| 100% | MADMAN | 6 | “The Professor and the ___” (Simon Winchester book about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary) |
| 45% | ZED | 3 | End of the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 45% | TOME | 4 | Any volume of the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 45% | SET | 3 | 22+ pages of the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 45% | ZED | 3 | Last section of the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 45% | XXX | 3 | Last section of the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 43% | SET | 3 | Entry comprising more than twenty pages of the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 41% | ALAMAK | 6 | Singlish expression of dismay recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 41% | VAPE | 4 | Oxford English Dictionary's 2014 word of the year |
| 40% | END | 3 | The 21,728th page of 1989's 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary |
| 39% | OED | 3 | Ref. that's the subject of the book The Professor and the Madman |
| 38% | GOBLINMODE | 10 | Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically self-indulgent state |
| 38% | AFINECOUTHTOME | 14 | The Oxford English Dictionary? |
| 37% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 37% | WYCLIFFE | 8 | John ___, English philosopher and theologian who made an early translation of the Bible |
| 37% | SAVINGMRBANKS | 13 | 2013 film about the making of 33-Across starring Emma Thompson as 18-Across and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney (3 wds.) |
| 36% | ZED | 3 | The Oxford English Dictionary ends with it |
| 36% | CRANES | 6 | "Sadako and the Thousand Paper ___" (illustrated book about a girl who makes origami birds) |
| 36% | FREELY | 6 | John ___, father of journalist Maureen and author of travel and history books about Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire |
| 36% | MIND | 4 | “The Life of the ___,” Christine Smallwood novel about lost opportunities to become a mother and professor (March, 2021) |
| 36% | ALN | 3 | English river mentioned by Ptolemy and the site of a still-occupied castle dating from about 1096 |
| 36% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 36% | UNREAL | 6 | Lifetime series about the making of the fictional TV show "Everlasting" |
| 35% | BOUND | 5 | "Homeward ___," Simon & Garfunkel song about longing and the emotional journey of returning after being away |
| 35% | HEIGHTS | 7 | "Wuthering ___," book by Emily Bronte which features the line "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" |
| 35% | ZED | 3 | It's last in the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 35% | ARMS | 4 | "Brothers in ___" (documentary about the making of "Platoon") |
| 35% | RKO | 3 | "__ 281": film about the making of "Citizen Kane" |
| 35% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | 44-Across book about the science and history of the ocean that won the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction (4 wds.) |
| 35% | SET | 3 | It occupies 25 pages in the Oxford English Dictionary |