 3 | Prefix for "fiction" or "binary" |