| 100% | FIRSTLIEWINS | 12 | 2024 thriller by 44-Across about a woman who takes on secret identities (3 wds.) |
| 48% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 47% | DONOTDISTURB | 12 | 2021 thriller by 32-Across about a woman on the run after committing a crime (3 wds.) |
| 45% | BOOKLOVERS | 10 | 2022 romance novel by 44-Across about a literary agent and an editor who meet cute while on vacation (2 wds.) |
| 41% | 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.) |
| 40% | THELYINGWOODS | 13 | 2018 mystery by 44-Across about a boy who works in an orchard in rural Louisiana (3 wds.) |
| 40% | THICKASTHIEVES | 14 | 2020 Sandra Brown bestseller about a woman who investigates her father's disappearance: 3 wds. |
| 40% | MARTHAMYDEAR | 12 | Beatles song about a woman who has "always been my inspiration": 3 wds. |
| 39% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ITSTARTSWITHUS | 14 | 2022 bestseller by 41-Across about a woman who reconnects with an old flame (4 wds.) |
| 37% | THEHOUSEMAID | 12 | 2022 thriller by 32-Across about a woman working as a cleaner for a rich family (2 wds.) |
| 36% | INTHEDARK | 9 | 2019 CW drama about a blind woman, or a 2011 song by Dev: 3 wds. |
| 36% | ONLYTHEBRAVE | 12 | 2024 novel by 31-Across about a nurse in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power (3 wds.) |
| 36% | BLINKTWICE | 10 | 2024 psychological thriller about strange events on a tech billionaire's private island (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JOHNNYBGOODE | 12 | Song by 17-Across about a boy who "could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell": 3 wds. |
| 35% | MARGARETTOWN | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about a woman with multiple personalities |
| 35% | THEBEANTREES | 12 | 1988 Barbara Kingsolver novel about a young woman who cares for an abandoned baby: 3 wds. |
| 35% | LEGENDOFZORRO | 13 | "The ___," the second film about a great swordsman, who was played by Antonio Banderas: 3 wds. |
| 35% | BYTHESEA | 8 | Current film about a couple who take a vacation to try to save their marriage: 3 wds. |
| 34% | 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 |
| 34% | ELEANORRIGBY | 12 | Beatles song about a woman who "lives in a dream": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LAYLA | 5 | 1971 Clapton song about a woman who "got him on his knees" |
| 33% | THEROOSTERBAR | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by 38-Across about law school students who open a tavern (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THELITTLELIAR | 13 | Novel by 43-Across about a boy who always tells the truth (3 wds.) |
| 33% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | 2023 romance novel by 44-Across about a separated couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THETORNSKIRT | 12 | Novel by 47-Across about a high schooler who becomes obsessed with a homeless girl (3 wds.) |
| 33% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROSIERUIZ | 9 | Woman who took a shortcut to "win" the 1980 Boston Marathon: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STATEOFTERROR | 13 | Political thriller by Louise Penny and 31-Across about a senior diplomat facing a global crisis (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THESILENCE | 10 | Novella by 44-Across that imagines a massive technology failure on Super Bowl Sunday in 2022 (2 wds.) |