| 100% | PROVERBS | 8 | Whence the line "A soft answer turneth away wrath" |
| 64% | PROVERBS | 8 | "A soft answer turneth away wrath" source |
| 42% | HORTONHEARSAWHO | 15 | Whence the line "A person's a person, no matter how small" |
| 42% | ISAIAH | 6 | Whence the line "For unto us a child is born" |
| 41% | PSALMS | 6 | Whence the line "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet" |
| 40% | ILIAD | 5 | Whence the line "Beauty, terrible beauty! A deathless goddess - so she strikes our eyes!" |
| 34% | AMERICA | 7 | Whence the line "Let freedom ring!" |
| 34% | PLACATE | 7 | Proffer a soft answer |
| 33% | HAMLET | 6 | Whence the line "To sleep: perchance to dream" |
| 33% | EXOD | 4 | Whence the line "Let my people go": Abbr. |
| 33% | PSALMS | 6 | Whence the line "The meek shall inherit the earth" |
| 33% | OCANADA | 7 | Whence the line "The True North strong and free" |
| 33% | RUTH | 4 | Whence the line "Whither thou goest, I will go" |
| 32% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 32% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | What ends many a line, and what begins each of the puzzle's three other long answers |
| 32% | AENEID | 6 | Whence the line "I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts" |
| 31% | DANTESINFERNO | 13 | Whence the line "Into the eternal darkness; into fire and into ice" |
| 31% | WALDEN | 6 | Whence the line "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" |
| 31% | ACTS | 4 | Whence the line "It is more blessed to give than to receive" |
| 31% | KORAN | 5 | Whence the line "God sufficeth me: there is no God but He" |
| 31% | ENTER | 5 | Key that moves the cursor to the next line ... or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzle |
| 31% | CONTOUR | 7 | The line around a curving or irregular figure |
| 31% | CONTRAILS | 9 | Lines a jet plane leaves in the sky |
| 30% | RAILHEAD | 8 | End of the line, for a train |
| 30% | DRY | 3 | Put on the line, in a way |
| 30% | UNRIG | 5 | Remove the lines from, as a ship |
| 30% | RHYME | 5 | What the lines of a limerick do |
| 30% | CRISSCROSS | 10 | Like the lines in a Mondrian painting |
| 30% | HOSEA | 5 | Whence the line "They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind" |
| 30% | AENEID | 6 | Whence the line "Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts" |