| 100% | YELLOW | 6 | Half of a __ Sun, novel by Nigerian author Adichie |
| 51% | HALF | 4 | "___ of a Yellow Sun" (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel) |
| 43% | ADICHIE | 7 | Chimamanda Ngozi __, wrote Half of a Yellow Sun |
| 42% | DNASTRAND | 9 | Half of a double helix polymer discovered by Watson and Crick |
| 41% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 40% | AFRICA | 6 | Continental setting for Half of a Yellow Sun and Things Fall Apart |
| 40% | RLS | 3 | Author of a classic novel about treasure hunters: Abbr. |
| 40% | MONSARRAT | 9 | Author of a WWII novel The Cruel Sea: Nicholas __ |
| 40% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 40% | ASLEEP | 6 | English title of a 1989 novel by Banana Yoshimoto |
| 39% | CAMILLA | 7 | 1796 novel by Fanny Burney subtitled A Picture of Youth |
| 39% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 38% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of a 1952 novel published in full in Life magazine |
| 38% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 38% | BENHUR | 6 | 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ |
| 38% | PICCADILLY | 10 | 1870 novel by Laurence Oliphant subtitled A Fragment of Contemporary Biography |
| 38% | SWAMPLANDIA | 11 | 2011 novel by 30-Across about a family of alligator wrestlers |
| 38% | OMERTA | 6 | Final novel by the author of ''the great 'GF''' |
| 38% | SARAH | 5 | Author of novels Getting Even and The Other Half |
| 38% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 38% | YEMASSEE | 8 | The —, 1835 novel by William Gilmore Simms subtitled A Romance of Carolina |
| 38% | CLARISSA | 8 | 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson subtitled The History of a Young Lady |
| 38% | UNGAVA | 6 | 1858 novel by R M Ballantyne subtitled A Tale of Esquimaux-Land |
| 38% | ALANSILLITOE | 12 | Author of novels A Man of His Time and Birthday |
| 38% | EDNAOBRIEN | 10 | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place |
| 37% | SHIPS | 5 | "A Thousand ___," novel by Natalie Haynes that is a retelling of the Trojan War |
| 37% | DOCTORSYN | 9 | 1915 novel by Russell Thorndike subtitled A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh |