| 100% | ALIBI | 5 | What "A" is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series |
| 76% | DEADBEAT | 8 | What "D Is for," in a book title in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone detective series |
| 74% | ALIBI | 5 | What "A is for," in a Sue Grafton book |
| 72% | NOOSE | 5 | What "N Is for" in a Sue Grafton title |
| 71% | UNDERTOW | 8 | What "U Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 71% | INNOCENT | 8 | What "I Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 71% | HOMICIDE | 8 | What "H Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 69% | NOOSE | 5 | What "N" is for, in a Sue Grafton title |
| 66% | NOOSE | 5 | What "N Is for" in one of Sue Grafton's titles |
| 58% | RIS | 3 | "___ for Ricochet" (#18 in Sue Grafton's "alphabet series" of mysteries): 2 wds. |
| 57% | NIS | 3 | Sue Grafton's 1998 "Alphabet" series mystery "___ for Noose" |
| 54% | ALIBI | 5 | Sue Grafton’s “A Is for ___” |
| 52% | LIBEL | 5 | What a tabloid may be sued for |
| 52% | LIBEL | 5 | What a newspaper might be sued for |
| 52% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | Mystery series starring Kyle MacLachlan that's named for a fictional town in Washington: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NOOSE | 5 | Sue Grafton's "N Is for —" |
| 49% | NOOSE | 5 | Sue Grafton's "N Is for ___" |
| 47% | CDS | 3 | What there may be a lot of interest in, for short? |
| 47% | AIS | 3 | & 13D 1982 novel by Sue Grafton; first in the Kinsey Millhone alphabet mystery series |
| 46% | VISFORVENGEANCE | 15 | *22nd in a Sue Grafton series |
| 46% | ARE | 3 | What "r" may be short for, in a text |
| 46% | GPA | 3 | What A's and B's are good for |
| 46% | COMA | 4 | What a person who's out may be in |
| 45% | EARTH | 5 | What is the only planet in our solar system not named for a deity? |
| 45% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 45% | ACE | 3 | What A stands for in poker |
| 45% | HEN | 3 | What a chick's mama is called, in the animal kingdom |
| 45% | DOE | 3 | What a fawn's mama is called, in the animal kingdom |
| 45% | EWE | 3 | What a lamb's mama is called, in the animal kingdom |