| 100% | EDDA | 4 | Source for Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" |
| 58% | ALBERICH | 8 | Dwarf who guards the Rhinegold in 1876 work The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner |
| 51% | POLO | 4 | Source for "Book of the Marvels of the World," circa 1300 |
| 51% | RHINEGOLD | 9 | Material from which the ring of the Nibelung was made |
| 49% | OSOLEMIO | 8 | Source for the tune of "It's Now or Never" |
| 48% | STRIDER | 7 | Alias for Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings |
| 48% | ODE | 3 | Text source for the end of Beethoven's Ninth |
| 48% | EDDA | 4 | One literary source for Wagner's "Ring" cycle |
| 46% | EPIC | 4 | "The Lord of the Rings," for one |
| 46% | EWE | 3 | Source of the milk for Romano cheese |
| 46% | GOAT | 4 | Source of the milk for chèvre cheese |
| 45% | EWE | 3 | Source of the milk for pecorino Romano cheese |
| 45% | ALPACA | 6 | Source of the robe material for Incan royalty |
| 45% | ENYA | 4 | Composer for ''Lord of the Rings'' |
| 45% | IOC | 3 | Overlord of the rings, for short? |
| 44% | OPEC | 4 | Source of some of the oil for 31-Down |
| 44% | ELF | 3 | Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," for one |
| 44% | ELF | 3 | Legolas from "The Lord of the Rings", for one |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit |
| 44% | YEATS | 5 | Source of the title "No Country for Old Men" |
| 44% | TRICKSY | 7 | Adjective that Gollum uses for "hobbitses," in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 44% | SAGA | 4 | "The Lord of the Rings" or "Game of Thrones," for example |
| 44% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer who composed for "The Lord Of The Rings" |
| 44% | WOTAN | 5 | King of the gods, in Wagner's "Ring" |
| 44% | ENT | 3 | Treebeard of "Lord of the Rings," for one |
| 44% | ELIJAHWOODS | 11 | Clubs for a "Lord of the Rings" actor? |
| 44% | PETERJACKSON | 12 | Filmmaker who won three Oscars (Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay) for 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ENYA | 4 | Oscar nominee for a song in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 43% | ELVES | 5 | Galadriel and Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," for example |
| 43% | TRILOGY | 7 | "The Matrix" or "The Lord of the Rings," for one |