| 100% | ORR | 3 | Mary ___, on whose story "All About Eve" is based |
| 78% | ORR | 3 | Author of the short story on which All About Eve was based, Mary ___ |
| 61% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story on which "All About Eve" is based |
| 50% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story upon which "All About Eve" is based |
| 45% | ORR | 3 | Mary whose short story "The Wisdom of Eve" was the basis for 1950's "All About Eve" |
| 43% | TRUE | 4 | "This movie is based on a ___ story" |
| 43% | EDEN | 4 | What was all about Eve? |
| 42% | TSE | 3 | Poet on whose work "Cats" is based: Abbr. |
| 41% | THEBLINDSIDE | 12 | 2009 biographical sports drama based on a book which is about the story of Michael Lewis featuring Michael Oher of NFL: 3 wds. |
| 41% | LOOSELY | 7 | How a movie might be based on a true story |
| 41% | HGWELLS | 7 | Writer on whose work Woody Allen's "Sleeper" is loosely based |
| 41% | OHER | 4 | NFL's Michael ___ ("The Blind Side" was based on his story) |
| 39% | WHITEHEAD | 9 | Colson whose 2019 “The Nickel Boys” is based on a true horror story |
| 39% | NASH | 4 | John ___, renowned mathematician on whose life the movie "A Beautiful Mind" is based |
| 39% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | The Canadian film "Away From Her" is based on one of her short stories |
| 39% | POE | 3 | Netflix's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is based on his stories |
| 39% | IROBOT | 6 | Will Smith film based on an Isaac Asimov story collection (2 wds.) |
| 39% | YODA | 4 | Character whose face was partially based on Albert Einstein's |
| 38% | FOLKTALES | 9 | Oral stories that many books are based on |
| 38% | BETTE | 5 | All About Eve name |
| 38% | ERIN | 4 | "___ Brockovich," courtroom drama starring Julia Roberts that was based on the true story of an activist |
| 37% | NIM | 3 | Game whose strategy is based on binary representations |
| 37% | GMAIL | 5 | App whose logo is based on an envelope |
| 37% | HIGHLANDER | 10 | 1986 fantasy action-adventure film starring Sean Connery which is based on a story by Gregory Widen |
| 37% | DEAD | 4 | "The ___," 1987 film directed by John Huston which is based on a short story by James Joyce |
| 37% | TOP | 3 | "___ Gear" (TV show about cars whose American version is on the History channel) |
| 37% | EURO | 4 | Currency whose symbol is based on the letter epsilon |
| 36% | BLACKSWAN | 9 | 2010 psychological thriller film starring Natalie Portman which is based on an original story by Heinz: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HOLMES | 6 | Sherlock ___, detective whose story was first published in print in "A Study in Scarlet" on 1st December 1887 |
| 36% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet whose work Cats is based on |