| 100% | THECELLIST | 10 | 2021 Daniel Silva novel featuring Gabriel Allon investigating a murder with the help of a Russian musician/money launderer (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THENEWGIRL | 10 | 2019 Daniel Silva novel featuring spy Gabriel Allon investigating the disappearance of the daughter of a Saudi prince (3 wds.) |
| 41% | THECOLLECTOR | 12 | 2023 Daniel Silva novel featuring Gabriel Allon investigating an international art heist (2 wds.) |
| 29% | HANDMAIDSTALE | 13 | With "The," Hulu drama that featured a cameo by Margaret Atwood, author of the source material: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SEARCHPARTY | 11 | HBO Max series that opened with the main characters investigating the disappearance of a college friend: 2 wds. |
| 28% | WEDDINGCAKE | 11 | Elaborate dessert in the title of a Joanne Fluke murder mystery featuring Hannah Swensen (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BLACKBERRYPIE | 13 | Fruit-filled dessert in the title of a Joanne Fluke murder mystery featuring Hannah Swensen (2 wds.) |
| 27% | LORENZOSOIL | 11 | 1992 film featuring 31-Across as the mother of a boy with a rare disease (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SUGARCOOKIE | 11 | Simple dessert in the title of a Joanne Fluke murder mystery featuring amateur sleuth and baker Hannah Swensen (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BORISPASTERNAK | 14 | Russian writer of the novel "Doctor Zhivago": 2 wds. |
| 27% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 26% | IVANTURGENEV | 12 | Russian writer of the novel "Fathers and Sons": 2 wds. |
| 26% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 26% | TRACE | 5 | Copy a picture with the help of a lightbox |
| 26% | PAINHUSTLERS | 12 | 2023 Netflix crime comedy with Catherine O'Hara as the mother of a woman marketing opioids: 2 wds. |
| 26% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 26% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MRSDALLOWAY | 11 | Virginia Woolf's novel about a day in the life of a woman in England post World War I: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BASKETCASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that highlights a song by the same name cowritten with Warren Zevon: 2 wds. |
| 25% | DOLLYPARTONS | 12 | With 27-Across, Netflix anthology series dramatizing the stories behind some of a singer's songs: 2 wds. |
| 25% | TINKERTAILOR | 12 | "___ Soldier, Spy," a 2011 spy film starring Tom Hardy along with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth: 2 wds. |
| 25% | THEKAISERSWEB | 13 | 2021 Steve Berry novel that features 44-Across investigating historical events during a modern election in Germany (3 wds.) |
| 25% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 25% | JEFFBECK | 8 | 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who was a guitarist with the Yardbirds: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BUGSBUNNY | 9 | Animated rabbit with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ANDREABOCELLI | 13 | Opera singer with a law degree from the University of Pisa: 2 wds. |
| 25% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname of the 76ers legend with a cameo in "Hustle": 2 wds., abbr. |
| 25% | DIVINEJUSTICE | 13 | Fourth novel in a series featuring Oliver Stone and his group of political watchdogs called the Camel Club (2 wds.) |
| 25% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 25% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | "The Adventures of ___," Mark Twain's famous novel telling the story of a young boy: 2 wds. |