| 100% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Alex Cross novel by James Patterson whose title plays on a fairy tale (4 wds.) |
| 80% | LONDONBRIDGES | 13 | Alex Cross novel by James Patterson whose title plays on a nursery rhyme (2 wds.) |
| 80% | FOURBLINDMICE | 13 | Alex Cross novel by James Patterson whose title plays on a nursery rhyme (3 wds.) |
| 40% | KISS | 4 | "___ the Girls" (second Alex Cross novel by James Patterson) |
| 39% | LONDONBRIDGES | 13 | Tenth novel in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson: 2 wds. |
| 37% | POP | 3 | "___ Goes the Weasel" (Alex Cross novel by James Patterson) |
| 32% | ALONG | 5 | "___ Came a Spider" (first Alex Cross book by James Patterson) |
| 31% | ONCEUPONATIME | 13 | Words you would use to start a fairy tale?: 4 wds. |
| 31% | WINTERGARDEN | 12 | Novel by 29-Across that weaves a Russian fairy tale with a family's history (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film based on a novel by L. Frank Baum (4 wds.) |
| 31% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 wds.) |
| 31% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GIRLS | 5 | "Kiss the ___," second novel in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson |
| 30% | BLUE | 4 | "Violets Are ___," seventh novel in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson |
| 29% | BAD | 3 | "The Big ___ Wolf," ninth novel in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson |
| 29% | THEDAVINCICODE | 14 | Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen star in this movie which is based on a Dan Brown novel and is directed by Ron Howard: 4 wds. |
| 29% | BUSSYDAMBOIS | 12 | Jacobean stage play by George Chapman whose title character is based on a 16th-century French nobleman |
| 29% | POP | 3 | "___ Goes the Weasel," fifth novel in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson |
| 28% | ALFIESOLOMONS | 13 | "Peaky Blinders" character, played by Tom Hardy, who ran a distillery and was seen on the show from season 2 till 4: 2 wds. |
| 28% | STEP | 4 | "___ on a Crack" (first James Patterson novel to feature detective Michael Bennett) |
| 28% | CRACK | 5 | "Step on a ___" (first James Patterson novel featuring detective Michael Bennett) |
| 28% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Fairy tale character portrayed by 24-/37-Across in a 2012 film: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LALAW | 5 | TV drama whose title appeared on a California license plate (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ANNAKARENINA | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy (2 wds.) |
| 28% | THEAFTERMATH | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Rhidian Brook (2 wds.) |
| 27% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Julia Roberts/Dakota Fanning film based on a novel by E.B. White (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | 15-Across schoolteacher's fairy tale counterpart, played by Ginnifer Goodwin: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Leonardo DiCaprio psychological thriller based on a novel by Dennis Lehane (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BEAUTIFULDAY | 12 | Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a summer wedding on Nantucket (2 wds.) |
| 27% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | 2007 novel by James Patterson |