| 100% | FRECKLEJUICE | 12 | Chapter book by 38-Across about a boy who buys a potion to change his facial features (2 wds.) |
| 52% | LITTLEPRINCE | 12 | "The ___," children's book written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery about a boy who leaves his tiny planet to travel the universe: 2 wds. |
| 40% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a boy and his dog: 3 wds. |
| 37% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 38-Across, 2015 memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates written as a letter to his son: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FREEWILLY | 9 | 1993 film about a boy who tries to rescue a killer whale from an unscrupulous aquarium: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THELITTLELIAR | 13 | Novel by 43-Across about a boy who always tells the truth (3 wds.) |
| 36% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 36% | RUSHINGWATERS | 13 | 2016 book by Danielle Steel about six people who come together during a Hurricane in New York City: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SAUSAGEPARTY | 12 | Animated adult comedy film starring Seth Rogen, about a sausage who tries to discover the truth about his existence: 2 wds. |
| 35% | WHOCRIEDWOLF | 12 | "The Boy ___," a popular fable by 38-Down about a shepherd who repeatedly tricks villagers into thinking he needs help: 3 wds. |
| 35% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THELYINGWOODS | 13 | 2018 mystery by 44-Across about a boy who works in an orchard in rural Louisiana (3 wds.) |
| 35% | OURTURN | 7 | "It's ___ to Eat," book by journalist Michela Wrong about a Kenyan whistleblower: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHNNYBGOODE | 12 | Song by 17-Across about a boy who "could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell": 3 wds. |
| 34% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HOME | 4 | With 9-Across, John Hughes film about a boy who is left to defend his house from robbers |
| 34% | SAVINGSALLY | 11 | Filipino live-action animated film about a comic book artist who fantasizes about saving his crush from the "big bad world": 2 wds. |
| 34% | TIMETRAVELERS | 13 | "The ___ Wife," bestselling debut novel by Audrey Niffenegger published in 2003 about a man who moves through time and his wife: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEROOSTERBAR | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by 38-Across about law school students who open a tavern (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THEVELVETEEN | 12 | "___ Rabbit," children's book written by Margery Williams about a stuffed rabbit's desire to come to life through the owner's love: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WALTLONGMIRE | 12 | Sheriff of the fictional county of Absaroka, Wyoming, who is featured in 20 books by 40-Across and a 2012-2017 television series (2 wds.) |
| 33% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Award-winning 1985 book by 44-Across that features a "toxic event": 2 wds. |
| 33% | QUANTUMLEAP | 11 | 1989 American sci-fi series about a physicist who leaps through spacetime to correct historical mistakes: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NEELSETHI | 9 | Newcomer who played Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, in 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARVINREDPOST | 13 | Boy featured in eight books by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BIGGIRL | 7 | 2010 book by Danielle Steel about a chubby little girl and her fight with self-esteem issues: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |