| 100% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow's continued bestseller "___:The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School" |
| 78% | ONEL | 4 | Book subtitled The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School |
| 35% | ONEL | 4 | 1977 Scott Turow book about his first year at law school |
| 34% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow novel on his experience as a first-year Harvard Law School student: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow book set at Harvard Law School (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow memoir detailing his first year at Harvard |
| 29% | MYANMARCHINA | 12 | First month of the year without a U.S. federal holiday [Asia] |
| 28% | TIMES | 5 | "Fast ___ at Ridgemont High," 1982 film starring Sean Penn that chronicles a year in the lives of high school students |
| 27% | DREAMER | 7 | 2005 film based on the true story of a racehorse named Mariah's Storm |
| 27% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |
| 27% | COLUMBIA | 8 | Law school where 54-Across finished at the top of the class |
| 27% | MORAL | 5 | Lesson at the end of a children's story |
| 27% | ELENAKAGAN | 10 | First female dean of Harvard Law School |
| 27% | ELEANOR | 7 | First name on a headstone at the graveyard of St. Peter's Church that inspired a Beatles song |
| 27% | LABORDAYWEEKEND | 15 | First three-day break of the school year for many |
| 27% | BONO | 4 | First musician to be a ''Time'' Person of the Year |
| 27% | SOLOMON | 7 | First name of the author of “Twelve Years a Slave” |
| 27% | FRONTROW | 8 | The first line of seats at a stadium or theater |
| 27% | SEASONAL | 8 | Occurring at a particular time of the year |
| 26% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, to many a 5-Down character |
| 26% | TREASUREMAP | 11 | Drawing at the heart of many a pirate story |
| 26% | PROMS | 5 | Big dances held at the end of the school year |
| 25% | SPRINGER | 8 | Jerry ___, television presenter who studied at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law |
| 25% | AERO | 4 | Prefix that's at the start of the first "A" in "NASA" |
| 25% | LEIA | 4 | Cameo role at the end of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" |
| 25% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow memoir about first-year law students (2 wds.) |
| 25% | GRADE | 5 | Year at school or teacher's marking on a report |
| 25% | YEARZERO | 8 | First year of the Khmer Rouge's rule in Cambodia |
| 25% | ASILAYDINGY | 11 | Story of a Mississippi family that can't wash after the water's shut off? |
| 25% | GERARD | 6 | ___ Butler, Scottish actor who studied at the University of Glasgow School of Law |