| 100% | FOREVER | 7 | 1975 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #16 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 90% | BLUBBER | 7 | 1974 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #43 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 90% | TIGEREYES | 9 | 1981 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #87 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | Aldous Huxley novel on the ALA's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2011: 3 wds. |
| 37% | EYESCLOSED | 10 | 2023 single by 49-Across that was a #1 hit on the "Billboard" Adult Top 40 chart (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEMANSION | 10 | 1959 novel by William Faulkner that is the last of the trilogy on the Snopes family: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BELOVED | 7 | Toni Morrison novel on the ALA's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2012 |
| 34% | FOREVER | 7 | Judy Blume novel on the ALA's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2005 |
| 33% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 32% | RIDINGFREEDOM | 13 | Pam Muñoz Ryan young adult novel based on the childhood of Charley Parkhurst, who is considered one of the first transgender men (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | Song by ABBA that was #12 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROBERTCORMIER | 13 | "I Am the Cheese" writer whose 1974 novel, "The Chocolate War," was one of the ALA's Best Books for Young Adults (2 wds.) |
| 30% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THEKITERUNNER | 13 | Khaled Hosseini novel on the American Library Association's Top Ten Challenged Books List for 2012: 3 wds. |
| 30% | BESTOFMYLOVE | 12 | Song by the Emotions that was #3 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977: 4 wds. |
| 30% | EMBRACEABLEYOU | 14 | Song by 16-Across that was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the musical "Girl Crazy": 2 wds. |
| 30% | LOOKBOTHWAYS | 12 | 2019 novel by 30-Across that was a National Book Award finalist: 3 wds. |
| 29% | CELESTIAL | 9 | 2022 single by 49-Across that was a Top 10 hit on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart |
| 29% | IMBAD | 5 | Single that was 45-Across's Billboard Hot 100 debut (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 29% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (3 wds.) |
| 29% | LETSGETITON | 11 | Marvin Gaye song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (4 wds.) |
| 29% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Author of the young adult novels 30-Across and the upcoming "On the Come Up": 2 wds. |
| 29% | BLURREDLINES | 12 | 2013 Robin Thicke song that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 29% | IGOTTAFEELING | 13 | 2009 Black Eyed Peas song that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks: 3 wds. |
| 29% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |