| 100% | CRIBBEAN | 8 | James A. Michener novel about a chili morsel in a piece of nursery furniture? |
| 47% | CRIB | 4 | Piece of furniture in a nursery |
| 46% | CRIB | 4 | Piece of furniture in a baby nursery |
| 39% | DESK | 4 | Piece of furniture in a cubicle |
| 39% | SOFA | 4 | Piece of furniture in a den |
| 39% | DESK | 4 | Piece of furniture in a study |
| 39% | BEDS | 4 | Pieces of furniture in a hostel |
| 39% | BED | 3 | Piece of furniture in a hotel room |
| 39% | BED | 3 | Piece of furniture in a dorm room |
| 39% | BED | 3 | Piece of furniture in a guest room |
| 39% | BEDS | 4 | Pieces of furniture in a sleep lab |
| 39% | PROP | 4 | Piece of furniture in a play, for example |
| 39% | CRIB | 4 | Piece of furniture in a baby's room |
| 39% | DESK | 4 | Piece of furniture in a classroom or office |
| 38% | SFPD | 4 | Employer of Detective Lindsay Boxer in a series of James Patterson novels |
| 38% | SOFA | 4 | Large piece of furniture in a man cave |
| 38% | BED | 3 | Essential piece of furniture in a hotel room |
| 38% | BED | 3 | Important piece of furniture in a hotel room |
| 37% | FLIGHTBEHAVIOR | 14 | 2012 Barbara Kingsolver novel about a colony of butterflies in Tennessee: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BASSINET | 8 | Piece of nursery furniture |
| 36% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel about a furniture salesman drawn into a life of crime: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel about the interplay of privilege and poverty in a Caribbean romance |
| 35% | AGEE | 4 | James —, author of 1957 autobiographical novel A Death in the Family |
| 35% | PULLAMUSSEL | 11 | Score a seafood morsel in a bite of paella? |
| 35% | THEBRIGHTSWORD | 14 | Lev Grossman novel about a knight who arrives in Camelot after the death of King Arthur (3 wds.) |
| 35% | RIP | 3 | Tear in a piece of fabric |
| 35% | HAPPYDAYS | 9 | Beckett play about a lady stuck in a mound of soil |
| 34% | LEITMOTIF | 9 | Recurring theme in a piece of music |
| 34% | KNOTHOLE | 8 | Small void in a piece of wood |
| 34% | SLIPKNOT | 8 | Starting point in a piece of crochet |