| 100% | LONGISLAND | 10 | 2024 novel by 38-Across featuring the heroine of 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THEFAMILIAR | 11 | 2024 historical fantasy novel by 30-Across featuring two people with magical powers in the Spanish Golden Age (2 wds.) |
| 51% | BADMONKEY | 9 | 2024 Apple TV+ series starring Michelle Monaghan, 15-Across, and 26-Across based on the 2013 novel by 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MAYBESOMEDAY | 12 | 2014 novel by 33-Across featuring a love triangle with college student Sydney, her boyfriend, and her neighbor: 2 wds. |
| 48% | YOUNGERNOW | 10 | 2017 album by 38-Across featuring the Top 10 hit song "Malibu" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DANIELDERONDA | 13 | 1876 novel by 42-Across featuring the characters Hugo Mallinger and Gwendolen Harleth (2 wds.) |
| 47% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | 1968 novel by 38-Across about the Quimby family (3 wds.) |
| 47% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | 1954 novel by 38-Across about the Huggins family (3 wds.) |
| 47% | AMERICANWOMAN | 13 | Novel by 52-Across based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst (2 wds.) |
| 47% | WILDSIDE | 8 | 2021 song by 38-Across featuring Cardi B: 2 wds. |
| 47% | HIGHROAD | 8 | 2020 album by 33-Across featuring the hit single "Raising Hell" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 46% | JOHNREBUS | 9 | Protagonist of the detective novel series by Ian Rankin: 2 wds. |
| 46% | THEGLASSMAKER | 13 | 2024 novel by 34-Across that follows an artisan family from Renaissance-era Italy to the present day (2 wds.) |
| 46% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 46% | DAYBREAKS | 9 | 2016 studio album by 47-Across featuring a cover of the jazz standard "Peace" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 46% | TRISPRIOR | 9 | Heroine of the Veronica Roth trilogy, played by Shailene Woodley in the movies: 2 wds. |
| 46% | AURORADAWN | 10 | Debut novel by 43-Across subtitled "Or, the True History of Andrew Reale" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 David Fincher thriller featuring a Grammy- and Golden Globe-nominated score by the members of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TITANIUM | 8 | 2011 song by 38-Across featuring Sia: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LOVELIES | 8 | 2018 song by 38-Across featuring Khalid: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BUFFALOBOB | 10 | Host of the show featuring 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ITSOK | 5 | "___", song by Tom Rosenthal, featured in the trailers of "Comet" and "Anesthesia" : 2 wds. |
| 45% | LITTLEROPE | 10 | 2024 album by 32-Across that features the singles "Hell" and "Say It Like You Mean It" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying," 1930 novel by William Faulkner, the title of which is derived from Homer's "Odyssey": 2 wds. |