| 100% | NORDICNOIR | 10 | Crime fiction by Jo Nesbo, e.g. |
| 44% | MACBETH | 7 | 2018 novel by Jo Nesbo |
| 38% | OSLO | 4 | Setting for Jo Nesbo's best-selling crime novels |
| 37% | THESHAPEOF | 10 | & 6A 1933 work of science fiction by H G Wells |
| 36% | RAILWAY | 7 | The __ Children, fiction about trains by E. Nesbit |
| 35% | NYPDRED | 7 | Crime fiction series, cowritten by 16-Across, about a Big Apple investigative task force: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SILKWORM | 8 | "The ___," 2014 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| 33% | POLE | 4 | Copernicus, e.g., by birth |
| 33% | DANE | 4 | Hamlet, e.g., by origin |
| 32% | CAREEROF | 8 | "___ Evil," 2015 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ODESSAN | 7 | 87-Down, e.g., by birth |
| 32% | AFRIKANER | 9 | Charlize Theron, e.g., by birth |
| 32% | AURAL | 5 | By radio, e.g. |
| 32% | ATTY | 4 | Fiction's Atticus Finch, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 32% | COPYCAT | 7 | Mimic, imitation, e.g. an identical crime |
| 31% | ONENAME | 7 | What Cher Bono, e.g., goes by |
| 31% | SWEDE | 5 | Actress Lena Olin, e.g., by birth |
| 31% | OSAKAN | 6 | Pitcher Hideo Nomo, e.g., by birth |
| 31% | NOIR | 4 | Crime fiction genre |
| 31% | DAS | 3 | Crime fiction regulars |
| 31% | WHODUNIT | 8 | Crime fiction subgenre |
| 31% | HARRYHOLE | 9 | Norwegian detective in Jo Nesbø's crime novels |
| 31% | MILEAGE | 7 | Total distance traveled, e.g. by a vehicle |
| 31% | ESCAPE | 6 | Romance fiction or horror films, e.g. |
| 31% | OSLO | 4 | Jo Nesbo's birthplace |
| 31% | MYTH | 4 | Story debunked by Snopes.com, e.g. |
| 31% | OLDIE | 5 | Any song by the Drifters, e.g. |
| 31% | SATIRE | 6 | Writing published by the Onion, e.g. |
| 31% | RIDE | 4 | Go by 1 Down, e.g. |