| 100% | AURALEE | 7 | Song on which "Love Me Tender" is based |
| 75% | AURALEE | 7 | Song that "Love Me Tender" is based on |
| 57% | OSOLEMIO | 8 | Italian song on which Elvis’s “It’s Now or Never” was based |
| 53% | ITINA | 5 | Autobiography on which the biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" is based |
| 49% | BEDROCK | 7 | Fundamental principles on which a thing is based |
| 47% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel on which "Clueless" is based |
| 47% | TEN | 3 | Number on which the decimal system is based |
| 47% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen classic on which "Clueless" is based |
| 47% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel on which “Clueless” is based |
| 47% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which the musical Rent was based |
| 47% | PYGMALION | 9 | Play on which My Fair Lady was based |
| 47% | IAMACAMERA | 10 | Play on which "Cabaret" is based |
| 47% | EMMA | 4 | Novel on which "Clueless" is based |
| 47% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which "Rent" is based |
| 47% | LILI | 4 | Film on which "Carnival" was based |
| 47% | NETSALES | 8 | Figure on which royalties are based |
| 47% | CRITERIA | 8 | Standards on which decisions are based |
| 47% | REMIND | 6 | "You ___ Me," song by Mary J. Blige which was originally used on the soundtrack for the 1991 movie "Strictly Business" |
| 47% | EMMA | 4 | Novel on which the film "Clueless" is based |
| 46% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 45% | VEDIC | 5 | Like the scriptures on which Hare Krishna is based |
| 45% | PORGY | 5 | DuBose Heyward novel on which an opera was based |
| 45% | CIRC | 4 | No. on which a magazine's ad rates are based |
| 45% | BENCHLEY | 8 | Peter, author of the book on which Jaws was based |
| 44% | OIL | 3 | Upton Sinclair novel on which "There Will Be Blood" is based |
| 44% | SHREK | 5 | William Steig book on which a hit 2001 film was based |
| 44% | CYRANO | 6 | “___ de Bergerac” (play on which the 1987 film “Roxanne” was based) |
| 44% | ALLABOUTEVE | 11 | 1950 movie on which the musical "Applause" is based |
| 44% | PYGMALION | 9 | 1912 play on which "My Fair Lady" was based |
| 44% | EMMA | 4 | 1815 novel on which the film "Clueless" was based |