| 100% | SCOUT | 5 | Nickname of the young girl who's the narrator of "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 46% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who was the youngest player to hit 600 home runs (Hyph.) |
| 44% | ADELAIDE | 8 | Young girl who encountered a doppelgänger of herself in a hall of mirrors in the movie "Us" (2019) |
| 44% | ANNE | 4 | "The Diary of a Young Girl" author who posthumously won the first World's Children's Prize |
| 44% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the slugger who was the youngest player to hit 600 home runs |
| 44% | FINCH | 5 | Atticus ___, lead character of the "To Kill a Mockingbird" movie who shares his name with a bird |
| 44% | RACISM | 6 | Theme of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Do the Right Thing" |
| 44% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 43% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 43% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 43% | AOC | 3 | Initials of the New Yorker who's the youngest woman elected to Congress |
| 43% | BLAIR | 5 | "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" audiobook narrator Selma |
| 42% | NIJINSKY | 8 | Ballet dancer who’s the focus of “Letter to a Man” |
| 41% | VIOLA | 5 | Davis who's the youngest person to win the "Triple Crown of Acting" |
| 41% | SKY | 3 | ___ Brown, British skateboarder who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 41% | TARA | 4 | ___ Lipinski, US skater who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics |
| 41% | KUSUO | 5 | ___ Kitamura, Japanese swimmer who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics |
| 41% | ANNE | 4 | Frank, who wrote "The Diary of a Young Girl" |
| 41% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Frank who wrote "The Diary of a Young Girl" |
| 41% | LEE | 3 | Harper who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 41% | SISSYSPACEK | 11 | "Carrie" actress who narrates an audiobook of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird": 2 wds. |
| 40% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the 1950s president who was married to Mamie |
| 40% | GERIHALLIWELL | 13 | Birth name of the Spice Girl who released the solo single "It's Raining Men," and was nicknamed "Ginger Spice": 2 wds. |
| 40% | NISHIYA | 7 | Momiji ___, Japanese street skater who was one of the youngest Olympians to win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics |
| 40% | GREGORYPECK | 11 | "To Kill a Mockingbird" actor who played attorney Sam Bowden in the 1962 film "Cape Fear": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JEM | 3 | To Kill a Mockingbird character who is dead in Go Set a Watchman |
| 39% | LER | 3 | God who's a personification of the sea to the ancient Irish (var.) |
| 39% | MEL | 3 | Filmmaker Gibson who's planning a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" |
| 39% | MEL | 3 | Director Gibson who's making a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" |
| 39% | SCOUT | 5 | Protagonist of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" |