| 100% | TAKESALONGWALKER | 16 | Borrows "The Color Purple" from the library instead of "The Flowers"? |
| 43% | PYRETHRUM | 9 | Insecticide prepared from the dried flowers of the Dalmatian chrysanthemum |
| 42% | LILAC | 5 | Purple flower of the spring |
| 42% | WALKER | 6 | Alice —, author of 1982 novel The Color Purple |
| 41% | IRIS | 4 | Flower or colored part of the eye |
| 41% | WALKER | 6 | Alice, writer of The Color Purple |
| 40% | SPIELBERG | 9 | The director of The Color Purple and The Terminal |
| 40% | IRIS | 4 | Colored eye part, also the name of a flower |
| 39% | ANEMONE | 7 | Flower said to have sprung from the blood of Adonis |
| 39% | ASTER | 5 | Flower whose name derives from the shape of its cluster |
| 39% | EDELWEISS | 9 | White Swiss flower from The Sound of Music |
| 39% | ZINNIA | 6 | Brightly colored flower near the end of the alphabet |
| 39% | CARD | 4 | Library ___, I.D. you might have used during your childhood to borrow books from the library |
| 37% | CIARA | 5 | One-named singer who played Nettie in the 2023 remake of "The Color Purple" |
| 37% | INDIGO | 6 | Rainbow color whose name is derived from the country of its origin |
| 36% | BOOK | 4 | Item commonly borrowed from the library ... or a word that goes with 25a, 36a, 42a, 7d, and 37d |
| 36% | EXLIBRIS | 8 | "From the library of" label on special books |
| 36% | CANADIAN | 8 | From the country north of the US |
| 36% | GLOVER | 6 | Danny of "The Color Purple" |
| 36% | OPRAH | 5 | Winfrey of "The Color Purple" |
| 36% | DANIELLEBROOKS | 14 | Actress who starred in stage and screen versions of the musical “The Color Purple” |
| 36% | DYE | 3 | Tyrean purple, used to color ceremonial robes, was one the Romans produced from snails |
| 36% | RED | 3 | *Idiom with the color changed! Feeling ___, when you're feeling angry instead of sad |
| 36% | AUBERGINE | 9 | The color purple |
| 36% | LIVE | 4 | Garden of ___ Flowers, fictional garden from "Through the Looking Glass" |
| 36% | OPRAH | 5 | Actress Winfrey from "The Color Purple" |
| 36% | PUGH | 4 | Actor Willard of "The Color Purple" |
| 36% | GLOVER | 6 | Actor Danny of "The Color Purple" |
| 36% | KNAPWEED | 8 | Perennial herb of the daisy family with purple flowers such as the wig — or greater — |