| 100% | MYTH | 4 | The story of Orpheus and Eurydice, for example |
| 51% | HADESTOWN | 9 | Broadway musical based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice |
| 51% | PAIR | 4 | The queen of hearts and the queen of spades, for example |
| 50% | HADESTOWN | 9 | Anaïs Mitchell work based on Orpheus and Eurydice that won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical |
| 49% | SAGA | 4 | The ongoing story of the Skywalker family, for example |
| 48% | PHILS | 5 | The first names of Collins and Dunphy, for example: Plural |
| 44% | WESTSIDE | 8 | Story of the Jets and Sharks |
| 44% | IAMMALALA | 9 | Autobiography by a Nobel laureate subtitled "The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | BRITS | 5 | Inventors of linoleum and the A.T.M., for example |
| 44% | MASCOTS | 7 | Prowl and Sparky of the WNBA, for example |
| 43% | MYTHS | 5 | Stories about Zeus and Hera, for example |
| 43% | PAGE | 4 | The front of a newspaper, for example |
| 43% | LOGO | 4 | The domino of Domino's, for example |
| 43% | SONICBOOM | 9 | The crack of a whip, for example |
| 43% | ABYDOS | 6 | Ancient town of Asia Minor famed for the story of Hero and Leander |
| 43% | STARTREK | 8 | Stories of the USS Enterprise ship and its crew |
| 43% | SPACESCIENCE | 12 | The use of Rover on Mars, for example |
| 43% | ACCIDENT | 8 | The discovery of penicillin in 1928, for example |
| 42% | ERAS | 4 | The Napoleonic and Victorian periods of history, for example |
| 42% | SAMUEL | 6 | Book containing the story of David and Goliath |
| 42% | MYTHS | 5 | Tales of Zeus and Athena, for example |
| 42% | CARD | 4 | The nine of diamonds, for example |
| 42% | CARD | 4 | The seven of diamonds, for example |
| 42% | OPERABUFFA | 10 | The Barber of Seville, for example |
| 41% | POR | 3 | With 48-Down, for example, south of the border |
| 41% | SUGAR | 5 | "The Wonderful Story of Henry ___," film directed by Wes Anderson and starring Benedict Cumberbatch that won the 2024 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film |
| 41% | PRINCE | 6 | "The Happy ___ and Other Tales," 1888 collection of short stories for children by Oscar Wilde |
| 41% | ONYOURFEET | 10 | Jukebox musical that tells the story of musicians Emilio and Gloria Estefan (3 wds.) |
| 41% | ROGUEONE | 8 | Star Wars story of Jyn Erso and the Death Star |
| 41% | PMS | 3 | The leaders of Thailand and Malaysia, e.g., for short |