| 100% | ROOTEDIN | 8 | Based on, as opinions vis-à-vis faith |
| 52% | ANANT | 5 | "As industrious as ___" (simile based on a hill-dwelling insect): 2 wds. |
| 52% | MAGICMIKE | 9 | 2012 movie based on Channing Tatum's experiences as a stripper |
| 52% | AGNESGREY | 9 | Anne Brontë novel based on her own experiences as a governess |
| 51% | BATIN | 5 | Drive home, as a runner on third base |
| 49% | RUDY | 4 | 1993 film based on a true story starring Sean Astin as football player Daniel Ruettiger |
| 49% | INVINCIBLE | 10 | 2006 film based on a true story starring Mark Wahlberg as football player Vince Papale |
| 49% | SUBJECTIVE | 10 | Based on personal opinion |
| 48% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | 2020 drama based on a true story with Amy Adams as a troubled mother: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ASPIC | 5 | Savoury jelly based on meat or fish stock used as a mould for meat or vegetables |
| 48% | ASTROBOY | 8 | Animated superhero film based on a manga character known as Mighty Atom in Japan (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THEBLINDSIDE | 12 | 2009 film based on a true story starring Quinton Aaron as football player Michael Oher (3 wds.) |
| 47% | BRIANSSONG | 10 | 1971 film based on a true story starring Billy Dee Williams as football player Gale Sayers (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ELLAENCHANTED | 13 | Fantasy comedy film starring Hugh Dancy and 44-Across as characters based on a fairy tale (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GRAPES | 6 | "The ___ of Wrath," 1940 film starring Henry Fonda as a sharecropper, based on the eponymous John Steinbeck novel |
| 47% | RAIN | 4 | 1932 film drama starring Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson based on a short story by W Somerset Maugham |
| 46% | QUODLIBET | 9 | Light piece of music based on two or more popular tunes such as Galimathias musicum by W A Mozart |
| 46% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story |
| 45% | TRAININGDAY | 11 | 2017 TV series that's based on a Denzel Washington movie and stars Bill Paxton as a cop: 2 wds. |
| 45% | REDOCTOBER | 10 | Fictional submarine captained by Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in a film based on a Tom Clancy novel (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SNOWMAN | 7 | "The Falcon and the ___," spy drama film based on a true story that features Sean Penn as Andrew Daulton Lee |
| 45% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story; factual |
| 44% | LINDSAYLOHAN | 12 | Actress who starred as both the twins in 29a, a 1998 hit based on the novel "Lottie and Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 44% | RANGE | 5 | "At Close ___," crime drama film featuring Sean Penn as Bradford Whitewood Jr. which is based on a real life crime family |
| 44% | AGRARIAN | 8 | A society based on producing crops |
| 44% | INSIGHT | 7 | A deep understanding based on introspection |
| 44% | PLINTH | 6 | Base on which a statue stands |
| 44% | RICHIERICH | 10 | A 1994 film based on the comics of the same name, starring Macaulay Culkin (birthday today) as the world's wealthiest kid: 2 wds. |
| 44% | PORTRAIT | 8 | "A ___ of the Artist as a Young Man," 1977 film directed by Joseph Strick which is based on a novel by James Joyce |
| 44% | LIT | 3 | On, as a lamp |