| 100% | CATCHERINTHERYE | 15 | Classic Salinger novel, with "The" |
| 77% | OPIONEERS | 9 | Classic novel with the heroine Alexandra Bergson |
| 69% | EMMA | 4 | Classic novel with the line "You must be the best judge of your own happiness" |
| 66% | WRINKLEINTIME | 13 | With "A," classic science fantasy novel, and a feature of the theme answers |
| 64% | DUNE | 4 | Novel with the desert planet Arrakis |
| 63% | OMOO | 4 | Novel with the chapter "Farming in Polynesia" |
| 62% | JANEEYRE | 8 | Novel with the line "Reader, I married him" |
| 61% | DAISYBUCHANAN | 13 | Woman with a botanical name in a classic novel set in the Roaring Twenties (2 wds.) |
| 60% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Melville novel with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 60% | OMOO | 4 | 1847 novel with the chapter "Life at Loohooloo" |
| 59% | OLDONETWO | 9 | Classic combo, with the |
| 59% | OLDMANANDTHESEA | 15 | 1952 novel, with The |
| 59% | ATALEOFTWOCITIES | 16 | Dickens novel with the 56-Across as its backdrop |
| 58% | YAAGYASI | 8 | Writer with the novel Homegoing |
| 58% | THINMAN | 7 | Classic 1934 novel set in Prohibition-era New York City, with "The" |
| 58% | UGLIES | 6 | 2005 Scott Westerfeld sci-fi novel with the sequel "Pretties" |
| 57% | STAND | 5 | Stephen King novel, with The |
| 57% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | 2005 Kazuo Ishiguro novel with the line “Carers aren’t machines” |
| 56% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Interview with the __, novel by Anne Rice |
| 56% | TILLIE | 6 | Walden with the graphic novel memoir "Spinning" |
| 56% | EASTOFEDEN | 10 | Classic novel with biblical parallels |
| 56% | SCARLET | 7 | With "The" and 45-Across, classic Looney Tunes cartoon that's a parody of a classic novel |
| 55% | THESHINING | 10 | Movie with the classic line "Here's Johnny!" |
| 55% | NANTZ | 5 | Sportscaster Jim with the classic opening "Hello, friends" |
| 55% | TYLER | 5 | Anne with the Pulitzer-winning novel "Breathing Lessons" |
| 55% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky with the 2024 novel "Pay Dirt" |
| 54% | IRENE | 5 | Classic Broadway musical with the song "Alice Blue Gown" |
| 54% | ANKA | 4 | Paul with the classic 1960 pop song "Puppy Love" |
| 54% | YES | 3 | British prog-rock band with the classic hit "Roundabout" |
| 54% | NEAL | 4 | Science fiction author Stephenson with the upcoming novel "Seveneves" |