| 100% | WHITEFANG | 9 | Title wolf/dog hybrid in a Jack London novel: 2 wds. |
| 46% | OLDYELLER | 9 | Title stray dog in a 1957 Disney film: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LITTLEDORRIT | 12 | Title woman in a Charles Dickens novel who grows up in a debtors' prison: 2 wds. |
| 40% | EPISODEI | 8 | Words before "The Phantom Menace" in a movie title: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FACECARD | 8 | Jack or queen in a poker deck, for example: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DOGSLEDS | 8 | Vehicles in many Jack London stories (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NORWEGIANWOOD | 13 | Words preceding the parenthetical "(This Bird Has Flown)" in a 1965 Beatles song title: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BILLIEJEAN | 10 | Title woman in a 1983 hit single by Michael Jackson: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PEGGYSUE | 8 | Title woman in a 1957 hit single by Buddy Holly: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" singer who reimagined 18-Across in a 2024 hit with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LOVESONG | 8 | "Old Fashioned" thing in a Three Dog Night hit (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MONALISA | 8 | Famous painting in a Julia Roberts film title (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ECHOBURNING | 11 | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEBLACKTULIP | 13 | Alexandre Dumas historical novel set in Holland that has a flower in its title (3 wds.) |
| 35% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 35% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHNNYBRAVO | 11 | Muscular title character in a 1997-2004 Cartoon Network series: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JANEEYRE | 8 | Title governess of a Charlotte Brontë novel: 2 wds. |
| 35% | APIG | 4 | ___ in a poke: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ARMANDGAMACHE | 13 | Chief inspector in a series of mystery novels by Louise Penny (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ASTA | 4 | Dog introduced in a 1930s detective novel |
| 34% | ASTA | 4 | Dog introduced in a 1934 detective novel |
| 34% | DALMATIAN | 9 | Dog breed in a 1961 Disney title |
| 34% | TESSMONAGHAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-investigator in a series of crime novels by 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 1994 to 1998: 2 wds. |
| 34% | STEVEHARVEY | 11 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 1996 to 2002: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | 2016 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher joins a mission to find a soldier who's cut a deal with a terrorist: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ONCUE | 5 | In a timely fashion, theatrically speaking: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OLDYELLER | 9 | Yellow dog in a Disney tear-jerker based on a Newbery Medal-winning novel (2 wds.) |
| 34% | APIG | 4 | Buy ___ in a poke: 2 wds. |