| 100% | OED | 3 | Ref. that's the subject of the book The Professor and the Madman |
| 59% | ELSA | 4 | Lion that was the subject of the book "Born Free" and that is buried in Kenya's Meru National Park |
| 56% | NSA | 3 | Org. that's the subject of the book "The Puzzle Palace" |
| 54% | NOLA | 4 | City that's the subject of the book Musical Gumbo, for short |
| 54% | IKEA | 4 | Swedish store that's the subject of the book "Leading by Design" |
| 53% | UPS | 3 | Delivery co. that’s the subject of the book “Big Brown” |
| 53% | IRS | 3 | Agency that's the subject of the book "Confessions of a Tax Collector": Abbr. |
| 49% | UBER | 4 | Company that’s the subject of Mike Isaac’s book “Super Pumped” |
| 48% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 48% | FANON | 5 | Martinican psychiatrist and thinker who’s the subject of the 2024 book “The Rebel’s Clinic” |
| 48% | CLAUDIAJONES | 12 | Activist and writer who’s the subject of the Carole Boyce Davies book “Left of Karl Marx” |
| 47% | NBA | 3 | League that was the subject of the docuseries “Shut Up and Dribble”: Abbr. |
| 45% | EZEKIEL | 7 | Book that describes the destruction of Gog and Magog |
| 44% | NSA | 3 | Org. that's the subject of "The Puzzle Palace" |
| 44% | KARLROVE | 8 | Subject of the book "Bush's Brain" |
| 44% | BLM | 3 | Social movement that's the subject of the TV documentary Stay Woke |
| 43% | SEATTLE | 7 | City that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 43% | NOAHSARK | 8 | Craft that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 43% | NCAA | 4 | Group that's the subject of "bracketology": Abbr. |
| 43% | KATRINA | 7 | Hurricane that's the subject of the 2006 documentary "When the Levees Broke" |
| 43% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that's the subject of the Wiz Khalifa song "Playful 4 Life" |
| 43% | LUKE | 4 | Book that's the source of the phrase "Physician, heal thyself" |
| 43% | MADMAN | 6 | “The Professor and the ___” (Simon Winchester book about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary) |
| 43% | ENRON | 5 | Company that's the subject of "The Smartest Guys in the Room" |
| 43% | PHONICS | 7 | Subject that teaches the varying "ch" sounds of "cheap," "chaos" and "charade" |
| 43% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NARC | 4 | Type of cop that's the subject of "Training Day" |
| 42% | GENESIS | 7 | Book of the Bible that first mentions Adam and Eve |
| 42% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech that's the subject of a sentence, typically |
| 42% | SPAM | 4 | Food that's the subject of a museum in Austin, Minn. |