| 100% | BOZ | 3 | Pseudonym used by Charles Dickens in contributions to the Morning Chronicle newspaper |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Swithen, pseudonym used by the author of "Carrie" to publish "The Fifth Quarter" |
| 34% | EVANS | 5 | Beryl ___, pseudonym used by the author of "Carrie" to publish "Charlie the Choo-Choo" |
| 33% | LURCH | 5 | Manservant to The Addams Family in works by cartoonist Charles Addams |
| 32% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 31% | KONTIKI | 7 | Balsa wood raft used by Thor Heyerdahl to sail from Peru to the Tuamotus in 1947 |
| 31% | FIG | 3 | Fruit tree whose leaves were reportedly used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to cover themselves |
| 31% | FIG | 3 | Fruit-bearing tree whose leaves were used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to clothe themselves |
| 30% | FIG | 3 | Fruit-bearing tree whose leaves were reportedly used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to cover themselves |
| 30% | ESSO | 4 | Pseudonym used by the ExxonMobil oil company |
| 29% | ANTE | 4 | Initial contribution to the pot in poker |
| 29% | PLANE | 5 | Playful paper projects! Flight that may be created as an origami craft, and used by kids to pretend-fly in the air |
| 29% | DOR | 3 | Pseudonym used by Rod McKuen on the 1959 single "The Mummy" |
| 29% | ANTE | 4 | First contribution to the 33-Across, in card games |
| 29% | BONFIRE | 7 | Large outdoor flame once used to keep people warm in the cold, now replaced by modern heating systems |
| 28% | BULLSEYE | 8 | Dog owned by Bill Sikes in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist |
| 28% | PRINCE | 6 | "___ Caspian: The Return to Narnia," second novel in the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis |
| 28% | NICHOLAS | 8 | & 24A 1839 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Newman Noggs |
| 28% | HARD | 4 | & 16A 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind |
| 28% | HARD | 4 | & 14A 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind |
| 28% | TAROTCARD | 9 | Used by a fortune teller to predict the future |
| 28% | AHOY | 4 | Shout used by the people in boat |
| 28% | THEBATTLE | 9 | & 21A 1846 Christmas novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Doctor Jeddler |
| 27% | BAITCAR | 7 | Vehicle used by the police to catch thieves |
| 27% | GALLOWS | 7 | Wooden scaffold used by hangmen in the past |
| 27% | WERE | 4 | Used to be, in the plural |
| 27% | STAR | 4 | Symbol used by the answers to the asterisked clues |
| 27% | AXE | 3 | Tool used by the Once-ler in "The Lorax" |
| 27% | SYRINGE | 7 | Pump used by doctors to clear out the ears |