| 100% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 horror novel by 17-Across that's a sequel to "The Shining" (2 wds.) |
| 72% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 novel that's a sequel to "The Shining": 2 wds. |
| 55% | IRONFLAME | 9 | 2023 novel by 47-Across that's a sequel to her 2023 fantasy novel "Fourth Wing" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 48% | CROOKMANIFESTO | 14 | 2023 Colson Whitehead novel that's a sequel to 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | COBRAKAI | 8 | Netflix series that is a sequel to the "Karate Kid" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BRINGUP | 7 | "___ the Bodies," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 23a: 2 wds. |
| 44% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | "Tommy" song sung by 47-Across that's the only cover of a Who song to reach the Top 10 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 44% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 44% | HELLOBEAUTIFUL | 14 | 2023 novel by 52-Across that's a retelling of "Little Women" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SYCAMOREROW | 11 | 2013 sequel to 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MAGICLESSONS | 12 | 2020 novel by 46-Across that's a prequel to her 1995 novel adapted as a film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (2 wds.) |
| 43% | WINTERGARDEN | 12 | Novel by 29-Across that weaves a Russian fairy tale with a family's history (2 wds.) |
| 41% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NOTSPAM | 7 | Button that moves a message to the inbox: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |
| 40% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO horror series that featured a cameo by Charlaine Harris, author of the source material: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATIMEFORMERCY | 13 | 2020 novel by 41-Across that features lawyer Jake Brigance, who last appeared in the 2013 novel "Sycamore Row" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 39% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | With 41-Across, 2018 Emily Blunt film that's a sequel to a 1964 Julie Andrews film: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | FORTUNESROCKS | 13 | Novel by 29-Across set at a beach house on the New Hampshire coast (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Championship that 17-Across won twice, with the A's and Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 38% | 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.) |
| 38% | 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.) |