| 100% | ROBINSON | 8 | __ Crusoe, novel by Daniel Defoe |
| 83% | CRUSOE | 6 | Novel by Daniel Defoe: Robinson __ |
| 78% | CRUSOE | 6 | "Robinson ___," novel by Daniel Defoe about a mariner |
| 77% | ROXANA | 6 | 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe subtitled The Fortunate Mistress |
| 72% | ROBINSON | 8 | Daniel Defoe's novel about a castaway, __ Crusoe |
| 64% | ROBINSON | 8 | __ Crusoe, Daniel Defoe novel about a castaway |
| 59% | ADVERBS | 7 | 2006 novel by Daniel Handler |
| 58% | CRUSOE | 6 | Daniel Defoe novel "Robinson ___" |
| 58% | MEASURINGTHE | 12 | & 2D 2005 novel by Daniel Kehlmann |
| 57% | ROBINSON | 8 | Daniel Defoe's title character, __ Crusoe |
| 57% | ALGERNON | 8 | "Flowers for ___," 1966 epistolary novel by Daniel Keyes |
| 54% | CRUSOE | 6 | Robinson __, Daniel Defoe novel about shipwreck |
| 54% | TYLL | 4 | Novel by Daniel Kehlmann which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 |
| 54% | THEOTHERWOMAN | 13 | 2018 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 54% | HOUSEOFSPIES | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Daniel Silva featuring 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 53% | PLAGUE | 6 | Disease that Daniel Defoe wrote a novel about |
| 51% | DEFOE | 5 | Daniel —, author of 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe |
| 49% | GHOSTWORLD | 10 | 1993-1997 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, later made into a Terry Zwigoff movie: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DEFOE | 5 | Daniel —, English writer known for his novel about Robinson Crusoe |
| 48% | ROBINSON | 8 | __ Crusoe, Daniel Defoe's shipwrecked character |
| 47% | ROBINSON | 8 | __ Crusoe is Daniel Defoe's castaway |
| 47% | GABRIELALLON | 12 | Israeli intelligence officer featured in 18 novels by Daniel Silva, including 18-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DERONDA | 7 | Daniel __, 1876 novel by George Eliot |
| 46% | CRUSOE | 6 | "Robinson ___" (Daniel Defoe novel) |
| 46% | MOLL | 4 | "___ Flanders" (Daniel Defoe novel) |
| 42% | ADA | 3 | Novel by Nabokov |
| 41% | CRUSOE | 6 | Daniel Defoe's "Robinson ___" |
| 41% | SOBIG | 5 | Novel by 47-Down |
| 41% | THEPARTNER | 10 | Novel by John Grisham |
| 41% | THECHAMBER | 10 | Novel by John Grisham |