| 100% | WIDESARGASSOSEA | 15 | Jean Rhys novel that's a response to "Jane Eyre" |
| 63% | SEA | 3 | “Wide Sargasso ___” (Jean Rhys novel that is a prequel to “Jane Eyre”) |
| 59% | SARGASSO | 8 | "Wide ___ Sea," 1966 novel by Jean Rhys that was written as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" |
| 56% | THINGSFALLAPART | 15 | Chinua Achebe novel that's a response to "Heart of Darkness" |
| 45% | WIDESARGASSOSEA | 15 | Jean Rhys’s post-colonial prequel to “Jane Eyre” |
| 42% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 novel that's a sequel to "The Shining": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it |
| 39% | GRAPHIC | 7 | ___ novel (publication that's similar to a comic book) |
| 39% | CORNY | 5 | "That's so ___!," response to a sentimental joke |
| 39% | CROOKMANIFESTO | 14 | 2023 Colson Whitehead novel that's a sequel to 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BESSIE | 6 | __ Lee, maid to Jane Eyre when she is a child |
| 39% | BUTISITARTIE | 12 | Response to "That's a good clarinetist"? |
| 38% | ALLERGY | 7 | Bodily response to a food that irritates |
| 37% | EVE | 3 | Response to "Madam, I'm Adam" that is itself a palindrome |
| 37% | BOO | 3 | Audience response to a joke that goes too far |
| 36% | WIDESARGASSOSEA | 15 | Feminist response to "Jane Eyre" |
| 36% | NORTHANGE | 9 | Posthumously published novel that features a trip to Bath |
| 36% | TALLORDER | 9 | That's a lot to do |
| 35% | JEANRHYS | 8 | Wrote Wide Sargasso Sea, a prequel to Jane Eyre |
| 35% | IDO | 3 | Response that has a nice ring to it? |
| 35% | SAMEOLD | 7 | When repeated, a response to "What's new?" |
| 35% | ANIMALFARM | 10 | Orwell novel that's a political satire |
| 35% | IDO | 3 | Response to a bailiff's question |
| 35% | OMAHAHAHA | 9 | Response to a Nebraskan's gag? |
| 35% | OOH | 3 | Response to a daredevil's stunt |
| 35% | LOL | 3 | Response to a texter's pun |
| 35% | AYE | 3 | Response to a ship's captain |
| 35% | AAH | 3 | Response to a doctor's request, perhaps |
| 35% | ARF | 3 | Response to "Who's a good boy?" |
| 35% | AHH | 3 | Response to a doctor’s request, perhaps |