100% | STARDUST | 8 | 39-Across novel about a half-Faerie boy who rescues a girl who falls from the sky |
44% | CORALINE | 8 | 39-Across novel about a girl who goes through a forbidden door |
39% | ERAGON | 6 | Christopher Paolini novel about a boy who rides the dragon Saphira |
38% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
38% | NEVERWHERE | 10 | 39-Across novel about a Scottish man who travels through London Below |
35% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
35% | UNBREAKABLE | 11 | With 29-Across, Netflix comedy about a woman who is rescued from a cult |
34% | MASTERKEY | 9 | The __, L. Frank Baum novel about a boy called Rob |
33% | PLAYEDWITHFIRE | 14 | "The Girl Who ___," sequel novel about Lisbeth Salander in a dangerous investigation: 3 wds. |
32% | TIME | 4 | "The Right ___," 2017 book by Danielle Steel about a girl who publishes mystery novels under her pseudonym |
32% | MEANS | 5 | "What It ___ When a Man Falls from the Sky" (short story collection by Lesley Nneka Arimah) |
32% | KIPOANDTHEAGE | 13 | With 32-Across, animated series about a girl from beneath the Earth's surface: 4 wds. |
32% | BEE | 3 | "___ Season" (Myla Goldberg novel about a girl who is an exceptional speller) |
32% | EXORCIST | 8 | "The ___," 1973 supernatural horror film adapted from a novel of the same name about the demonic possession of a 12 year old girl |
32% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
32% | HOMECOMING | 10 | 2023 novel by 37-Across that tells the story of a journalist who uncovers secrets from the past |
31% | MISHIMA | 7 | Yukio —, author of 1963 novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea |
31% | SAVINGSALLY | 11 | Filipino live-action animated film about a comic book artist who fantasizes about saving his crush from the "big bad world": 2 wds. |
31% | OLIVEAGAIN | 10 | Elizabeth Strout novel that features a story about the mother from 16-Across (2 wds.) |
31% | RAIN | 4 | Falls from the sky |
31% | RAINS | 5 | Falls from the sky |
31% | BFG | 3 | "The ___," children's novel written by Roald Dahl in 1982 about a young girl named Sophie who meets a colossal man |
31% | AMANCALLEDOVE | 13 | 2014 best-selling novel about a neighborhood curmudgeon who befriends the family next door: 4 wds. |
30% | RUE | 3 | Girl who's a tribute from the same district as Thresh, in "The Hunger Games" |
30% | STAN | 4 | With 50-Across, saxophonist who won a Grammy for "The Girl From Ipanema" |
30% | LITTLEMERMAID | 13 | Stage musical of 2008, "The ___" starring Jodi Benson and Pat Carroll about a half-fish half-female who falls in love with a human prince: 2 wds. |
30% | DRAGONTATTOO | 12 | "The Girl With the ___," novel about teen hacker Lisbeth Salander, who has distinctive body art: 2 wds. |
30% | QUARTERSIZEHAIL | 15 | Big fall from the sky? |
30% | CRANES | 6 | "Sadako and the Thousand Paper ___" (illustrated book about a girl who makes origami birds) |
30% | HERO | 4 | 1992 American film starring Dustin Hoffman and Geena Davis, about a pickpocket who rescues passengers from a crashed airliner |