| 100% | ANGELS | 6 | Dan Brown's "— and Demons" |
| 80% | ANGELS | 6 | "___ and Demons," Dan Brown novel |
| 71% | ANGELS | 6 | "___ and Demons," 2000 novel by Dan Brown that introduces the character Robert Langdon |
| 65% | ILLUMINATI | 10 | Secret society in Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" |
| 63% | PRIORY | 6 | Dan Brown's conspiracy novel of 2003 investigated the mysterious and fraternal organization "___ of Sion" |
| 54% | DAN | 3 | ___ Brown who authored "Angels & Demons" and "Inferno" |
| 52% | INFERNO | 7 | Dan Brown's 2013 Dante-inspired mystery novel |
| 51% | NSA | 3 | Org. in Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress" |
| 51% | NOVEL | 5 | Dan Brown or Stephen King's work |
| 50% | DAVINCI | 7 | Dan Brown's best-selling novel "The ___ Code": 2 wds. |
| 48% | NSA | 3 | Secretive agency in Dan Brown's novel "Digital Fortress" (Abbr.) |
| 46% | SONNETS | 7 | Browning's "How Do I Love Thee?" and others |
| 46% | PERSONAL | 8 | Like some decisions and demons |
| 46% | COLA | 4 | It's brown and bubbly |
| 46% | THELOSTSYMBOL | 13 | Third book in Dan Brown's series about 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 46% | ANGELS | 6 | "— and Demons" |
| 45% | SIZES | 5 | S and M |
| 44% | ROBERTLANGDON | 13 | Harvard iconography expert featured in the Dan Brown novel "Angels & Demons": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LABOURLEADERS | 13 | Britain's Brown and Blair, for two |
| 44% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | Charlie Brown and Snoopy's canary friend |
| 44% | ALES | 4 | Brooklyn Brown and Fuller's London Pride |
| 44% | LEROYS | 6 | Artist Neiman and Jim Croce’s Brown |
| 44% | AUTHOR | 6 | Dan Brown or Amy Tan |
| 44% | EWAN | 4 | ___ McGregor of "Angels and Demons" |
| 43% | BROWNWOOLF | 10 | Dan and Virginia's story of a dark-colored predator? |
| 43% | LARAINE | 7 | "S.N.L." castmate of John, Dan and Gilda |
| 43% | RBS | 3 | NFL's Jim Brown and Walter Payton: Abbr. |
| 43% | TAN | 3 | Color that's somewhere between white and brown |
| 43% | TOAST | 5 | Bread heated until it's brown and crisp |
| 43% | WRITE | 5 | Emulate Dan Brown, say |