| 100% | ARCHETYPE | 9 | Recurrent theme in literature or mythology |
| 41% | PULITZER | 8 | American prize in literature, music or drama |
| 40% | GOD | 3 | Hades or Hermes, in Greek mythology |
| 40% | TITAN | 5 | Rhea or Atlas, in Greek mythology |
| 38% | LUCIFER | 7 | In classical mythology, the morning star, or Venus |
| 38% | MODE | 4 | Fashion or style in clothes, art, literature, |
| 38% | MOTIF | 5 | Recurring element in art, music, or literature |
| 38% | PYGMALION | 9 | Sculptor in Greek mythology, or Shaw play |
| 38% | ONI | 3 | A troll or ogre in Japanese mythology |
| 37% | THEME | 5 | Motif in music or literature |
| 37% | ADONIS | 6 | Hunky guy, or a character in Greek mythology |
| 37% | ONI | 3 | A demon, or sometimes ogre, in Japanese mythology |
| 37% | GIFTSHOP | 8 | Souvenir store in a museum or theme park |
| 36% | MOTIF | 5 | Dominant theme or pattern in a work of art |
| 35% | SINON | 5 | Son of Aesimus in Greek mythology or a JavaScript term |
| 35% | PIG | 3 | Wilbur or Babe, in literature |
| 35% | NAIAD | 5 | In Greek mythology, a nymph dwelling in a lake, spring, fountain or river |
| 34% | NAIAD | 5 | Nymph in Greek mythology dwelling in a lake, spring, fountain or river |
| 34% | FIVEO | 5 | Cops, in slang ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 33% | SEVERAL | 7 | Four or five, or how to make the theme answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | MOTIF | 5 | Recurrent theme |
| 33% | TROPE | 5 | Recurrent theme |
| 33% | THEGAP | 6 | Classic name in retail clothing ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 33% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 33% | TROPES | 6 | Recurrent themes |
| 33% | CONTEXT | 7 | Setting or situation, especially in literature |
| 33% | MANOR | 5 | Thornfield Hall or Misselthwaite, in literature |
| 32% | ENNEAD | 6 | Set of nine persons or things such as the — of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology |
| 32% | ARTY | 4 | Pretentious, or phonetically the two letters that get separated in this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | MADNESS | 7 | Theme in "Hamlet" |