| 100% | ADOGSTALE | 9 | Mark Twain story that begins "My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian" |
| 30% | DOUBLE | 6 | "A ___ Barrelled Detective Story," short story by Mark Twain that was written as a parody of Sherlock Holmes |
| 26% | LOSER | 5 | Beck song that begins "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" |
| 25% | GYM | 3 | Place that my dad once told me was a nickname for games and I believed him for years |
| 25% | MIND | 4 | "I was going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my ___!" |
| 25% | CRYIN | 5 | 1993 Aerosmith hit that begins "There was a time / When I was so broken-hearted" |
| 25% | MARY | 4 | I wrote "Frankenstein" and shared my name with my mother who was a writer and a feminist philosopher |
| 24% | AJA | 3 | Album that begins "In the corner of my eye / I saw you in Rudy's / You were very high" |
| 24% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 24% | IMNO | 4 | "___ genius, but I am a decent coder.": 2 wds. |
| 24% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | Story that begins "Once upon a time..." |
| 24% | TOKILLANOSTRICH | 15 | Harper Lee's story that gelled during her Cape Town trip, but it was shelved in favor of a different title? |
| 23% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that is "a good walk spoiled," according to Mark Twain |
| 23% | CUJO | 4 | 1981 thriller whose title character is a St. Bernard |
| 23% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |
| 23% | YOUDBESETONSTUNNING | 19 | "I know it's not my business, but if you were a laser ..." |
| 23% | SELDOM | 6 | "I am just a poor boy though my story's __ told" |
| 23% | FAIRYTALES | 10 | Stories that might begin “Once upon a time ... ” |
| 23% | GIRL | 4 | Beatles song that begins "Is there anybody going to listen to my story" |
| 23% | GIRL | 4 | Beatles song that begins, "Is there anybody going to listen to my story" |
| 23% | EBOOKS | 6 | Illustrated stories that can be read on a tablet |
| 23% | COFFEE | 6 | "Don't talk to me until I've had my ___" (something that might be printed on a mug) |
| 23% | CASABLANCA | 10 | 1942 film that ends with the line “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” |
| 23% | SHAPEOFYOU | 10 | 51-Across song that begins, "The club isn't the best place to find a lover / So the bar is where I go" (3 wds.) |
| 23% | ZOLA | 4 | 2020 movie adapted from a Twitter thread that begins, "Y'all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out???????" |
| 22% | LIMERICKS | 9 | Poems that often begin "There once was a man from . . ." |
| 22% | EWE | 3 | Sheep that could be a mother |
| 22% | OWE | 3 | "I ___ everything to my mother!" ("She got me where I am today") |
| 22% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | 1971 #1 song that begins, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" (4 wds.) |
| 22% | MYFOOLISHHEART | 14 | 1950 hit that begins "The night is like a lovely tune" |