| 100% | VANISHINGACTS | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a missing persons investigator who discovers she'd been kidnapped by her father as a child (2 wds.) |
| 42% | 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. |
| 36% | ASPARKOFLIGHT | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a teenager who is held hostage at women's reproductive health clinic (4 wds.) |
| 33% | HELPTHECHILD | 12 | "God ___," 2014 novel by Toni Morrison about a blue-black skinned girl who is neglected by her light-skinned parents: 3 wds. |
| 33% | FOREVERYOUNG | 12 | Memoir by 35-Across about her time as a child star in Hollywood (2 wds.) |
| 32% | EDIBLEWOMAN | 11 | "The ___," 1969 novel by Margaret Atwood about a young woman named Marian who is a market researcher: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Jodi Picoult novel about a man on trial for murder who wishes to make a life-saving organ donation (3 wds.) |
| 31% | CILKASJOURNEY | 13 | Novel by 15-Across about a woman who is sent to Siberia after surviving Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THESTAND | 8 | Stephen King novel about a group of people who survive a worldwide pandemic: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | "Respect" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BEYONCEKNOWLES | 14 | "Halo" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 30% | STUARTLITTLE | 12 | Children's novel by E.B. White featuring a boy who is two inches tall and looks like a mouse (2 wds.) |
| 30% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 30% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "So Emotional" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| 30% | FUNNYSTORY | 10 | 2024 romance novel by 44-Across about a librarian who becomes roommates with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LEAVING | 7 | "___ Time" (Jodi Picoult novel about a daughter's search for her missing mother) |
| 30% | MISERY | 6 | Horror novel about an author who is kidnapped by a fan |
| 29% | YOUNGJANEYOUNG | 14 | Novel by 44-Across about a political intern who changes her identity when an affair with her boss becomes public (3 wds.) |
| 29% | ACTS | 4 | "Vanishing ___" (Jodi Picoult bestseller about a woman who finds missing people) |
| 29% | FREDANDREWS | 11 | A "Riverdale" character who is the father of 31a, played by actor Luke Perry: 2 wds |
| 28% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a US Army soldier whose father suffers from Asperger's syndrome: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | "Ray" Oscar winner who is a creator and producer of "Alert: Missing Persons Unit": 2 wds. |
| 28% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | TRUEBELIEVER | 12 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a science journalist who falls in love with a girl in Boone Creek: 2 wds. |
| 28% | GEMINIMAN | 9 | 2019 Ang Lee film about a sniper who is targeted by a young clone of himself: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BABYPROOF | 9 | Emily Giffin novel about a happy couple who argue over having children (2 wds.) |
| 28% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NEVECAMPBELL | 12 | "Scream" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HELLOSTRANGER | 13 | Katherine Center novel about a portrait artist who is diagnosed with face blindness (2 wds.) |
| 27% | WORTHDYINGFOR | 13 | 2010 novel by Lee Child about Jack Reacher meets the Duncans and solves an old case of a missing child: 3 wds. |