| 100% | OMOO | 4 | Melville novel that continues the story from "Typee" |
| 60% | PIGSINHEAVEN | 12 | Barbara Kingsolver novel that continues the story of Taylor and Turtle (3 wds.) |
| 47% | OLIVEAGAIN | 10 | Elizabeth Strout novel that features a story about the mother from 16-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | COBRAKAI | 8 | Netflix teen drama that continues the story of the "Karate Kid" films (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HOMECOMING | 10 | 2023 novel by 37-Across that tells the story of a journalist who uncovers secrets from the past |
| 39% | MIAHAMM | 7 | Toy Story piggy bank that's disappeared from the animation studio? |
| 39% | CRIME | 5 | "____ Story," '80s reality show that summarised felonies and offences from across the country |
| 38% | PLUG | 4 | Pull the ___, phrase associated with science that means "to prevent something from continuing" |
| 37% | THELOSTORDER | 12 | 2017 Steve Berry novel that features 44-Across hunting for missing treasure from the Civil War Era (3 wds.) |
| 37% | TALES | 5 | Stories from the Grimms |
| 36% | MYTH | 4 | Story from the ancient Greeks, perhaps |
| 36% | ACLOCKWORKORANGE | 16 | Novel that features the language Nadsat |
| 35% | DUNE | 4 | Novel that begins on the planet Caladan |
| 35% | PARABLE | 7 | Moral story from the Bible |
| 35% | ALIBI | 5 | Cover story from the accused |
| 35% | PARABLES | 8 | Moral stories from the Bible |
| 35% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Melville novel with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 34% | EVERSINCE | 9 | From the time that |
| 34% | THEGLASSMAKER | 13 | 2024 novel by 34-Across that follows an artisan family from Renaissance-era Italy to the present day (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Novel that opens with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 34% | SEQUEL | 6 | Book that continues a story |
| 34% | SEQUELS | 7 | Movies that continue a story |
| 34% | BULLSEYE | 8 | The horse from Toy Story |
| 34% | DIASPORA | 8 | Those far from the motherland |
| 33% | PRECURSOR | 9 | The story before a story; the one that came before |
| 33% | TALE | 4 | The story of the one that got away, e.g. |
| 33% | MORAL | 5 | Conclusion of a story, or the learning from that |
| 33% | EBAY | 4 | Rare success story from the dot-com bubble |
| 33% | SERIAL | 6 | Story that's "to be continued" |
| 33% | OLD | 3 | From the past, as a story |