| 100% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set at a West Virginia festival (3 wds.) |
| 97% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel set at a West Virginia festival (3 wds.) |
| 64% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in West Virginia (3 wds.) |
| 56% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 52% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 52% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel, about a historical festival, that was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 49% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in Florida (3 wds.) |
| 44% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | Colson Whitehead novel set in the Hamptons (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SAGHARBOR | 9 | 2009 Colson Whitehead novel set in the Hamptons (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel, about the Dozier School, that won the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 39% | HOUSEOFLIES | 11 | Current Showtime comedy-drama set at a consulting firm: 3 wds. |
| 38% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel about a furniture salesman drawn into a life of crime: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CROOKMANIFESTO | 14 | 2023 Colson Whitehead novel that's a sequel to 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEWHITELOTUS | 13 | 2021 HBO satirical dramedy set at a luxury resort on Maui (3 wds.) |
| 34% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize (3 wds.) |
| 34% | GREYSANATOMY | 12 | ABC series set at a Seattle hospital (2 wds.) |
| 34% | GOMERPYLEUSMC | 13 | Sitcom set at a military base that was a spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | FORTUNESROCKS | 13 | Novel by 29-Across set at a beach house on the New Hampshire coast (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ROADHOUSE | 9 | Patrick Swayze film set at a dive bar (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THEBLACKTULIP | 13 | Alexandre Dumas historical novel set in Holland that has a flower in its title (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THEREALMCCOYS | 13 | Comedy series about a West Virginia family relocating to a farm in California that premiered on ABC in 1957 (3 wds.) |
| 32% | NEWRIVERGORGE | 13 | West Virginia region known for white water rafting and rock climbing designated a 40-Across in 2020 (3 wds.) |
| 32% | RANATAB | 7 | Racked up charges at a tavern: 3 wds. |
| 32% | PAYTHETAB | 9 | Settle one's bill at a bar: 3 wds. |
| 31% | THE{NICKEL}BOYS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning Colson Whitehead novel about a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida |
| 31% | WAYSIDESCHOOL | 13 | Setting for a series of novels by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ITSAGIRL | 8 | Possible announcement at a gender-reveal party: 3 wds. |
| 30% | ALLTHELIGHT | 11 | With 42-Across, Anthony Doerr novel set in WWII France: 3 wds. |