| 100% | TERRACE | 7 | John O'Hara's "From the ___" |
| 66% | SAMARRA | 7 | John O'Hara's "Appointment in ___" |
| 65% | YEPS | 4 | O.K.'s from the O.K. Corral? |
| 61% | REILLY | 6 | Harry of John O'Hara's "Appointment in Samarra" |
| 59% | TARA | 4 | O'Hara's plantation in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 57% | CRYPT | 5 | "Tales from the ___," horror anthology TV series starring notable actors like Catherine O'Hara and Daniel Craig |
| 56% | LITHGOW | 7 | John of "3rd Rock From the Sun" |
| 56% | PICTURE | 7 | The Big __, 1997 album from Elton John |
| 55% | TARA | 4 | Scarlett O'Hara's plantation in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 55% | TARA | 4 | Scarlett O'Hara's homestead in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 55% | GULLAH | 6 | Ethnic group from the S.E. USA's coastal plain |
| 55% | EDNA | 4 | The mom from "Hairspray", played by John Travolta |
| 55% | TYLER | 5 | John —, president of the US from 1841-45 |
| 55% | LUNCHPOEMS | 10 | 1964 Frank O’Hara collection written during breaks from his job at the Museum of Modern Art |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | The “O” of S O S, supposedly |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | The "O" of S O S, apocryphally |
| 55% | USS | 3 | Letters on the John S. McCain |
| 54% | AMER | 4 | From the U.S. |
| 54% | PREWAR | 6 | From the 1930's |
| 54% | BIRT | 4 | John —, Director-General of the BBC from 1992-2000 |
| 54% | KENNEDY | 7 | John F —, president of the US from 1961-63 |
| 54% | ADAMS | 5 | John Quincy —, president of the US from 1825-29 |
| 54% | ERIEPA | 6 | Port up the lake from Cleveland, O. |
| 53% | NOTES | 5 | Dostoyevsky's "_____ From the Underground" |
| 53% | AMER | 4 | From the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 53% | AVIEW | 5 | Miller's "___ From the Bridge" |
| 53% | IRA | 3 | John booked the return trip ticket from Em___tes Airlines |
| 53% | BRUTON | 6 | John —, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1994-97 |
| 53% | MACADAM | 7 | John from Australia, after whom the macadamia nut was named |