| 100% | ROTAVELESSALGTAERGEHT | 21 | Transportation for Charlie, in a Roald Dahl book |
| 63% | MATILDA | 7 | Gifted girl in a Roald Dahl book |
| 50% | MATILDA | 7 | Title girl in a Roald Dahl novel |
| 49% | BFG | 3 | Large friend to Sophie in a Roald Dahl story |
| 48% | ELEVATOR | 8 | Roald Dahl book, Charlie and the Great Glass __ |
| 48% | THEBFG | 6 | Roald Dahl book made into a Spielberg movie |
| 48% | THEBFG | 6 | Roald Dahl book about a big, friendly giant |
| 48% | TWITS | 5 | "The ___," Roald Dahl's children's book written in 1979 about a mean couple who play pranks on each other |
| 48% | TWITS | 5 | Roald Dahl book about a wicked couple, with "The" |
| 48% | TWITS | 5 | Roald Dahl book about a couple of silly idiots |
| 46% | BFG | 3 | Roald Dahl book that became a 2016 Steven Spielberg film, with "The" |
| 45% | MATILDA | 7 | Roald Dahl's book about a misunderstood schoolgirl |
| 45% | TYPO | 4 | Misspelling in a book, for short |
| 45% | ESIOTROT | 8 | 1990 Roald Dahl book for children featuring the character Mr Hoppy |
| 45% | TEL | 3 | Number in a phone book, for short |
| 44% | BIO | 3 | Author's introduction in a book, for short |
| 43% | BIO | 3 | "About the author" section in a book, for short |
| 43% | SOMETIME | 8 | & 2D 1948 Roald Dahl novel subtitled A Fable for Supermen |
| 42% | MOOCOW | 6 | Animal you might find only in a book for young children? |
| 42% | CAUTION | 7 | Another term for a booking in football |
| 41% | LGA | 3 | Transportation hub named for a 1930s-'40s mayor, in brief |
| 41% | PAGETHROUGH | 11 | *Look for a specific passage in, as a book |
| 40% | MATILDA | 7 | Roald Dahl book |
| 39% | AKELA | 5 | Cub Scout leader named for a wolf in "The Jungle Book" |
| 39% | BFG | 3 | Roald Dahl book, with "The" |
| 38% | BIBLE | 5 | Book often used for a swearing-in |
| 38% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OOMPA | 5 | Half of a Roald Dahl creature |
| 37% | BETTERTHANPULPFICTION | 21 | Book-jacket blurb for Not a Seed in the House-How the Navel Orange Changed L.A.? |
| 37% | TRAIN | 5 | Transportation for a bride? |