| 100% | LOSTWORLD | 9 | Conan Doyle book about search for dinosaurs The __ |
| 40% | SIR | 3 | ___ Arthur Conan Doyle (title for the creator of Sherlock Holmes) |
| 39% | GMAN | 4 | Book about J. Edgar Hoover that won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography |
| 38% | THELORAX | 8 | Dr. Seuss book about caring for the environment |
| 37% | ALIENCONTACT | 12 | ... about the search for extraterrestrial life? |
| 37% | THELORAX | 8 | Dr. Seuss book about an eco-conscious creature who "speaks for the trees": 2 wds. |
| 37% | DIG | 3 | Search for dinosaur bones |
| 35% | BYTHETIMEIGETTOVNECKS | 21 | Song about searching for sweaters? |
| 35% | SCOT | 4 | Conan Doyle, for one |
| 34% | ALGEBRA | 7 | Search for the unknown? |
| 34% | MANHUNT | 7 | Search for the wanted |
| 34% | SIRTHOPAS | 9 | Chaucer tale about the search for an elf queen |
| 34% | ALG | 3 | Search for the unknown?: Abbr. |
| 34% | SHERLOCK | 8 | Detective in an Arthur Conan Doyle book: __ Holmes |
| 33% | BIO | 3 | "About the author" section in a book, for short |
| 33% | OFICEANDMEN | 11 | Book about the National Hockey League? |
| 33% | FORAGE | 6 | Search for food in the wild |
| 33% | CANADIANA | 9 | Books about the Mounties, e.g. |
| 33% | WADED | 5 | Searched for shells in the shallows |
| 33% | FORAGING | 8 | Searching for food in the wild |
| 33% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | Searched for the philosopher's stone |
| 33% | HERPING | 7 | Searching for reptiles in the wild |
| 33% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | 44-Across book about the science and history of the ocean that won the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction (4 wds.) |
| 33% | BIO | 3 | Book about a notable person, for short |
| 33% | BIO | 3 | Book about someone's life, for short |
| 33% | BIO | 3 | Book about a real person, for short |
| 33% | DREDGE | 6 | Search for daughter right at the border |
| 33% | ROOT | 4 | Search for the breast, as a newborn |
| 33% | MANS | 4 | “___ Search for Meaning” (Viktor Frankl book) |
| 33% | GOOGLED | 7 | Searched for information on the Internet, say |