| 100% | RILLES | 6 | The Moon's Vallis Schroteri in Oceanus Procellarum and Rima Ariadaeus, west of Mare Tranquillitatis, for example |
| 29% | HAIKU | 5 | "The west wind whispered, / And touched the eyelids of spring: / Her eyes, Primroses," for a classic example |
| 26% | COSMO | 5 | Carrie Bradshaw's choice of cocktail in "Sex and the City," for short |
| 26% | SAVANNAH | 8 | Southern city that's the setting for "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" |
| 26% | METROPOLITAN | 12 | The ___ Museum of Art, largest art museum in the Americas and venue for Anna Wintour's annual Gala |
| 25% | ORBIT | 5 | The Moon's path around Earth, for example |
| 25% | BIANCA | 6 | Moon of Uranus named for Katherine's sister in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| 25% | VMA | 3 | Award in the shape of a Moon Person, for short |
| 25% | DRUNKEN | 7 | Descriptor for noodles and chicken, in the names of dishes |
| 24% | LORE | 4 | Rhyme for "door" and "more" in the first verse of "The Raven" |
| 24% | NEWT | 4 | "Eye of ___ and toe of frog ... " (cauldron ingredients for the Witches in "Macbeth") |
| 24% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 24% | OYER | 4 | Court of ___ and Terminer, as created for the Salem witch trials in 1692 |
| 24% | SORGHUM | 7 | Genus of flowering plants in the grass family grown for grain and fodder |
| 24% | CROSBY | 6 | Bing ___, actor who earned 2 Oscar nominations for the same character, in "Going My Way" and "The Bells of St. Mary's" |
| 24% | ELVES | 5 | Galadriel and Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," for example |
| 23% | CLAUDIA | 7 | Actress ___ Cardinale of "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "The Pink Panther" |
| 23% | WHARFE | 6 | Tributary of the River Ouse in West and North Yorkshire upon which Ilkley stands |
| 23% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 23% | MONSOON | 7 | I'm the time of year for donning umbrellas and dancing in the rain |
| 23% | LARD | 4 | Fat from the abdomen of a pig rendered and clarified for use in cooking |
| 23% | RAY | 3 | & 20D Genus of flowering plants in the grass family grown for grain and fodder |
| 23% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd, for example |
| 23% | SAILOR | 6 | "___ Moon," popular anime series released in 1992 which follows the journey of Usagi Tsukino and Luna |
| 23% | MEDI | 4 | Prefix for "care" in the name of a health plan for Americans 65 and up |
| 23% | ARTWORLD | 8 | Arena of activism for Nan Goldin, as documented in “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” |
| 23% | MARS | 4 | Singer Bruno who won Grammys for Record, Album, and Song of the Year in 2018 |
| 23% | KCU | 3 | Small school in Grayson that the Knights and Lady Knights play out of, for short |
| 23% | ENOS | 4 | Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived for nine hundred and five years |