| 100% | THEFIREOFLIFE | 13 | Salman Rushdie's work, "Luka and ___," which is a sequel to "Haroun and the Sea of Stories": 4 wds. |
| 44% | HANNIBAL | 8 | 2001 film which is a sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and stars Julianne Moore along with Anthony Hopkins |
| 42% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 41% | LOVEMELIKEYOU | 13 | "___ Do," 2015 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Fifty Shades of Grey": 4 wds. |
| 41% | RUNAWAYWITHME | 13 | 2015 song by Carly Rae Jepsen which is a part of the album "Emotion" and is co-produced by Shellback: 4 wds. |
| 40% | THEGOODTHEBAD | 13 | "___ and the Ugly," a 1996 film starring Clint Eastwood which is considered the greatest Western of all time: 4 wds. |
| 40% | BRINGUP | 7 | "___ the Bodies," award-winning novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 23a: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Superhero film "Thor: ___," which is a sequel to the "Thor" films, and released in 2017 |
| 39% | LOVEROCKNROLL | 13 | An 80s hit by "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts" which was a cover of Alan Merrill's original "I ___": 4 wds. |
| 38% | THEEVENINGSTAR | 14 | 1996 movie that was a sequel to the 1983 Best Picture winner "Terms of Endearment": 3 wds. |
| 38% | FALL | 4 | "Hammer To ___," 1984 song by Queen which is a part of the album "The Works" |
| 38% | HOUSEOFCARDS | 12 | Popular American political thriller by Beau Willimon which is a story of a Democrat from South Carolina and is based on the novel of the same by Michael Dobbs: 3 wds. |
| 38% | STILLFALLING | 12 | "___ for You," 2016 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Bridget Jones's Baby": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BREAK | 5 | "I Want to ___ Free," 1984 song by Queen which is a part of the album "The Works" |
| 37% | BEATINGHEART | 12 | 2014 song by Ellie Goulding which is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Divergent": 2 wds. |
| 37% | INGOODFAITH | 11 | Salman Rushdie's work in which he discusses his book "The Satanic verses" and his life after its publication: 3 wds. |
| 37% | INVENTINGANNA | 13 | Shonda Rhimes miniseries starring 18-Across and 42-Across based on the true story of a con artist who pretended to be an heiress (2 wds.) |
| 37% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LIGHT | 5 | "The Mirror and the ___," 2020 novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 44a |
| 36% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | 2018 slasher film directed by David Gordon Green starring Judy Greer which is a direct sequel to a 1978 movie of the same name |
| 36% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | "Adventures of ___ Finn," satirical novel written by Mark Twain which is a direct sequel to the "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" |
| 36% | JRRTOLKIEN | 10 | Author of "The Lord of the Rings" which was later adapted into a movie: 4 wds. |
| 36% | SUEME | 5 | Snide challenge which was also the name of a song on "Guys and Dolls": 2 wds. |
| 36% | OLDMANAND | 9 | "The ___ the Sea," short novel by Ernest Hemingway which tells the story of a Cuban fisherman: 3 wds. |
| 35% | GOLDENHOUSE | 11 | Salman Rushdie's work, "The ___" where he writes about the problem of nationwide identity crisis: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | Jim Carrey's fantasy comedy film which broke the Memorial Day opening weekend record and in which he gets a chance to be God: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ITOOAMAMERICA | 13 | Last line of a poem by 6-Down, which follows the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" (4 wds.) |
| 35% | JIMMYPAGE | 9 | "Stairway to Heaven" composer who is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MOULIN | 6 | "___ Rouge!" 2001 musical starring Nicole Kidman which is the story of a young writer and a cabaret star |