| 100% | ULALUME | 7 | Poe poem whose narrator inadvertently wanders to his lover’s tomb |
| 27% | ADREAMWITHINADREAM | 18 | Question to an English teacher: "Why did Poe write his poem "___"? Answer: "___?" (with 98-Across) |
| 25% | SERENADES | 9 | Pieces of music sung by a man to his lover |
| 24% | MIMIANDMYBIGMOUTH | 17 | "La Bohème" song in which Rodolfo regrets saying too much to his lover? |
| 24% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Poe poem that concludes "In her tomb by the sounding sea" |
| 24% | WEDNESDAY | 9 | "Ash ___," poem by T.S. Eliot which was written after his conversion to Anglicanism |
| 24% | LUNE | 4 | Verlaine's poem "Clair de ___" (1869) which inspired Debussy to compose his famous movement |
| 22% | ODE | 3 | "___ to hozier putting his emptiness into melody" (Adedayo Agarau poem) |
| 22% | ELGALLO | 7 | "The Fantasticks" narrator whose name translates to "The Rooster" |
| 21% | EROS | 4 | God whose name sounds similar to his missiles |
| 21% | ELDORADO | 8 | Poe poem about a knight's lifelong quest |
| 21% | LENORE | 6 | Poe poem that ends "From grief and groan to a golden throne beside the King of Heaven" |
| 21% | ODES | 4 | Poems whose titles often start with "To a" |
| 21% | THEHAJ | 6 | Leon Uris novel whose protagonist Ibrahim completed his pilgrimage to Mecca |
| 21% | ADD | 3 | Possible diagnosis for a kid whose mind tends to wander (abbr.) |
| 21% | ALLENGINSBERG | 13 | Poet who wrote “Everything is holy! everybody’s holy! everywhere is holy!” in a “Footnote” to one of his poems |
| 21% | ODE | 3 | Poem whose title might start "To a ..." |
| 21% | ODES | 4 | Poems whose titles often start "To a ..." |
| 20% | RAVEN | 5 | Spooky black bird in Edgar Allan Poe's titular poem where a distraught lover is paid visit by this mysterious bird |
| 20% | MACHINEGUNKELLY | 15 | *Rapper whose stage name refers to his rapid-fire delivery |
| 20% | SERENADE | 8 | Music sung by a man under his lover's window |
| 20% | SONINLAW | 8 | Groom, to his bride's mother: Hyph. |
| 20% | PLATO | 5 | Philospher whose name might have been given to him by his wrestling coach |
| 20% | LENORE | 6 | Poe poem |
| 20% | TOHELEN | 7 | Poe poem |
| 20% | ULALUME | 7 | Poe poem |
| 20% | THEBELLS | 8 | Poe poem |
| 20% | CHEW | 4 | Big League ___ (brand whose inventor credited his inspiration to future “Tár” director Todd Field) |
| 20% | NOTEBOOK | 8 | "The ___," 2004 film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, where the protagonist writes a letter to his lover every day for a year |