| 100% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest" |
| 59% | CHI | 3 | "The ___" (Showtime drama whose title comes from the nickname for an Illinois city) |
| 58% | MONK | 4 | Title whose name comes from the Greek for "alone" |
| 57% | THEWOMANINME | 12 | 2023 memoir by 31-Across whose title comes from the lyrics of one of her hit songs (4 wds.) |
| 54% | ABBOT | 5 | Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" |
| 51% | THESUNALSORISES | 15 | Novel whose title comes from Ecclesiastes |
| 49% | THINGSFALLAPART | 15 | Achebe novel whose title comes from a Yeats poem |
| 49% | STRAITISTHEGATE | 15 | André Gide novel whose title comes from Matthew 7:14 |
| 49% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher whose title comes from chatspeak |
| 49% | CLOUDCUCKOOLAND | 15 | Anthony Doerr novel whose title comes from an Aristophanes play |
| 48% | ARAISININTHESUN | 15 | *Lorraine Hansberry play whose title comes from a Langston Hughes poem |
| 48% | OMG | 3 | 2010 #1 hit for Usher whose title comes from a texting abbreviation |
| 48% | THEFIRENEXTTIME | 15 | James Baldwin book whose title comes from "Mary Don't You Weep" |
| 46% | AINTIAWOMAN | 11 | Bell hooks work whose title comes from a line often attributed to Sojourner Truth |
| 46% | TSETSE | 6 | Creature whose name comes from the Tswana language |
| 45% | RUBY | 4 | Gemstone whose name comes from the Latin for 'red' |
| 45% | TIMOR | 5 | Island whose name comes from the Malay for "east" |
| 45% | CELESTA | 7 | Instrument whose name comes from the Latin for "heavenly" |
| 45% | KAYAK | 5 | Watercraft whose name comes from the Inuit word "qayaq" |
| 45% | IRIS | 4 | Flower whose name comes from the Greek for "rainbow" |
| 45% | XENON | 5 | Gas whose name comes from the Greek for "strange" |
| 45% | PEPSI | 5 | Product whose name comes from the Greek for "digestion" |
| 45% | PECORINO | 8 | Cheese whose name comes from the Italian for "sheep" |
| 45% | OVAL | 4 | Shape whose name comes from the Latin for "egg" |
| 45% | ECRU | 4 | Shade whose name comes from the French for "unbleached" |
| 45% | PANSY | 5 | Flower whose name comes from the French for "thought" |
| 45% | ATOMS | 5 | Particles whose name comes from the Greek for "uncuttable" |
| 45% | SARONG | 6 | Garment whose name comes from the Malay for "sheath" |
| 45% | ECRU | 4 | Color whose name comes from the French for "unbleached" |
| 45% | FIFE | 4 | Instrument whose name comes from the German for "pipe" |