| 100% | THECIRCLE | 9 | 2013 novel by Dave Eggers set at an extremely powerful tech company (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THEPARADE | 9 | 2019 novel by Dave Eggers set in an unnamed country rebuilding after a civil war (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THELYINGGAME | 12 | Mystery novel by 45-Across set at an all-girls' boarding school (3 wds.) |
| 33% | WHATISTHEWHAT | 13 | 2006 novel by Dave Eggers about a Sudanese child refugee (4 wds.) |
| 33% | FORTUNESROCKS | 13 | Novel by 29-Across set at a beach house on the New Hampshire coast (2 wds.) |
| 30% | IDO | 3 | Words said at an altar by the Bride and Groom: 2 wds |
| 29% | MADMEN | 6 | Jon Hamm TV drama set at an advertising agency (2 wds.) |
| 27% | THEDOLLHOUSE | 12 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's Barbizon Hotel (2 wds.) |
| 27% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk featuring an unnamed protagonist, with a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SMALLMERCIES | 12 | 2023 novel by 48-Across set in Boston (2 wds.) |
| 26% | PRETTYBIRDS | 11 | Bestselling novel by 29-Across/30-Across set in 1990s Sarajevo (2 wds.) |
| 26% | AMERICANRUST | 12 | Novel by 31-Across set in a declining Pennsylvania steel town (2 wds.) |
| 26% | UNDERTHEDOME | 12 | Stephen King novel set in an extremely isolated Maine town (3 wds.) |
| 26% | NIGHT | 5 | "Wedding ___," 2013 novel by Sophie Kinsella about an impromptu wedding |
| 26% | THEADDRESS | 10 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's apartment building The Dakota (2 wds.) |
| 26% | IDO | 3 | Reply at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 26% | IDO | 3 | Consent at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 26% | IDO | 3 | Vow at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 26% | IDO | 3 | Oath at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 26% | IDO | 3 | Answer at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 26% | IDO | 3 | Words at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NAKEDSUN | 8 | "The ___," 1957 sci-fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was adapted into an episode of the TV series "Out of the Unknown": 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEGATHERING | 12 | 2007 novel by Anne Enright set in Dublin, Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 26% | THECOMMITMENTS | 14 | 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle set in Dublin, Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 25% | OFO | 3 | "Story ___," novel by Anne Desclos: 2 wds. |
| 25% | IDO | 3 | Words said at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 25% | IDO | 3 | Words spoken at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 25% | GETSORE | 7 | Take offense at an insult: 2 wds. |
| 25% | IDOS | 4 | Vows exchanged at an altar: 2 wds. |
| 25% | IDOS | 4 | Promises exchanged at an altar: 2 wds. |