| 100% | UNPERSON | 8 | Someone who's been erased by the Party, in a classic dystopian novel |
| 43% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SOUTHPAW | 8 | Someone who might be called a "cuddy wifter" in the U.K. |
| 39% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LION | 4 | "The ___, the Witch and the Wardrobe," novel by C.S. Lewis about four siblings who discover a land trapped in eternal winter |
| 39% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SNOOKI | 6 | Jersey Shore star who was punched in the face by a gym teacher |
| 38% | DINAH | 5 | Someone who's "in the kitchen" in "I've Been Working on the Railroad" |
| 38% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 38% | BUDABBOTT | 9 | Comedian in a classic sketch who is asked, "Who's on first?" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SHY | 3 | Like someone who's unlikely to be the life of the party |
| 37% | DIONNEWARWICK | 13 | "Walk On By" singer who has a solo in "We Are the World": 2 wds. |
| 37% | UGLY | 4 | The ___ Duckling, character from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 37% | EVE | 3 | Woman who was tempted by a serpent in the Book of Genesis |
| 37% | VET | 3 | Player who's been in the league for a while, informally |
| 36% | MAZERUNNER | 10 | James Dashner's dystopian novel, "The ___" which was adapted into a film directed by Wes Ball: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MEN | 3 | What "it's raining" in a classic dance hit by the Weather Girls |
| 36% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 36% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 36% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 36% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 36% | LIBRARIAN | 9 | Someone who works in a place surrounded by books |
| 36% | AGNOSTIC | 8 | Someone who doubts the existence of a higher being |
| 35% | ALICE | 5 | Girl who was a guest at the Mad Hatter's tea party |
| 35% | GOODSPORT | 9 | Someone who can accept being the butt of a joke |
| 35% | MYGGGGENERATION | 15 | Refrain in a 1965 hit by the Who |
| 35% | IWAS | 4 | "___ born by the river / In a little tent" (start of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come") |
| 35% | BATTLEZONE | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Atari in 1980 in which the goal is to save a tank from attacks by other tanks and missiles |
| 35% | ODYSSEUS | 8 | A legendary Greek featured in Homer's epic poem, who was the King of Ithaca |
| 35% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |