| 100% | ITSNOWORNEVER | 13 | 1960 #1 Elvis hit based on "O sole mio": 4 wds. |
| 38% | MICKEYMANTLE | 12 | Baseball great who hit his 300th career home run on July 4, 1960 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MOVINOUT | 8 | Jukebox musical based on the hits of Billy Joel: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AMERICANIDIOT | 13 | Jukebox musical based on the hits of Green Day: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Jukebox musical based on the hits of ABBA: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MANOFLAMANCHA | 13 | Broadway musical based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel "Don Quixote": 4 wds. |
| 31% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 fantasy movie that's based on the same books as 18-Across: 4 wds. |
| 31% | AMANINFULL | 10 | 2024 Netflix show created by David E. Kelley, based on a Tom Wolfe novel: 4 wds. |
| 31% | ORNEVER | 7 | "It's Now ___," a song by Elvis Presley that is based on the Italian song "O Sole Mio" and Tony Martin's "There's No Tomorrow": 2 wds. |
| 31% | LINDSAYLOHAN | 12 | Actress who starred as both the twins in 29a, a 1998 hit based on the novel "Lottie and Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 30% | THEFAULTINOUR | 13 | "___ Stars," romantic tragedy film starring Ansel Elgort based on the novel of the same name: 4 wds. |
| 30% | AROOMOFONES | 11 | "___ Own," writer Virginia Woolf's extended essay based on her lectures delivered at Cambridge University: 4 wds. |
| 30% | ANNEWITHANE | 11 | 2017-2019 Netflix series based on a 1908 novel about a high-spirited orphan girl: 4 wds. |
| 29% | SIGNOFTHETIMES | 14 | 2017 Harry Styles hit featured on the show "Riverdale": 4 wds. |
| 29% | THEFOGOFWAR | 11 | Documentary film based on Robert S. McNamara that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2003: 4 wds. |
| 29% | JAILHOUSEROCK | 13 | 1957 #1 Elvis hit whose B-side was "Treat Me Nice": 2 wds. |
| 29% | LOOKMANOBRAINS | 14 | Hit single on 29-Across's 14th studio album (4 wds.) |
| 29% | ABRIDGETOOFAR | 13 | Sean Connery's 1977 war film based on a book by Cornelius Ryan which also stars Michael Caine: 4 wds. |
| 28% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film based on a novel by L. Frank Baum (4 wds.) |
| 28% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 wds.) |
| 28% | HUNK | 4 | "A Big ___ o' Love" (#1 hit for Elvis) |
| 28% | KINGTUT | 7 | 1978 novelty hit based on a historical person |
| 28% | SPAMALOT | 8 | 2005 Broadway hit based on a 1974 film |
| 28% | GOODLUCKCHARM | 13 | 1962 Elvis hit that was his next-to-last #1 song: 3 wds. |
| 28% | THEIDESOFMARCH | 14 | 2011 political drama based on the play "Farragut North," that stars Evan Rachel Wood beside George Clooney and Ryan Gosling: 4 wds. |
| 28% | THESEAOFGRASS | 13 | 1947 Western drama film directed by Elia Kazan based on a 1936 novel of the same name, starring Katharine Hepburn: 4 wds. |
| 28% | WESTWORLD | 9 | HBO hit based on Michael Crichton's 1973 film |
| 28% | CRASHANDBURN | 12 | 2015 36-Across No. 1 hit sit song on Billboard's U.S. Country Airplay chart (3 wds.) |
| 27% | STUCKONYOU | 10 | 1960 Elvis hit |
| 27% | STUCKONYOU | 10 | 1960 Elvis Presley hit |