| 100% | ITSTARTSWITHUS | 14 | 2022 bestseller by 41-Across about a woman who reconnects with an old flame (4 wds.) |
| 45% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 bestseller by 18-Across about a romance between a literary agent and an editor: 2 wds. |
| 45% | REGRETTINGYOU | 13 | 2019 bestseller by 41-Across about a mother and daughter coping with a family tragedy (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LANDLINE | 8 | Science-fiction novel by 29-Across about a woman who connects with a younger version of her husband on an old rotary phone |
| 39% | MENATALIE | 9 | 1969 movie about a woman who falls in love with an aspiring painter in Greenwich Village that marked Al Pacino's debut: 2 wds. |
| 37% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 37% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FIRSTLIEWINS | 12 | 2024 thriller by 44-Across about a woman who takes on secret identities (3 wds.) |
| 36% | ITENDSWITHUS | 12 | 2016 novel by 33-Across featuring a love triangle with florist Lily, her boyfriend, and an old flame: 4 wds. |
| 35% | THEHOUSEMAID | 12 | 2022 thriller by 32-Across about a woman working as a cleaner for a rich family (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THESEARCHER | 11 | 2020 novel by Tana French about a retired detective who begins investigating an old mystery in rural Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 35% | 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. |
| 34% | THESECRETLIFE | 13 | With 47-Across, 12/25/13 film about an ordinary guy who fantasizes about being a hero: 3 wds. |
| 33% | THETORNSKIRT | 12 | Novel by 47-Across about a high schooler who becomes obsessed with a homeless girl (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THELYINGWOODS | 13 | 2018 mystery by 44-Across about a boy who works in an orchard in rural Louisiana (3 wds.) |
| 32% | BEFORESUNRISE | 13 | 1995 Ethan Hawke starrer romantic drama film about a man and woman who spend an evening in Vienna: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELEANORRIGBY | 12 | Beatles song about a woman who "lives in a dream": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SCENTOFAWOMAN | 13 | 1992 movie starring Al Pacino about a school student who becomes an assistant to a visually impaired Army officer: 4 wds. |
| 31% | MAGGIEMAY | 9 | Rod Stewart hit about a fling with an older woman |
| 31% | MARGARETTOWN | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about a woman with multiple personalities |
| 31% | UNDERONEROOF | 12 | Ali Hazelwood novella about an environmental engineer who is roommates with a big-oil lawyer (3 wds.) |
| 31% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THICKASTHIEVES | 14 | 2020 Sandra Brown bestseller about a woman who investigates her father's disappearance: 3 wds. |
| 31% | THEUNCONSOLED | 13 | 1995 novel by 41-Across featuring a pianist struggling with memory (2 wds.) |
| 31% | FUNNYSTORY | 10 | 2024 romance novel by 44-Across about a librarian who becomes roommates with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEBURIEDGIANT | 14 | 2015 novel by 41-Across featuring a married couple struggling with memory (3 wds.) |
| 30% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CODEOFSILENCE | 13 | 1985 Chuck Norris movie featuring Henry Silva about an officer who teams up with a crime-fighting robot: 3 wds. |