| 100% | GOSPEL | 6 | Story told in books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John |
| 65% | GOSPELS | 7 | Stories of Jesus told by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John |
| 45% | ACTS | 4 | Bible book that follows Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John |
| 41% | SAINT | 5 | Matthew, Mark, Luke or John |
| 41% | PRENAMES | 8 | Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
| 37% | GOSPEL | 6 | Story by Matthew, Mark or Luke |
| 36% | NARRATOR | 8 | Person who tells the story in a book |
| 35% | ONEOFUS | 7 | __ Is Lying tells story of five teens in detention |
| 34% | ALIBI | 5 | Story told in defense |
| 34% | SERIAL | 6 | Story told in segments |
| 34% | SERIAL | 6 | Story told in episodes |
| 34% | ALIBIS | 6 | Stories told in court |
| 34% | GOTHAMCITY | 10 | Fictional home of Batman in various comic book stories since 1940 |
| 33% | HOWARD | 6 | John —, prison reformer who wrote 1777 book The State of Prisons in England and Wales |
| 32% | PRODIGALSUMMER | 14 | Barbara Kingsolver novel that tells three stories of love in rural Virginia (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NARRATIVE | 9 | Record of events, told in a story-like way |
| 32% | TMI | 3 | Surplus of private details told in a story |
| 32% | TED | 3 | The character who tells the story of his life in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 32% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 32% | GUBGUB | 6 | Baby pig in 1920 children's book The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting |
| 32% | JEZEBEL | 7 | Wicked woman in Book of Kings |
| 32% | ALGY | 4 | Nickname of Algernon Montgomery Lacey, flying companion of Biggles, in stories by W E Johns |
| 31% | TRILOGY | 7 | A story told in three published parts |
| 31% | JOHNNASH | 8 | Mathematician, his story told in A Beautiful Mind |
| 31% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | "The Adventures of ___," Mark Twain's famous novel telling the story of a young boy: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of hymns in the Bible |
| 31% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the concise yet evocative story told in this puzzle |
| 30% | EPIC | 4 | Adventure story told in a film trilogy, for example |
| 30% | MEEK | 4 | "Blessed are the ___" (quote from the Book of Matthew) |