| 100% | OVERDUE | 7 | Like a library book that incurs a fine |
| 85% | OVERDUE | 7 | Like a library book that incurs a late fee |
| 56% | ONLOAN | 6 | Like a book that has been checked out from a library: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ONLOAN | 6 | Like a library book, at times |
| 54% | LOANED | 6 | Like a library book, at times |
| 54% | LOANED | 6 | Out, like a library book |
| 52% | LOAN | 4 | Temporarily give out, like a library book |
| 52% | LOANED | 6 | Like many a library book |
| 52% | DUE | 3 | Ready to be returned, like a library book |
| 51% | ONHOLD | 6 | Like a library book waiting to be picked up (2 wds.) |
| 50% | OVERDUE | 7 | Like a late library book |
| 50% | LONGOVERDUE | 11 | Like a forgotten library book |
| 49% | ONLOAN | 6 | Like a checked-out library book |
| 48% | TELLALL | 7 | Like a book that dishes the dirt: Hyph. |
| 47% | OVERDUE | 7 | Racking up fines, like library books |
| 46% | READABLE | 8 | Like a book that you don't want to put down |
| 44% | THEMOSQUITOASCOT | 16 | Fashion book that will make you look like a million bugs? |
| 43% | WINE | 4 | Fine ___, rhyming phrase that refers to enhancement with time, just like a well-cellared Cabernet |
| 42% | ONLOAN | 6 | Like some library books |
| 42% | CLOTHBOUND | 10 | Like some library books |
| 42% | DUE | 3 | Like some library books |
| 41% | FAIRYTALES | 10 | Books that depict an imaginary tale with a moral lesson like Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol": 2 wds. |
| 41% | HEROIC | 6 | Like a comic book character |
| 41% | SEQUEL | 6 | Book that continues a story |
| 40% | DUE | 3 | Like some library books and babies |
| 40% | RENEWED | 7 | Like some library books or contracts |
| 40% | LINED | 5 | Like a composition book's pages |
| 40% | EXLIB | 5 | Like a deaccessioned book, for short |
| 40% | THESAURUS | 9 | A reference book that lists synonyms |
| 40% | ALBUM | 5 | Book that holds a collection of photos |