| 100% | GREENMAN | 8 | 1969 Kingsley Amis novel, with "The" |
| 61% | GREEN | 5 | & 11D The —, 1969 novel by Kingsley Amis |
| 53% | DUNE | 4 | Novel with the desert planet Arrakis |
| 52% | OMOO | 4 | Novel with the chapter "Farming in Polynesia" |
| 51% | JANEEYRE | 8 | Novel with the line "Reader, I married him" |
| 50% | OPIONEERS | 9 | Classic novel with the heroine Alexandra Bergson |
| 49% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Melville novel with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 49% | OMOO | 4 | 1847 novel with the chapter "Life at Loohooloo" |
| 49% | COLONELSUN | 10 | 1968 novel written by Kingsley Amis under the name Robert Markham |
| 48% | ATALEOFTWOCITIES | 16 | Dickens novel with the 56-Across as its backdrop |
| 48% | YAAGYASI | 8 | Writer with the novel Homegoing |
| 48% | UGLIES | 6 | 2005 Scott Westerfeld sci-fi novel with the sequel "Pretties" |
| 47% | STAND | 5 | Stephen King novel, with The |
| 47% | OLDMANANDTHESEA | 15 | 1952 novel, with The |
| 47% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | 2005 Kazuo Ishiguro novel with the line “Carers aren’t machines” |
| 46% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Interview with the __, novel by Anne Rice |
| 46% | TILLIE | 6 | Walden with the graphic novel memoir "Spinning" |
| 46% | JONI | 4 | Singer Mitchell with the 1969 album "Clouds" |
| 46% | ZAPPA | 5 | Frank with the 1969 album “Hot Rats” |
| 45% | TYLER | 5 | Anne with the Pulitzer-winning novel "Breathing Lessons" |
| 45% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky with the 2024 novel "Pay Dirt" |
| 45% | STUD | 4 | The —, 1969 novel by Jackie Collins |
| 45% | SIXTHSEAL | 9 | The —, 1969 novel by Mary Wesley |
| 45% | PROCESS | 7 | The —, 1969 novel by Brion Gysin |
| 45% | TIMESARROW | 10 | 1991 Martin Amis novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize |
| 45% | NEAL | 4 | Science fiction author Stephenson with the upcoming novel "Seveneves" |
| 45% | PETSEMATARY | 11 | Stephen King novel with a misspelling in the title |
| 45% | ISAAC | 5 | Hayes with the 1969 studio album “Hot Buttered Soul” |
| 45% | ESTATE | 6 | The —, 1969 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer |