| 100% | BOWLES | 6 | Sally —, nightclub singer in 1939 Christopher Isherwood novel Goodbye to Berlin |
| 46% | CABARET | 7 | Broadway musical based on the Christopher Isherwood novel "Goodbye to Berlin" |
| 39% | BERLIN | 6 | "Goodbye to ___," 1939 novel by Christopher Isherwood |
| 30% | GOODBYE | 7 | 1939 novel by Christopher Isherwood |
| 25% | ONLYTHEBRAVE | 12 | 2024 novel by 31-Across about a nurse in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power (3 wds.) |
| 25% | DAVIDBOWIE | 10 | Singer/actor who stars in the film adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | MISSADELAIDE | 12 | Perpetually engaged nightclub singer in the musical "Guys and Dolls": 2 wds. |
| 23% | RESIGN | 6 | Singer forced to hand in notice |
| 23% | BILLIEHOLIDAY | 13 | Singer in whose voice Barack Obama heard “a willingness to endure” |
| 23% | PSY | 3 | Singer in the first YouTube video to surpass 1 billion views |
| 23% | KITTY | 5 | & 7A 1939 novel by Christopher Morley |
| 22% | DOCBROWN | 8 | Christopher Lloyd's role in Back to the Future |
| 22% | LLOYD | 5 | Christopher, played the Doc in Back To The Future |
| 22% | TECHNO | 6 | Genre of music popular in Berlin nightclubs |
| 22% | XTINA | 5 | "Genie in a Bottle" singer, to fans |
| 22% | CHER | 4 | Singer featured in the 2018 film sequel to 37-Down |
| 22% | HUEY | 4 | Singer Lewis with a cameo in "Back to the Future" |
| 22% | ERAGON | 6 | First novel in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle |
| 22% | MITCHELL | 8 | Joni __, singer who returned to stage in 2023 |
| 22% | SINATRA | 7 | This singer starred in From Here to Eternity |
| 22% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Heavy objects to hold freestanding novels in place |
| 21% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher who played Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987 |
| 21% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer who gave his name to a "fever" in the 2010s |
| 21% | UTTLEY | 6 | Alison —, author of 1939 novel A Traveller in Time |
| 21% | BAGHDAD | 7 | They Came to __, Agatha Christie novel set in Iraq |
| 21% | BOOKMARK | 8 | Thing used to mark a spot in a novel |
| 21% | BELOVED | 7 | "Journey to ___," novel by Oprah Winfrey published in 1998 |
| 21% | ZAYN | 4 | "Pillowtalk" singer who used to be in One Direction |
| 21% | ADELE | 5 | Youngest singer to win six Grammys in one night |
| 21% | MRSMITH | 7 | Man who goes to Washington in a 1939 film |