| 100% | WESTSIDE | 8 | __ Story, a tale about two rival gangs in NYC |
| 41% | JETS | 4 | The Sharks' rival gang in "West Side Story" |
| 37% | GYMS | 4 | Rival businesses in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" |
| 36% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," folk tale about two children who venture into a forest where a witch resides |
| 36% | POLICE | 6 | "Medical ___," medical series about two doctors discovering a deadly virus in Brazil |
| 35% | THE | 3 | With 4-Down, last two words in a story |
| 35% | SNOW | 4 | "___ White" fairy tale about a girl who lived in a forest with seven dwarfs |
| 34% | DAVIDANDGOLIATH | 15 | Pair in a Biblical story about an underdog’s unlikely triumph |
| 34% | MANETTE | 7 | The doctor in A Tale of Two Cities: Alexandre __ |
| 34% | HARE | 4 | Tortoise's rival, in a tale |
| 34% | SCARECROW | 9 | 1973 movie starring Al Pacino about two men who travel to start a business in Pittsburgh |
| 34% | OHIO | 4 | "Winesburg, ___" (Sherwood Anderson short story collection about life in a small town) |
| 33% | TELLSOF | 7 | Relates a tale about |
| 33% | ROMEO | 5 | 48-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 33% | JULIET | 6 | 45-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 33% | SCANDAL | 7 | A __ in Bohemia, tale about an incriminating photo |
| 33% | HEROES | 6 | David Bowie song about two lovers divided by the Berlin Wall that was used in a Microsoft commercial |
| 32% | WOODEN | 6 | Pinocchio, a tale about a __ boy |
| 32% | CNN | 3 | Channel that debuted in 1980 with a story about an assassination attempt on Vernon Jordan |
| 32% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | New movie about a bunny, based on stories written in early 1900s England: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SAGA | 4 | Tale about a gas |
| 32% | STEAL | 5 | Tales about a bargain |
| 32% | LOSTINYONKERS | 13 | Neil Simon play about two boys who move in with relatives, adapted into a 1993 Mercedes Ruehl movie: 3 wds. |
| 32% | GRETEL | 6 | Fairy tale about two siblings: Hansel and __ |
| 31% | EXALT | 5 | Tale about getting kiss in acclaim |
| 31% | LUCIE | 5 | A Tale of Two Cities heroine |
| 31% | KMS | 3 | There are about forty-two in a marathon: Abbr. |
| 31% | MYTH | 4 | Tale about a Roman god, for example |
| 31% | BANANARAMASAGAS | 15 | Tales about a 1980's singing group? |
| 30% | TWOCITIES | 9 | A Tale of __, 2009 installment in Underbelly show |