| 100% | HUMOR | 5 | Funny genre for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" or "Good Omens"... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 59% | ROMANCE | 7 | "The Notebook" genre... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 59% | FICTION | 7 | "The Great Gatsby" genre... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 58% | TRAVEL | 6 | "Eat, Pray, Love" genre... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 58% | SCI | 3 | ___-fi, "The Three-Body Problem" genre... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 54% | POETRY | 6 | Haikus, odes, e.g.... or a book section you may find in the library |
| 41% | FICTION | 7 | Library section where you might find books belonging to the genres at 16a, 41a, 53a, and 7d |
| 35% | ALIEN | 5 | Zaphod Beeblebrox in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," for one |
| 34% | TESLAROADSTER | 13 | Car sent to space in 2018 with a copy of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in the glovebox and a dummy astronaut in the driver's seat: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TRILLIAN | 8 | Female lead in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| 34% | DEEPTHOUGHT | 11 | Computer in 1979 novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams |
| 33% | MOOCOW | 6 | Animal you might find only in a book for young children? |
| 32% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | Principles for good prose in a classic writing guide by Strunk & White … or a hint to the wardrobe assembled at 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 32% | ANDROID | 7 | Marvin the Paranoid ___, robot from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," voiced by Alan Rickman in the film |
| 32% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's car unlawfully ... or where you might expect to find the creatures in the answers to starred clues? |
| 32% | HURDENT | 7 | Protagonist in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| 32% | MOSDEF | 6 | Rapper in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| 32% | LEFTOFCENTER | 12 | Somewhat liberal, or where you might find the first words in the answers to starred clues |
| 31% | ADAMS | 5 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author |
| 31% | SHREDDEDWHEAT | 13 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 31% | HUMANRACE | 9 | *Group nearly eradicated in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| 31% | HALLEYSCOMET | 12 | *Celestial sight said to have been a good omen for William the Conqueror in battle |
| 31% | MOSDEF | 6 | Rapper who played Ford Prefect in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| 30% | ADAMS | 5 | "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author |
| 30% | DOUGLASADAMS | 12 | "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author |
| 30% | ARTHURDENT | 10 | "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" protagonist |
| 30% | BREAKINGRANKS | 13 | Splitting with one's group ... or a hint to the theme found in four puzzle rows |
| 30% | DENT | 4 | "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" hero Arthur ___ |
| 30% | ADAMS | 5 | "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" novelist Douglas |
| 30% | ADAMS | 5 | "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author Douglas |