| 100% | OPTICS | 6 | Science of light, written about by Leonardo |
| 54% | ARGO | 4 | Ship written about by Apollonius of Rhodes |
| 46% | OPTICS | 6 | Science of light |
| 45% | OPTICS | 6 | Science of light and vision |
| 43% | ETHAN | 5 | Brand written about by Hawthorne |
| 43% | TRANSFORMERS | 12 | Science fiction movie directed by Michael Bay about a race of robots named "Autobots" starring Megan Fox |
| 43% | OWEN | 4 | Meany written about by John Irving |
| 43% | OHARAS | 6 | Family written about by Margaret Mitchell |
| 43% | NEUTRALTONES | 12 | 1867 melancholic poem written by Thomas Hardy about the end of a relationship: 2 wds. |
| 43% | OPTICS | 6 | The science of light; public perceptions |
| 43% | WORLDS | 6 | "The War of the ___," 1897 science fiction novel by H.G. Wells about alien invasion |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Canal written about by Twain and Melville |
| 41% | PISA | 4 | Leonardo of ___ (mathematician who wrote about the 33-Across) |
| 41% | UTOPIA | 6 | Ideal, perfect state written about by Thomas More |
| 41% | ODYSSEY | 7 | Long epic journey such as written about by Homer |
| 40% | SOCIALNETWORK | 13 | With "The," 2010 film about the early days of Facebook with a screenplay written by Aaron Sorkin : 2 wds. |
| 40% | OCTOBER | 7 | "Poppies in ____," poem written by Sylvia Plath about the complexities of life which is included in the collection, "Ariel" |
| 39% | UVRAY | 5 | Bit of light blocked by sunscreen |
| 39% | EXPOSURE | 8 | Quantity of light received by photosensitive paper |
| 39% | THESHREW | 8 | Shakespeare wrote about The Taming of her |
| 39% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | Shakespeare wrote about this queen of Egypt |
| 38% | EARTH | 5 | "Journey to the Center of the ___," science fiction novel by Jules Verne about an expedition to the core of our planet |
| 38% | LIPO | 4 | Poet written about in the Books of Tang |
| 38% | ALBEDO | 6 | The proportion of light reflected by a surface |
| 38% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 38% | SALESMAN | 8 | Arthur Miller wrote about the Death of one |
| 38% | CLOCKWORK | 9 | Anthony Burgess wrote about this kind of orange |
| 38% | SILVERY | 7 | By the light of the __ Moon |
| 38% | EYE | 3 | "The Bluest ___," 1970 novel written by Toni Morrison which is about a young girl growing up during the years of Great Depression |
| 38% | SONG | 4 | "Morning ___," poem by Sylvia Plath written in 1961 about an artist's freedom of expression which was included in the collection, "Ariel" |