| 100% | AGENT | 5 | Joseph Conrad's "The Secret ___" |
| 100% | SHARER | 6 | Joseph Conrad's "The Secret ___" |
| 62% | ASET | 4 | Joseph Conrad's "— of Six" |
| 62% | LORDJIM | 7 | Joseph Conrad's dishonored officer |
| 62% | ASET | 4 | Joseph Conrad’s “___ of Six” |
| 60% | TYPHOON | 7 | 1902 novella by Joseph Conrad featuring steamer the SS Nan-Shan |
| 60% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 59% | NOSTROMO | 8 | Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel in Costaguana |
| 59% | TYPHOON | 7 | 1902 short novel by Joseph Conrad featuring steamer the SS Nan-Shan |
| 57% | LORDJIM | 7 | Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel about a young seaman |
| 56% | CONGO | 5 | Setting of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" |
| 53% | MUM | 3 | "___'s the word" ("This is a secret") |
| 53% | ROOF | 4 | Joseph Stein's "Fiddler on the ___" |
| 53% | MERRICK | 7 | The Elephant Man's name, Joseph __ |
| 52% | CLUEMEIN | 8 | "So what's the big secret?" |
| 51% | TONG | 4 | Secret Chinese society, in the U.S. |
| 51% | MOLE | 4 | Secret agent who's infiltrated the enemy |
| 51% | HEARTOFDARKNESS | 15 | Joseph Conrad novel |
| 51% | HEARTOFDARKNESS | 15 | Joseph Conrad classic |
| 51% | LORDJIM | 7 | Joseph Conrad book |
| 51% | HEARTOFDARKNESS | 15 | Joseph Conrad novella |
| 51% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Joseph Conrad protagonist |
| 50% | SHADOWLINE | 10 | The —, 1917 novel by Joseph Conrad |
| 50% | HEARTOFDARKNESS | 15 | Joseph Conrad jungle tale |
| 50% | STEPHENSSTILL | 13 | Sondheim's secret from the Feds |
| 49% | DARKNESS | 8 | Joseph Conrad novel: "Heart of __" |
| 49% | HEART | 5 | & 25A Novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow published in 1902 volume Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories |
| 49% | TIMING | 6 | The secret to good comedy |
| 49% | TIMING | 6 | The secret of good comedy |