| 100% | WOE | 3 | With 37-Down, popular book on grammar |
| 53% | THE | 3 | With 37-Down, what corn is on |
| 49% | YOUR | 4 | With 37- and 39-Across, book and TV series on human evolution, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 45% | INTO | 4 | With 32-Down, Jon Krakauer book set on Mt. Everest |
| 45% | EATS | 4 | "___, Shoots And Leaves," a popular book on punctuation |
| 44% | FOGS | 4 | Becomes 37 Down, with ''up'' |
| 43% | IMLOOKINGOVERA | 14 | With 114-Across, tune heard on the 37-Down |
| 43% | THEPHILOSOPHERS | 15 | With 25-Down, alchemists' quest in a book released on June 26, 1997 |
| 42% | BEACHCHAIR | 10 | Place to 37 Down on seashore sand |
| 42% | GWTW | 4 | Book on the Celebrate the Century stamp sheet with FDR |
| 42% | DEMOND | 6 | With 37-Across, actor who played Lamont on 44-Across |
| 41% | ALLTHINGS | 9 | With 28 Down, on the whole |
| 41% | CLAMP | 5 | __ down on (get strict with) |
| 41% | HEAD | 4 | With 37-Down, complete |
| 41% | JUSTINA | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who plays Penelope Alvarez on 49-Across |
| 41% | USPASSPORT | 10 | Book with an eagle on its cover |
| 41% | READ | 4 | Sit down with a book |
| 41% | DESPISES | 8 | Looks down on with disdain |
| 41% | ASONE | 5 | With 37-Down, without dissent |
| 41% | GOODGOLLY | 9 | With 37-Down, "Wow, girl!" |
| 41% | ATEA | 4 | With 37-Down, pigged out |
| 40% | OURBODIES | 9 | With 3 Down, groundbreaking book about health and sexuality |
| 40% | ISPY | 4 | Popular children's book series with hidden objects |
| 40% | MEMO | 4 | With 26 Down, box on an office desk |
| 40% | READ | 4 | Sit down with a good book |
| 40% | STORM | 5 | With 37-Down, small, dark seabird |
| 40% | LIL | 3 | With 37-Down, Al Capp cartoon |
| 40% | TACO | 4 | With 37-Down, fast-food giant |
| 40% | KEEL | 4 | With 37-Down, faint dead away |
| 40% | WYATT | 5 | With 37-Across, former "Daily Show" correspondent who hosts "Problem Areas" on HBO |