| 100% | ATNOON | 6 | When there's "darkness" in a classic Arthur Koestler novel |
| 69% | ATNOON | 6 | When there's darkness, in a Koestler title |
| 46% | KARENINA | 8 | Oblonsky's sister, in a classic novel |
| 44% | ANNA | 4 | Count Vronsky's titular lover in a classic Tolstoy novel |
| 44% | LOMAN | 5 | Lead role in a classic Arthur Miller play |
| 43% | ANNA | 4 | She's caught between two Alexeis in a classic novel |
| 43% | AHAB | 4 | Captain in a classic novel |
| 43% | WILLYLOMAN | 10 | Door-to-door salesman in a classic Arthur Miller play |
| 43% | ATNOON | 6 | Arthur Koestler classic, Darkness ___ |
| 42% | EXORCISM | 8 | Event in a classic William Peter Blatty novel |
| 41% | TARA | 4 | It had "well-kept acres," in a classic novel |
| 39% | MILNE | 5 | Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal" |
| 38% | UNPERSON | 8 | Someone who's been erased by the Party, in a classic dystopian novel |
| 38% | SCARLET | 7 | A Study in __, 1887 Arthur Conan Doyle novel |
| 38% | ALGERNON | 8 | Titular mouse in a classic Daniel Keyes novel |
| 38% | KNOCK | 5 | Word repeated before "Who's there?" in a classic joke |
| 37% | BLACKBEAUTY | 11 | Classic novel with a chapter titled "My Breaking In" |
| 37% | KNOCK | 5 | When repeated twice, a classic joke cycle responded to with "Who's there?" |
| 37% | ADAGE | 5 | There are two pennies in a classic one |
| 37% | COPIOUS | 7 | When there's a whole lot of something |
| 37% | MACDONALD | 9 | Old farmer in a classic kid's song |
| 37% | DABEARS | 7 | Team in a classic “S.N.L.” sketch |
| 37% | ALIBABA | 7 | Cassim's brother in a classic tale |
| 37% | TENCENTS | 8 | Dance's cost, in a classic song |
| 37% | TONIC | 5 | Gin's partner in a classic drink |
| 37% | DINER | 5 | Mel's place, in a classic sitcom |
| 37% | NURTURE | 7 | Nature's alternative, in a classic debate |
| 36% | ULYSSES | 7 | Classic novel that takes place on a single day in Dublin |
| 36% | KINGDOM | 7 | One of three in a classic Chen Shou novel |
| 36% | WEB | 3 | What Charlotte spun, in a classic children's book |