| 100% | THOSE | 5 | Elena Ferrante’s “___ Who Leave and ___ Who Stay” |
| 78% | STAY | 4 | Elena Ferrante's "Those Who Leave and Those Who ___" |
| 73% | STAY | 4 | "Those Who Leave and Those Who ___" (third novel in Elena Ferrante's "Neapolitan" series) |
| 73% | STAY | 4 | "Those Who Leave and Those Who ___" (third novel in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series) |
| 53% | ELENA | 5 | Ferrante who wrote, “There are people who leave and people who know how to be left” |
| 43% | CALLACAB | 8 | Advice to someone who's drunk and about to leave |
| 42% | OTT | 3 | Mel who batted left and threw right |
| 41% | MARIS | 5 | Yankee star who batted left and threw right |
| 39% | ONES | 4 | "The ___ Who Stay and Fight" (N.K. Jemisin short story) |
| 39% | OTT | 3 | Baseball Hall-of-Famer who batted left and threw right |
| 39% | RIHANNA | 7 | Barbadian artist who sings Diamonds, Work and Stay |
| 39% | PLATO | 5 | Chidi’s response to “It’s like, who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?,” on “The Good Place” |
| 38% | SWITCHHITTER | 12 | Term for 14-Across, a player who's able to bat both right- and left-handed: Hyph. |
| 37% | ITALY | 5 | Setting of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels |
| 37% | ITALIAN | 7 | Original language of Elena Ferrante’s novels |
| 36% | LIBERALS | 8 | Who's left? |
| 36% | NINA | 4 | Dobrev who plays Elena and Katherine on "The Vampire Diaries" |
| 35% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Beatles member who plays guitar and bass left-handed: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DICKENS | 7 | English author Charles who had to leave school and work at Warren's Blacking Warehouse, pasting labels on boot polish |
| 35% | AMBI | 4 | Prefix with "dextrous" to mean someone who uses both left and right hand with equal ease |
| 35% | LEITH | 5 | Prue —, food writer who authored novels A Lovesome Thing and Leaving Patrick |
| 35% | ITALY | 5 | Country where Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” is set |
| 34% | TONYDANZA | 9 | Star from Taxi and Who's the Boss? |
| 34% | EMIGRE | 6 | One who's left |
| 34% | AMY | 3 | Heckerling who directed "Look Who's Talking" and "Clueless" |
| 33% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who directed and starred in "Betsy's Wedding" |
| 33% | WALSH | 5 | John ___, who created and hosted "America's Most Wanted" |
| 33% | ALAN | 4 | Ball who wrote and directed 2020's "Uncle Frank" |
| 33% | PUBLICIST | 9 | One who markets and manages a company's PR |
| 33% | EMIGRATE | 8 | Leave one's country and resettle elsewhere |