| 100% | NATS | 4 | Rival of the O's in the Beltway Series |
| 56% | HUG | 3 | Each of the O's in XOXO |
| 56% | ONLY | 4 | One of the O's in "YOLO" |
| 56% | ARM | 3 | "The ___ of the Starfish" (first novel in Madeleine L'Engle's O'Keefe Family series) |
| 56% | OWNER | 5 | One of the o's in "o/o" |
| 55% | HUG | 3 | What any of the O's in "XOXOXO" represent |
| 53% | THEBIGDIPPER | 12 | Current name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 53% | THEGREATWAGON | 13 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 53% | THESEVENOXEN | 12 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 53% | BOSSHOGG | 8 | The Dukes of Hazzard's enemy in the TV series |
| 53% | FIRE | 4 | New York City ___ Department, rivals of the NYPD in the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" |
| 53% | ASLAN | 5 | Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis |
| 52% | JACOB | 5 | Edward's romantic rival in the "Twilight" series |
| 51% | THELAST | 7 | & 17D 1956 novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis |
| 51% | FACTION | 7 | One of the five groups in Roth's Divergent series |
| 50% | STAR | 4 | With 56-Down, series that's the source of the movie line in the circles |
| 50% | JACOB | 5 | Edward's rival for Bella in the "Twilight" series |
| 49% | BEETLES | 7 | The ___, band of four musical insects in the children's TV series, "Sesame Street" |
| 49% | RAOUL | 5 | The Phantom's rival, in "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| 49% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the elephants" in a series of children's books |
| 48% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 48% | RAOUL | 5 | Phantom's rival, in "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| 48% | SONIC | 5 | One of the S's in SST |
| 48% | ABANDONED | 9 | Deserted, and the title of the second novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 48% | PARIAH | 6 | Outcast, and the title of the third novel in 27-Across's "Donovan" series |
| 48% | BARRYBERKMAN | 12 | Complete name of the titular character in the TV series in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 48% | AISFORALIBI | 11 | Title of the first book in the 17-Across series |
| 48% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the losing team in the 2021 World Series |
| 48% | BABAR | 5 | King of the elephants in a children's book series |