| 100% | CHILDREN | 8 | Midnight's __, by Salman Rushdie |
| 67% | SATANIC | 7 | The __ Verses, novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 67% | GRIMUS | 6 | 1975 debut novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 67% | SHALIMAR | 8 | & 13D 2005 novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 67% | THEMOORS | 8 | & 13D 1995 novel by Salman Rushdie |
| 60% | INDIA | 5 | Setting of Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" |
| 57% | INDIA | 5 | Salman Rushdie's birthplace |
| 57% | SIR | 3 | Salman Rushdie's title |
| 53% | SIGH | 4 | Salman Rushdie's "The Moor's Last ___" |
| 53% | HER | 3 | Salman Rushdie's "The Ground Beneath ___ Feet" |
| 53% | HERESY | 6 | What Salman Rushdie was accused of by Iran when it issued its 1989 fatwa |
| 51% | RUSHDIE | 7 | Salman __, Midnight's Children author |
| 48% | SIR | 3 | Salman Rushdie title |
| 47% | PETERSOUTATTHEEND | 17 | He's always asleep by midnight |
| 45% | RUSHDIE | 7 | Salman, Indian author of Midnight's Children |
| 45% | SHAME | 5 | 1983 Salman Rushdie novel |
| 44% | GARDEN | 6 | Tom's Midnight __, novel by Philippa Pearce |
| 43% | SALMAN | 6 | "Midnight's Children" author Rushdie |
| 43% | RUSHDIE | 7 | Salman —, author of 1981 novel Midnight's Children |
| 43% | GOLDENHOUSE | 11 | Salman Rushdie's work, "The ___" where he writes about the problem of nationwide identity crisis: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SHALIMAR | 8 | Title “clown” in a Salman Rushdie novel |
| 42% | MAGICALREALISM | 14 | Genre for Salman Rushdie and Isabel Allende |
| 41% | THEFIREOFLIFE | 13 | Salman Rushdie's work, "Luka and ___," which is a sequel to "Haroun and the Sea of Stories": 4 wds. |
| 40% | INDIA | 5 | Birth country of Salman Rushdie and Rohinton Mistry |
| 40% | IRAN | 4 | Place avoided by Rushdie |
| 39% | SHAME | 5 | 1983 Salman Rushdie novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize |
| 39% | MIDNIGHTS | 9 | & 9A Salman Rushdie novel; 1981 Man Booker Prize winner |
| 38% | INGOODFAITH | 11 | Salman Rushdie's work in which he discusses his book "The Satanic verses" and his life after its publication: 3 wds. |