| 100% | OURTIMEISNOW | 12 | Bestseller by 45-Across that argues for robust voter protections (4 wds.) |
| 38% | JESUSTOACHILD | 13 | 1996 hit by 45-Across: 4 wds. |
| 38% | THISISMENOW | 11 | Studio album by 45-Across that accompanies the 2024 music documentary "The Greatest Love Story Never Told" (4 wds.) |
| 34% | CRANESINTHESKY | 14 | Song by 49-Across that won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance in 2017 (4 wds.) |
| 34% | THELAZYSONG | 11 | Hit single by 45-Across that begins, "Today I don't feel like doing anything" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | TOHELLWITHIT | 12 | 2021 mixtape by 16-Across that with the hit singles "Just for Me," "Pain," "Passion," and 26-Across (4 wds.) |
| 33% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 33% | COUNTONME | 9 | Hit single by 45-Across that begins, "If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | ALWAYSONMYMIND | 14 | Album by 30-Across/33-Across that was the "Billboard" #1 country album of the year for 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 32% | BESTOFMYLOVE | 12 | Song by the Emotions that was #3 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1977: 4 wds. |
| 32% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Album by 40-Across that won a Grammy for Best R&B Album (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | 2018 novel by 32-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BLUBBER | 7 | 1974 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #43 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FOREVER | 7 | 1975 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #16 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TIGEREYES | 9 | 1981 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #87 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THEECHOMAKER | 12 | 2006 novel by 32-Across that won the National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 31% | THEROUNDHOUSE | 13 | 2012 Novel by 44-Across that won a National Book Award for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 31% | THELAKEHOUSE | 12 | 2015 bestseller by 37-Across that brings together a novelist and a detective to uncover secrets from the past (3 wds.) |
| 31% | IFIAINTGOTYOU | 13 | Song by 40-Across that won a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (5 wds.) |
| 31% | STATEOFWONDER | 13 | 2011 novel by 28-Across that was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (3 wds.) |
| 31% | ABETTERMAN | 10 | #1 song by 45-Across from 35-Across that won the 1989 Single of the Year Academy of Country Music Award (3 wds.) |
| 30% | THESENTENCE | 11 | 2021 novel by 44-Across that was nominated for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (2 wds.) |
| 30% | KILLINGFLOOR | 12 | Debut novel by 25-Across that was the basis for the first season of "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEKINGANDI | 11 | Broadway musical that starred 45-Across as Anna Leonowens for one month in 1978 (earning her a Drama Desk Award nomination) (4 wds.) |
| 30% | MAYBEIMAMAZED | 13 | 1970 song by 19-Across that became a Top 10 hit seven years later for Wings (3 wds.) |
| 30% | VICTORYLAP | 10 | 2018 studio album by 29-Across that was nominated for a Best Rap Album Grammy (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ONTHEROADAGAIN | 14 | Song by 30-Across/33-Across that won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (4 wds.) |
| 29% | ASBRAVEASYOU | 12 | 2016 novel by 30-Across that won the Kirkus Prize: 4 wds. |
| 29% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Novel by 39-Across that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 29% | HOTPINK | 7 | Album by 50-Across that was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album at the 2020 American Music Awards (2 wds.) |