| 100% | NARRATOR | 8 | The Catcher in the Rye features an unreliable one |
| 54% | SALINGER | 8 | J.D. ___, famous author who wrote only one novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| 49% | JDS | 3 | The Catcher in the Rye author's inits. |
| 49% | JDSALINGER | 10 | "The Catcher in the Rye" author |
| 49% | SALINGER | 8 | "The Catcher in the Rye" author |
| 49% | SALINGER | 8 | Catcher in the Rye author |
| 48% | CAULFIELD | 9 | Holden, narrator of The Catcher in the Rye |
| 48% | SALINGER | 8 | J. D. __ wrote The Catcher in the Rye |
| 48% | CAULFIELD | 9 | Holden __, narrator of The Catcher in the Rye |
| 48% | NOVEL | 5 | "The Catcher in the Rye," e.g. |
| 48% | ADOLESCENT | 10 | "The Catcher in the Rye" reader, often |
| 48% | SALINGER | 8 | "The Catcher in the Rye" novelist J.D. ___ |
| 47% | READ | 4 | Enjoy "The Catcher in the Rye," say |
| 47% | HOLDEN | 6 | First name of The Catcher in the Rye's narrator |
| 47% | NARRATOR | 8 | Holden Caulfield, for "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| 47% | SALINGER | 8 | J D —, author of 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye |
| 46% | SALINGER | 8 | Writer of Catcher in the Rye, J.D. __ |
| 44% | NINEPIN | 7 | One standing in the back of an alley |
| 44% | SECRETPANEL | 11 | The library in an old mansion may have one |
| 44% | FOUNTAIN | 8 | The Trevi in Rome is an example of one |
| 43% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 43% | TODAY | 5 | Name of the catcher in an old comedy routine |
| 42% | DOT | 3 | One of the elements in an ellipsis |
| 42% | ALLIE | 5 | Holden's little brother in "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| 42% | PHOEBE | 6 | Holden's younger sister in "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| 42% | ALLIE | 5 | Holden's late brother in "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| 42% | DAYTODAY | 8 | How one lives in the face of an inscrutable future |
| 42% | SALINGER | 8 | American author J.D. ___ whose wrote the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" and several other novellas |
| 42% | SALINGER | 8 | "Catcher in the Rye" author |
| 41% | SALINGER | 8 | J.D. ___, author of "The Catcher in the Rye" who served in the U.S. Army during WWII |