| 100% | BLEEDINGEDGE | 12 | Most recent novel (2013) by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 81% | INHERENTVICE | 12 | Second-most recent novel (2009) by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 70% | GLASSHOUSES | 11 | Most recent novel in the mystery series by 40-Across featuring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | SUMMERWIND | 10 | "Breezy" 1966 single by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | HARLEESANTOS | 12 | NYPD detective played by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | DOCTORSLEEP | 11 | 2013 horror novel by 17-Across that's a sequel to "The Shining" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | FINNHUDSON | 10 | "Glee" character who was portrayed by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | FORTUNESROCKS | 13 | Novel by 29-Across set at a beach house on the New Hampshire coast (2 wds.) |
| 49% | WINTERGARDEN | 12 | Novel by 29-Across that weaves a Russian fairy tale with a family's history (2 wds.) |
| 49% | PRETTYBIRDS | 11 | Bestselling novel by 29-Across/30-Across set in 1990s Sarajevo (2 wds.) |
| 49% | DRWATSON | 8 | Holmes' assistant, played by 29-Across on 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | Housewife played by 29-Across in "All in the Family": 2 wds. |
| 48% | YOURSTRULY | 10 | First studio album by 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | YEARONE | 7 | 2017 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | COMESUNDOWN | 11 | 2017 bestselling romance novel by 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PASTTENSE | 9 | 2018 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BLUEMOON | 8 | 2019 Jack Reacher novel by 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MRSFLETCHER | 11 | 2017 bestselling novel by 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | EVERYBREATH | 11 | 2018 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 1996 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THELATEST | 9 | Most recent news: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HEATWAVES | 9 | Single by 29-Across that took 59 weeks to hit #1 in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 46% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 45% | GOODSHIP | 8 | With 44-Across, boat in a song by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | THREESISTERS | 12 | Novel by 15-Across about siblings who survived Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DRAGONRIDER | 11 | Fantasy novel by 29-Across that features a boy named Ben and a fire-breathing creature named Firedrake (2 wds.) |
| 45% | THECROSSING | 11 | 1994 coming-of-age novel by 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | THEFOURWINDS | 12 | Novel by 29-Across set in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era (3 wds.) |
| 44% | THEOVERSTORY | 12 | Novel by 30-Across that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AMERICANRUST | 12 | Novel by 31-Across set in a declining Pennsylvania steel town (2 wds.) |