| 100% | OSAGE | 5 | “Killers of the Flower Moon: The ___ Murders and the Birth of the F.B.I.” (nonfiction book adapted into a 2023 film) |
| 46% | MOON | 4 | "Killers of the Flower ___: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI" (David Grann book) |
| 40% | JOHN | 4 | I wrote "The Fault in Our Stars" and two of my books have been adapted into films |
| 37% | DAN | 3 | I wrote the Robert Langdon series and three of my novels were adapted into films |
| 37% | PURPLE | 6 | "Harold and the ___ Crayon," film adaptation of a children's book, whose release date is in 2023 |
| 36% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | "Lost in Translation" writer/director who adapted the memoir "Elvis and Me" into the 2023 film "Priscilla" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | DOLPHINS | 8 | "Island of the Blue ___," 1960 Scott O'Dell novel that was adapted into a 1964 James B. Clark film |
| 35% | OFTHEDAY | 8 | "The Remains ___," 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
| 35% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Yann Martel book, adapted into a film and a play |
| 35% | KILLERS | 7 | "___ of the Flower Moon," film starring Leonardo DiCaprio whose release date is in 2023 |
| 33% | MOON | 4 | 2023 Martin Scorsese film "Killers of the Flower ___" |
| 33% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 33% | OSAGE | 5 | Killers of the Flower Moon people |
| 33% | OPENCASES | 9 | The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., e.g. |
| 33% | ANATOMY | 7 | "___ of a Murder," 1958 legal thriller novel by John D. Voelker which was adapted into a film |
| 33% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | "The Hunger Games" series novelist whose "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" was adapted as a 2023 film starring 19-Across and 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TANK | 4 | "___ Girl" (British comic book series adapted into a film starring Lori Petty and Naomi Watts) |
| 33% | DECISIONTOLEAVE | 15 | 2022 Park Chan-wook film about a detective and the widow of a murder victim |
| 33% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's a harbinger of death in "Killers of the Flower Moon" |
| 32% | SCORSESE | 8 | Martin, director of Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 32% | THEPRODUCERS | 12 | Mel Brooks film of 1967 adapted into a 2001 Broadway musical and 2005 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ACT | 3 | "Sister ___," 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg that was adapted into a stage musical of the same name |
| 32% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | African-American author of "Between the World and Me," winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| 32% | NIRO | 4 | Robert De __, actor in Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 32% | JAYASHER | 8 | Author whose book "Thirteen Reasons Why" was adapted into a Netflix show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DAVIDGRANN | 10 | American journalist who wrote "Killers of the Flower Moon," "The Wager," and the works that inspired 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Nonfiction work by 29-Across adapted as a 2020 film of the same name starring Frances McDormand directed by 15-Across |
| 31% | TINY | 4 | "___ Beautiful Things," book by Cheryl Strayed that was adapted into a miniseries of the same name starring Kathryn Hahn |
| 31% | PAULAHAWKINS | 12 | Author of "The Girl on the Train," a novel adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CAMEO | 5 | Martin Scorsese's role in Killers of the Flower Moon, e.g. |