| 100% | ELEANOR | 7 | “___ Oliphant Is Completely Fine” (Gail Honeyman’s 2017 début novel) |
| 81% | ELEANOR | 7 | "___ Oliphant Is Completely Fine" (2017 novel by Gail Honeyman) |
| 53% | OLIPHANT | 8 | Honeyman's novel Eleanor __ is Completely Fine |
| 33% | ACTUALLY | 8 | Monica Heisey's debut novel is Really Good, __ |
| 30% | ANNE | 4 | Rice whose debut novel was "Interview With the Vampire" |
| 30% | ELENAFORBES | 11 | Crime writer whose 2007 debut novel was Die with Me |
| 29% | AXIS | 4 | Aisha Tyler's feature film directorial debut of 2017, whose funds were raised with Kickstarter |
| 29% | ITHEJURY | 8 | 1947 debut novel by Mickey Spillane whose protagonist is Mike Hammer |
| 28% | WILLACATHER | 11 | "Alexander's Bridge" was her debut novel (1912) |
| 27% | THEIDENTICALS | 13 | 2017 Elin Hilderbrand novel whose title characters are twin sisters: 2 wds. |
| 27% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | RIVERTON | 8 | "The House at ___," Australian author Kate Morton's debut novel that was a bestseller |
| 27% | ORIGIN | 6 | 2017 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown that has been set in Spain |
| 27% | ELWORTHY | 8 | S —, South Africa cricketer whose 1998 Test debut was against England at Nottingham |
| 27% | TAIT | 4 | S W —, Australia cricketer whose 2005 Test debut was against England at Nottingham |
| 27% | UDAL | 4 | S D —, cricketer whose 2005 England Test debut was against Pakistan at Multan |
| 26% | AVNIDOSHI | 9 | American writer whose debut novel, "Burnt Sugar," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 26% | BRANDONTAYLOR | 13 | American writer whose debut novel, "Real Life," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 26% | DIANECOOK | 9 | American writer whose debut novel, "The New Wilderness," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 26% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel "The ___" which was adapted into a movie |
| 25% | ALLOK | 5 | Completely fine |
| 25% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American writer Ernest, who won the Nobel in 1954 and whose debut novel was "The Sun Also Rises" |
| 25% | LESS | 4 | Andrew Greer's 2017 Pulitzer winning novel |
| 25% | THENATURAL | 10 | Bernard Malamud's debut novel |
| 25% | AGNESGREY | 9 | Anne Brontë's debut novel |
| 25% | CARRIE | 6 | Stephen King's debut novel |
| 25% | IPO | 3 | Snap's was in 2017 |
| 25% | CANTDOATHING | 12 | Is completely hamstrung |
| 25% | HASNOIDEA | 9 | Is completely stumped |
| 25% | BRIMS | 5 | Is completely full |