| 100% | THEPAWOFHISDECEASEDCAT | 22 | The handle of Charles Dickens's ivory letter opener, in the Library's collection, is ___ |
| 38% | YEW | 3 | Name of the alley Sir Charles Baskerville's body was discovered in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" |
| 35% | MONETS | 6 | The largest collection of them is found in Paris's Musée Marmottan |
| 35% | READERSDIGESTMAGAZINE | 21 | The Library's Periodicals Room was the source of most of the excerpted material in the first issue of ___ |
| 35% | ROYAL | 5 | ___ Library, part of the University of Copenhagen which is the largest library in the Nordic countries |
| 35% | CARL | 4 | Astronomer Sagan whose papers are archived in the Library of Congress |
| 34% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan hit with an accompanying dance in which the letters of the song's name are spelled out |
| 34% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 33% | EGGO | 4 | Brand whose last letter is in the shape of its product |
| 33% | OCCUPANCY | 9 | The percentage of a hotel's rooms that are in use |
| 33% | SMIKE | 5 | Friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 33% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | WELLER | 6 | Sam —, servant of Mr Pickwick in 1836 Charles Dickens novel The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club |
| 33% | FAGIN | 5 | Head of a gang of thieves in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist |
| 33% | SMIKE | 5 | Close friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 32% | SONG | 4 | "Morning ___," poem by Sylvia Plath written in 1961 about an artist's freedom of expression which was included in the collection, "Ariel" |
| 32% | PTS | 3 | The letter Q is worth 10 of them in Scrabble: Abbr. |
| 32% | HBCU | 4 | The oldest in the U.S. is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
| 32% | HEADUSHER | 9 | One might be in charge of the collection plates |
| 32% | JACOBMARLEY | 11 | Deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol |
| 32% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 31% | ZEE | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in the U.S. |
| 31% | FOUR | 4 | The number of letters in this clue's answer |
| 31% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 31% | DANSTEVENS | 10 | Portrayer of Charles Dickens in "The Man Who Invented Christmas" who's a big fan of Dickens novels in real life: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 31% | WELSH | 5 | Language in which "dd" and "ff" are treated as single letters of the alphabet |
| 31% | AHANDWRITTENBEERRECIPE | 22 | The Library's Special Collections include one of George Washington's creations, ___ |
| 31% | CANADA | 6 | Most of the world's lakes are in this country |