| 100% | CARD | 4 | The —, 1911 novel by Arnold Bennett |
| 87% | THECARD | 7 | 1911 novel by Arnold Bennett |
| 68% | ANNAOF | 6 | & 22A 1902 novel by Arnold Bennett |
| 68% | THEOLDWIVES | 11 | & 22D 1908 novel by Arnold Bennett |
| 68% | BURIED | 6 | & 2D 1908 novel by Arnold Bennett |
| 67% | CLAYHANGER | 10 | 1910 novel by Arnold Bennett |
| 60% | WHITEPEACOCK | 12 | The —, 1911 novel by D H Lawrence |
| 57% | THESETWAIN | 10 | 1916 Arnold Bennett novel in The Clayhanger Family series |
| 57% | LAIROF | 6 | & 22A The —, 1911 novel by Bram Stoker |
| 56% | THESE | 5 | & 4D 1916 Arnold Bennett novel in The Clayhanger Family series |
| 56% | THESE | 5 | & 24A 1916 Arnold Bennett novel in The Clayhanger Family series |
| 54% | TELLWRIGHT | 10 | Anna —, central character in 1902 Arnold Bennett novel Anna of the Five Towns |
| 52% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by Edith Wharton |
| 49% | UNDERWESTERN | 12 | & 10A 1911 novel by Joseph Conrad |
| 46% | MACHINE | 7 | Novel by H. G. Wells: The Time __ |
| 45% | PEOPLE | 6 | Novel by Chinua Achebe: A Man of the __ |
| 45% | ORANGE | 6 | Novel by Joanne Harris: Five Quarters of the __ |
| 45% | DOLLHOUSE | 9 | 2011 novel by the Kardashian sisters |
| 44% | CHOLERA | 7 | Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of __ |
| 44% | PIMPERNEL | 9 | "Flowery" novel by Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet __ |
| 44% | RAILWAY | 7 | Classic novel by Edith Nesbit, The __ Children |
| 44% | LANARK | 6 | 1981 novel by the late Alasdair Gray |
| 44% | WOLFHALL | 8 | 2009 novel by the late Hilary Mantel |
| 44% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Novel by Erich Segal starts with the death of Jenny |
| 44% | BEWILDERMENT | 12 | Novel by 30-Across shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize |
| 44% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | 1826 novel by Walter Scott subtitled The Cavalier |