| 100% | THIRDS | 6 | Rule of __, design strategy based on a 3x3 grid |
| 41% | WERTHER | 7 | Massenet opera based on a work of Goethe |
| 41% | PERCENT | 7 | Basic statistic based on a proportion of 100 |
| 41% | TRANSFORMERS | 12 | 2007 action film based on a line of toys |
| 40% | JUSTIFIED | 9 | FX show based on a series of Elmore Leonard books |
| 40% | HANNIBAL | 8 | NBC show based on a series of Thomas Harris books |
| 40% | ALADDIN | 7 | 1992 film based on a folktale of the same name |
| 40% | TRON | 4 | Arcade game based on a film of the same name |
| 39% | SHERLOCK | 8 | BBC show based on a series of Arthur Conan Doyle books |
| 39% | THELEGOMOVIE | 12 | 2014 animated film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 39% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CATS | 4 | 1982 Broadway musical based on a book of T.S. Eliot poems |
| 39% | MIMI | 4 | “Rent” character based on a “La Bohème” character of the same name |
| 38% | INCOLDBLOOD | 11 | *1967 movie based on a series of New Yorker articles by Truman Capote |
| 38% | FATWA | 5 | Ruling on a point of Islamic law |
| 38% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | HBO show based on a series of George R.R. Martin books: 3 wds. |
| 38% | GIJOE | 5 | Sci-fi film based on a toy franchise, "___: The Rise of Cobra": 3 wds. |
| 38% | MINOTAURS | 9 | Dungeons & Dragons race based on a half-bull/half-human creature of Greek myth |
| 38% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 film starring Diane Lane based on a novel of the same name |
| 38% | MEETMEINSTLOUIS | 15 | *1944 movie based on a series of New Yorker short stories by Sally Benson |
| 38% | LIVERY | 6 | Design on a company's fleet of vehicles |
| 37% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 37% | NEEDFOR | 7 | "___ Speed," Dominic Cooper movie based on a video game of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PLAZA | 5 | "Eloise at the ___" (Disney film based on a series of Kay Thompson children's novels) |
| 37% | GIA | 3 | 1998 Angelina Jolie biopic based on the life of a supermodel |
| 37% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Current HBO series based on a series of George R.R. Martin fantasy novels: 3 wds. |
| 37% | BLACK | 5 | "The ___ Stallion," 1979 adventure film based on a 1941 children's novel of the same name |
| 37% | ODDS | 4 | Bookies set these based on the likelihood of a certain result (plural) |