| 100% | SPYGLASS | 8 | An amber telescope in Philip Pullman stories |
| 37% | XXXX | 4 | Conscious particles in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" |
| 34% | RAGS | 4 | "Before," in an Alger story |
| 34% | TAGS | 4 | Identifies in an Instagram Story |
| 33% | BRER | 4 | Title in an Uncle Remus story |
| 33% | MAINFRAME | 9 | Brain in many an Asimov story |
| 33% | DORIAN | 6 | Gray in an Oscar Wilde story |
| 33% | BOGEYMAN | 8 | An evil being used to frighten children in stories |
| 32% | EVE | 3 | One in a story with an apple |
| 32% | TELL | 4 | One in a story with an apple |
| 32% | STONE | 5 | Soup ingredient in an old folk story |
| 32% | CAL | 3 | Title robot in an Isaac Asimov short story |
| 32% | GOLDEN | 6 | "The ___ Compass," fantasy novel by Philip Pullman that is set in the Arctic |
| 31% | AHAT | 4 | Final two words in an Oliver Sacks story title |
| 31% | IRONY | 5 | Unexpected twist, as in an O. Henry short story |
| 31% | DEBOSE | 6 | Ariana, won an Oscar for West Side Story in 2022 |
| 29% | ANITA | 5 | "West Side Story" role that won Ariana DeBose an Oscar in 2021 |
| 29% | SPYGLASS | 8 | The Amber __, written by Philip Pullman |
| 29% | EMO | 3 | Comedian Philips who had a small role in "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" |
| 28% | ELOI | 4 | Race in an H. G. Wells story |
| 28% | MARTIANS | 8 | Invaders in an H. G. Wells story |
| 28% | DERN | 4 | Actress who won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2019’s “Marriage Story” |
| 27% | CNN | 3 | Channel that debuted in 1980 with a story about an assassination attempt on Vernon Jordan |
| 27% | DAVIDANDGOLIATH | 15 | Pair in a Biblical story about an underdog’s unlikely triumph |
| 27% | LEG | 3 | Shape of an iconic lamp in "A Christmas Story" |
| 27% | ELOI | 4 | Idle race in an 1895 sci-fi story |
| 27% | HIS | 3 | Philip Pullman's "___ Dark Materials" |
| 27% | BREW | 4 | Prepare an amber |
| 26% | ELOI | 4 | Morlocks' victims in an H. G. Wells story |