| 100% | MARINER | 7 | The Rime of the Ancient __, tale of an albatross |
| 56% | COLERIDGE | 9 | Poet who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| 56% | ABCB | 4 | "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" rhyme scheme |
| 54% | BALLAD | 6 | Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," for one |
| 54% | BALLADS | 7 | "Yesterday" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," e.g. |
| 53% | WATERWATER | 10 | With 49-Across, famous line from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| 52% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | The __, Paulo Coelho tale of an Andalusian herder |
| 52% | ALBATROSS | 9 | Bird whose death causes a curse in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| 51% | CORINTH | 7 | Greek city, the site of an ancient canal |
| 50% | ABCB | 4 | Rhyme scheme of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| 49% | CROSSBOW | 8 | The arbalest is an ancient form of this weapon |
| 48% | COLERIDGE | 9 | "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" poet |
| 48% | LYDIA | 5 | Girl's name derived from the name of an ancient Anatolian kingdom |
| 48% | IONIA | 5 | Ancient region where the style of an architectural column originated |
| 48% | RHODES | 6 | Colossus of __; an ancient wonder of the world |
| 47% | PHIDIAS | 7 | Sculptor of Zeus, an ancient wonder of the world |
| 46% | ILIAD | 5 | Ancient Greek epic by Homer that tells the tale of the Trojan War |
| 45% | COHORT | 6 | One of the ten units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion |
| 45% | COHORT | 6 | One of the 10 units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion |
| 45% | MANAS | 5 | Epic of ___, ancient Turkish epic that tells the tale of the Kyrgyz people |
| 45% | SAGA | 4 | "Grettir's ___," ancient Icelandic epic that tells the tale of the outlaw Grettir |
| 45% | ENT | 3 | Tree-like creature of an ancient race from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 44% | ODYSSEY | 7 | Ancient Greek epic by Homer that tells the tale of the king of Ithaca's journey |
| 44% | MAHABHARATA | 11 | Ancient Indian epic by Sage Vyasa that tells the tale of the Pandava and Kaurava brothers |
| 44% | OLMEC | 5 | Member of an ancient Indian people that inhabited the Southern Gulf Coast of Mexico |
| 44% | BLY | 3 | ___ Manor, an isolated estate where supernatural forces torment the governess in the Gothic tale "The Turn of the Screw" |
| 43% | ALCHEMIC | 8 | Of the ancient combination of chemistry and magic |
| 43% | PYRENEES | 8 | Locale of the ancient kingdom of Navarre |
| 43% | EPHESUS | 7 | Home of the ancient Temple of Artemis |
| 42% | HORNED | 6 | “The ___ Moon, with one bright star”: omen in Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” |