| 100% | GALATEA | 7 | Short story by Madeline Miller that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring Pygmalion |
| 56% | ELEKTRA | 7 | Novel by Jennifer Saint that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring the daughter of Agamemnon |
| 56% | ARIADNE | 7 | Novel by Jennifer Saint that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring the children of King Minos |
| 55% | THEPENELOPIAD | 13 | Novella by Margaret Atwood that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring Odysseus and his wife (2 wds.) |
| 50% | PANDORA | 7 | Novel by Susan Stokes-Chapman that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring a woman who opens a container with unfortunate consequences |
| 36% | GIRL | 4 | "Birthday ___," 2002 short story by Haruki Murakami that is a recounting of a person's twentieth birthday |
| 35% | SEDER | 5 | Meal that features a retelling of the story of Exodus |
| 31% | HELLOBEAUTIFUL | 14 | 2023 novel by 52-Across that's a retelling of "Little Women" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BARTLEBY | 8 | & 22A 1853 short story by Herman Melville subtitled A Story of Wall Street |
| 30% | HERCULES | 8 | "The Labours of ___," short story collection by Agatha Christie that references Greek mythology |
| 30% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | Feature of this puzzle that's "fixed" by a literal reading of four squares |
| 30% | DOUBLE | 6 | "A ___ Barrelled Detective Story," short story by Mark Twain that was written as a parody of Sherlock Holmes |
| 30% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 29% | APPRENTICE | 10 | "Scentless ___," song by Nirvana that was inspired by Patrick Suskind's "Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer" |
| 29% | SCREWJACK | 9 | 1991 volume of short stories by Hunter S Thompson |
| 29% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich that's the subject of a "Manifesto" by J. Kenji López-Alt, for short |
| 28% | ELIGIBLE | 8 | 2016 novel by Curtis Sittenfeld that is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 28% | FIVECARATSOUL | 13 | 2017 short story collection by 30-Across featuring middle school-aged boys in a band (3 wds.) |
| 28% | INPLAINSIGHT | 12 | 2019 collection of short stories by 31-Across featuring Kate Burkholder (3 wds.) |
| 28% | LOVE | 4 | "Anna K: A ___ Story," 2020 novel by Jenny Lee that is a modern retelling of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" |
| 27% | CHEM | 4 | One of the subjects that astronaut Story Musgrave has a degree in, for short |
| 27% | CAM | 3 | Part of a laptop that might be covered by a sticky note, for short |
| 27% | CRASHING | 8 | TV series created by comedian Pete Holmes that features a fictional version of himself |
| 27% | PANDORAEXPRESS | 14 | Abridged version of a Greek myth featuring a box full of troubles? |
| 27% | ROO | 3 | Mammal that's a symbol of Australia, for short |
| 27% | BABYDOLL | 8 | Dress that's a short, sleeveless type of nightwear |
| 27% | BIO | 3 | Story of a person's life, for short |
| 27% | JOG | 3 | Pace that's just short of a run |
| 27% | TLDR | 4 | "here's a shorter version of that saga" |
| 27% | OUTLANDER | 9 | Starz fantasy series that featured a cameo by Diana Gabaldon, author of the source material |