| 100% | THELEGENDOF | 11 | With 23-Across, story about a noisy snorer? |
| 50% | PITIEDPIPEROFHAMELIN | 20 | Grimm Brothers story about a sorry leader, with "The"? |
| 48% | JEANIEWITH | 10 | With 99 Across, song about a carnival attraction? |
| 47% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 46% | NORTH | 5 | With 23-Across, a guiding light |
| 45% | BARBARA | 7 | With 23-Across, a 1966 hit song |
| 45% | PASSENGER | 9 | With 89 Across, a headline about a surly frequent flyer? |
| 45% | GOLDILOCKSAND | 13 | With 53 Across, fairy tale about a young, blonde trespasser |
| 44% | ENTER | 5 | With 23-Across, sign, as a contract |
| 44% | SHOT | 4 | With 23-Across, discredited, as a theory |
| 44% | MANYARECOLD | 11 | With 106 Across, a restaurant's boast about its seafood filets? |
| 44% | ADEDICATEDFOLLOWER | 18 | With 84 Across, a 1966 song by the Kinks about Mussolini? |
| 44% | SPAR | 4 | 23-Across with a partner |
| 43% | IDYLL | 5 | 23-Across with a pastoral setting |
| 43% | MYTH | 4 | Story about a deity |
| 43% | SAGA | 4 | Story about a gas |
| 43% | ESO | 3 | With 23-Across, cómo alguien podría referirse a Winnie the Pooh? |
| 42% | MYTH | 4 | Story about a deity, often |
| 42% | ANECDOTE | 8 | Story about a real incident |
| 42% | TALEOFTHESCOTCH | 15 | Story about a drinking binge? |
| 42% | MURDER | 6 | With 23-Across, subtitle of the first season of "American Horror Story" |
| 41% | BIOGRAPHY | 9 | Story about a person's life |
| 41% | AMFM | 4 | With 23 Across, two-band device |
| 41% | BELL | 4 | With 23 Across, traditional school sound |
| 41% | WORK | 4 | With 23 Across, Monday though Friday |
| 41% | GEAR | 4 | With 23-Across, one who might be excited to look under a hood |
| 41% | ELON | 4 | With 23 Across, CEO of 15 Across |
| 41% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | Story about a princess, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROLL | 4 | With 23 Across, start-of-class activity |
| 41% | HOLY | 4 | With 23 Across, time period before Easter |