| 100% | INGE | 4 | William who wrote "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" |
| 68% | INGE | 4 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs playwright |
| 66% | INGE | 4 | "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" playwright |
| 66% | INGE | 4 | "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" writer |
| 53% | NOONE | 5 | Who's on first, at the top of the inning |
| 53% | GIANT | 5 | Who Jack discovered at the top of the beanstalk |
| 51% | ATTIC | 5 | Room at the top of stairs |
| 50% | LORRIE | 6 | Moore who wrote "A Gate at the Stairs" |
| 46% | GEORGEWILL | 10 | Newspaper columnist who wrote the book "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" |
| 46% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author who began writing 28-Across at the age of 18: 2 wds. |
| 46% | GEORGEWILL | 10 | Political commentator who wrote "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" |
| 45% | ODIN | 4 | God whom Loki impersonates at the end of "Thor: The Dark World" |
| 45% | STYRON | 6 | William who wrote "The Confessions of Nat Turner" |
| 45% | FIRST | 5 | At the top of the standings |
| 44% | ELLIE | 5 | ___ Goulding, "Lights" singer who sang at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton |
| 44% | TRUENORTH | 9 | Direction to the Pole at the top of the Earth |
| 44% | FIRST | 5 | Like the item at the top of the agenda, usually |
| 44% | BEST | 4 | At the top of the heap, quality-wise |
| 44% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| 44% | UPON | 4 | At the top of |
| 44% | MOZART | 6 | Composer who wrote his first concerto at the age of five |
| 44% | PARTHENON | 9 | Temple at the top of the Acropolis |
| 44% | ABBESS | 6 | Person at the top of the order |
| 44% | HEADACHE | 8 | Pain at the top of the body |
| 44% | LOFT | 4 | Room at the top of the building |
| 44% | ABBESS | 6 | One at the top of the order |
| 44% | HIT | 3 | Song at the top of the charts |
| 43% | OSLER | 5 | Sir William who wrote "The Principles and Practice of Medicine" |
| 43% | WALTERMIGHTY | 12 | Cronkite when at the top of the ratings? |
| 43% | EXECS | 5 | Ones at the top of the corporate ladder |