| 100% | ALLTHELIGHT | 11 | With 42-Across, Anthony Doerr novel set in WWII France: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 surrealist novel set in the antebellum South: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in Florida (3 wds.) |
| 36% | UNDERTHEDOME | 12 | Stephen King novel set in an extremely isolated Maine town (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 36% | GRANDTHEFTAUTO | 14 | With 42-Across, 2001 video game set in Liberty City |
| 36% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 36% | THISISWHAT | 10 | With 42-Across, 2016 Calvin Harris single featuring Rihanna: 3 wds. |
| 35% | SHELOOKSSO | 10 | With 42-Across, 2014 debut single by 5 Seconds of Summer: 3 wds. |
| 35% | WHATYOUKNOW | 11 | With 42-Across, 2020 hit song that samples Ginuwine's "Differences": 3 wds. |
| 34% | CANTTAKEMY | 10 | With 42-Across, 1967 hit that Bob Crewe cowrote for Frankie Valli: 3 wds. |
| 34% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in West Virginia (3 wds.) |
| 34% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 42-Across, 2017 coming-of-age drama starring 16-Across as Elio: 3 wds. |
| 33% | THEBLACKTULIP | 13 | Alexandre Dumas historical novel set in Holland that has a flower in its title (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THEBURGESSBOYS | 14 | Elizabeth Strout novel set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls about two brothers (3 wds.) |
| 33% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 42-Across, 1962 historical epic directed by David Lean and set in the Ottoman Empire |
| 33% | THEHEARTWANTS | 13 | With 42-Across, Selena Gomez song whose title is also a Woody Allen quote: 3 wds. |
| 33% | THENIGHTINGALE | 14 | 2015 novel by 44-Across set in France during World War II (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THESUNALSORISES | 15 | Classic American novel set in France and Spain |
| 33% | QUIETAMERICAN | 13 | Graham Greene novel set in Saigon, with "The" |
| 33% | MOONANDSIXPENCE | 15 | 1919 novel set in Paris and Tahiti, with "The" |
| 33% | AMYANDISABELLE | 14 | Elizabeth Strout novel set in the fictional town of Shirley Falls about a mother and daughter (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THEMAGICIANS | 12 | Lev Grossman novel set in a school for aspiring sorcerers (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DOCTORZHIVAGO | 13 | 1957 novel set in early 20th-century Russia: 2 wds. |
| 32% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel set in a gift shop (2 wds.) |
| 32% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 32% | HARLEMSHUFFLE | 13 | 2021 Colson Whitehead novel set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ONEBYONE | 8 | Mystery novel by 45-Across set in the French Alps (3 wds.) |
| 31% | THINMAN | 7 | Classic 1934 novel set in Prohibition-era New York City, with "The" |
| 31% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | 1998 novel by 48-Across set in Boston (3 wds.) |