| 100% | BRIGHTON | 8 | Graham Greene novel with a candy name: __ Rock |
| 47% | QUIETAMERICAN | 13 | 1955 Graham Greene novel, with "The" |
| 45% | QUIETAMERICAN | 13 | Graham Greene novel set in Saigon, with "The" |
| 43% | PNIN | 4 | Nabokov novel with a protagonist named Timofey |
| 41% | SKOR | 4 | Candy bar with a Nordic name |
| 40% | NERDS | 5 | Wonka candy with a dweeby name |
| 39% | XTC | 3 | Rock group with a blissful-sounding name |
| 39% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with a slash in its name |
| 39% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band name with a slash |
| 39% | SUZYQ | 5 | Hostess snack cake with a name that sounds like a classic rock song |
| 38% | THETHE | 6 | Modern rock band with a repetitive name |
| 38% | THEWEST | 7 | "Journey to ___" (Chinese novel with a directional name) |
| 37% | AXL | 3 | With 71-Across, rocker whose first name anagrams a West Coast airport code |
| 37% | SMARTIES | 8 | Tablet-shaped candies with a brainy name |
| 36% | CHIPSAHOY | 9 | Nabisco chocolate chip cookie brand with a nautical-themed name and a candy-blast variety: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AFFAIR | 6 | Graham Greene novel, The End of the __ |
| 36% | STYX | 4 | Classic rock group with a name from Greek myth |
| 36% | ROLL | 4 | "Tootsee ___," 1994 song with a name which sounds like a popular candy that popularized the eponymous dance move |
| 36% | DAISYBUCHANAN | 13 | Woman with a botanical name in a classic novel set in the Roaring Twenties (2 wds.) |
| 35% | STYX | 4 | Rock group with the same name as a mythical river |
| 35% | TOTO | 4 | 1970s-80s rock band with a repetitive name |
| 35% | KANSAS | 6 | Rock band with the hit "Carry On Wayward Son" who share a name with Topeka's state |
| 35% | ROMANCE | 7 | Novel with a happily ever after loving partnership |
| 35% | BRIGHTON | 8 | Graham Greene book __ Rock |
| 35% | ULYSSES | 7 | 1922 novel with a Dublin backdrop |
| 35% | LESS | 4 | Greer novel with a 2018 Pulitzer |
| 35% | ADA | 3 | Nabokov novel with a palindromic title |
| 35% | RAMA | 4 | "Rendezvous with ___" (Arthur C. Clarke novel that features an asteroid named for a Hindu god) |
| 35% | END | 3 | "The ___ of the Affair" (Graham Greene novel made into a Neil Jordan film) |
| 35% | TITLED | 6 | With a noble name |