| 100% | MAUS | 4 | Graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts an interview with his father who is a Holocaust survivor |
| 30% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 30% | WATCHMEN | 8 | Graphic novel by Alan Moore that is a satire on superheroes |
| 28% | MAUS | 4 | Pulitzer-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman |
| 28% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 27% | SCOTT | 5 | "___ Pilgrim," series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley that was adapted into a film starring Michael Cera |
| 27% | LOUGANIS | 8 | Olympic diver Greg who was adopted as a baby and recently reunited with his biological father |
| 27% | VENDETTA | 8 | "V for ___," graphic novel by Alan Moore about a dystopian future in the UK that was adapted into a Natalie Portman film |
| 26% | PANDORA | 7 | Novel by Susan Stokes-Chapman that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring a woman who opens a container with unfortunate consequences |
| 26% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 26% | SMILE | 5 | Graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier about a girl with braces |
| 26% | STOWE | 5 | Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good” |
| 26% | IKE | 3 | Actor Barinholtz who, with his father, won $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
| 25% | PERSEPOLIS | 10 | Graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi that depicts her experiences during the Iranian Revolution |
| 25% | LANDLINE | 8 | Science-fiction novel by 29-Across about a woman who connects with a younger version of her husband on an old rotary phone |
| 25% | MISERY | 6 | Horror novel about an author who is kidnapped by a fan |
| 25% | AGNES | 5 | Saint who is depicted with a lamb |
| 24% | OWL | 3 | "Someone here is possessed by an ___" (statement that may elicit a "Who?") |
| 24% | OTHER | 5 | "Of Love and ___ Demons," 1994 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that tells the story of a 12 year old girl who is bitten by a dog |
| 24% | BENEDICT | 8 | "The Fifth Estate" actor who was pranked by a movie crew and asked to dot his face with a "neuron cream" as a shield against radiations |
| 24% | NOEL | 4 | ___ Gallagher, English musician who was a part of Oasis with his brother Liam |
| 24% | VANISHINGACTS | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a missing persons investigator who discovers she'd been kidnapped by her father as a child (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ISAAC | 5 | Biblical son who was nearly sacrificed by his father |
| 24% | THOR | 4 | Marvel superhero who was exiled by his father, Odin |
| 24% | STRO | 4 | "The Astronomical Kid" who is a rapper and is known by his stage name ___ |
| 24% | VOODOO | 6 | "___ in my Blood," 2016 song by Massive Attack with a music video that features a woman being possessed by a hi-tech orb |
| 24% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ANKLETAT | 8 | Art that may be covered by a sock |
| 24% | ANKLETAT | 8 | Art that may be covered by a boot |
| 24% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |