| 100% | PYRAMUS | 7 | Love story, __ and Thisbe enacted by "Mechanicals" |
| 49% | ESME | 4 | "For ___ - with Love and Squalor" (short story by J.D. Salinger) |
| 42% | LARA | 4 | Book subtitled "The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago" |
| 40% | LIKEALICE | 9 | A Town __, a love story set during and after WWII |
| 39% | ENDLESS | 7 | __ Love, swoonworthy song by Ross and Richie |
| 39% | ETTA | 4 | Place loved by Butch and Sundance |
| 39% | BARRELFEVER | 11 | 1994 collection of stories and essays by David Sedaris (2 wds.) |
| 39% | PEANUTS | 7 | Salted and roasted treats loved by elephants |
| 38% | SPINACH | 7 | Vegetable, loved by Popeye and hated by children |
| 38% | OTHER | 5 | "Of Love and ___ Demons," 1994 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that tells the story of a 12 year old girl who is bitten by a dog |
| 38% | ANTIGONE | 8 | Daughter of Oedipus; story by Cocteau and Anouilh |
| 38% | TEARJERKERS | 11 | "love story" and "my girl" |
| 37% | SMILE | 5 | — and Other Stories, 1987 short story collection by Deborah Moggach |
| 37% | ENDLESS | 7 | "___ Love," 1981 song sung by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross |
| 37% | TIME | 4 | "Love in the ___ of Cholera," 1988 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez which depicts the story of Florentino and Fermina |
| 36% | EBBTIDE | 7 | The —, 1894 story by R L Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne |
| 36% | ARS | 3 | “___ Amatoria” (three-book series by Ovid on love and seduction) |
| 36% | KNIGHTLEY | 9 | Mr __, loved by Harriet and Emma's suitor in Emma |
| 36% | ROMANTASY | 9 | Portmanteau genre for a love story about a dragon tamer and a rebellious princess, say |
| 36% | SCREWBALLCOMEDY | 15 | Film genre characterized by its fast pace and spoofing of love |
| 35% | DESI | 4 | "Lucy & ___: The Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous Couple" (biography by Warren G. Harris) |
| 35% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | 2020 "greatest hits" essay and story collection by David Sedaris (4 wds.) |
| 35% | ROTE | 4 | "Thy love did read by __, that could not spell": "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 35% | NOUGHTSAND | 10 | & 14D 1891 volume of stories, studies and sketches by Arthur Quiller-Couch |
| 34% | GREASE | 6 | Danny and Sandy's love story |
| 34% | SECRETSAUCE | 11 | Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
| 34% | THEJUMBLIES | 11 | Poem in 1871 volume Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets by Edward Lear |
| 34% | FLAMBEAU | 8 | Reformed criminal and assistant to Father Brown in stories by G K Chesterton |