| 100% | ATISKETATASKET | 14 | Early hit for 34-Across, based on a nursery rhyme: 2 wds. |
| 67% | ATISKETATASKET | 14 | Hit song by 48-Across based on a nursery rhyme (2 wds.) |
| 50% | PONYTIME | 8 | 1961 #1 hit for 34-Across that launched a horse-riding dance: 2 wds. |
| 45% | OWNINGMAHOWNY | 13 | Philip Seymour Hoffman's movie which is based on a Canadian banker who embezzled money for gambling: 2 wds. |
| 44% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNNYMNEMONIC | 14 | 1995 film starring Keanu Reeves, based on a short story by 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ONEHUNDRED | 10 | Number of candles on a cake for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LONDONBRIDGES | 13 | Alex Cross novel by James Patterson whose title plays on a nursery rhyme (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ALIASGRACE | 10 | Netflix miniseries based on a Margaret Atwood novel about a domestic servant on parole for murder (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HELPME | 6 | With 32-Across, 1965 Beach Boys hit that was not based on a specific woman: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally novel: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANANT | 5 | "As industrious as ___" (simile based on a hill-dwelling insect): 2 wds. |
| 41% | SLEEPYHOLLOW | 12 | Fox drama based on a Washington Irving story: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THEHOURS | 8 | Generational drama starring 45-Across based on a Michael Cunningham novel (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Feature film starring 36-Across based on a Gillian Flynn novel (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SHARPOBJECTS | 12 | HBO miniseries starring 15-Across based on a Gillian Flynn novel (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ELECTRICSLIDE | 13 | 1970s novelty dance based on a Marcia Griffiths song: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NOSIR | 5 | Denial on a military base: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 film starring 36-Across based on a 2012 Gillian Flynn novel (2 wds.) |
| 40% | THEIMPOSSIBLE | 13 | A 2012 disaster drama based on a 2004 Tsunami survivor, for which Naomi Watts was nominated for an Oscar: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SHARPOBJECTS | 12 | 2018 HBO miniseries starring 15-Across based on a 2006 Gillian Flynn novel (2 wds.) |
| 39% | AMERICANGIGOLO | 14 | 2022 Showtime drama based on a 1980 film about a sex worker: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MINORITYREPORT | 14 | 2002 Tom Cruise thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HENRYV | 6 | 1989 Emma Thompson movie based on a Shakespeare play: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Jukebox musical based on the hits of ABBA: 2 wds. |