| 100% | AREYOUTHEREGOD | 14 | With 49-Across, 2023 movie starring Abby Ryder Fortson that was adapted from a 1970 Judy Blume novel: 4 wds. |
| 34% | ATIMETOKILL | 11 | 1989 legal thriller that was adapted into a movie starring Sandra Bullock: 4 wds. |
| 33% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
| 32% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 American psychological thriller co-produced by Reese Witherspoon that was adapted from a Gillian Flynn novel: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CATPERSON | 9 | 2023 film starring Emilia Jones that was adapted from a viral 2017 short story |
| 30% | UNDERTHEBRIDGE | 14 | Novel by 47-Across that was adapted as a 2024 Hulu miniseries starring Lily Gladstone (3 wds.) |
| 30% | TOSCA | 5 | Opera that was adapted from a play starring Sarah Bernhardt |
| 29% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ROOM | 4 | 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue that was adapted into a movie starring Brie Larson |
| 28% | TOSIRWITHLOVE | 13 | 1967 movie starring 51-Across with a #1 title song by Lulu: 4 wds. |
| 27% | LETSDOITAGAIN | 13 | 1975 movie starring 51-Across with a #1 title song by the Staple Singers: 4 wds. |
| 27% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Victor Hugo's novel which was also adapted into a movie starring Anne Hathaway and has a sentence with 823 words: 2 wds. |
| 27% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 sci-fi fixup novel by Isaac Asimov that shares its title with a 2004 film starring Will Smith: 2 wds. |
| 27% | VALLEYOF | 8 | With 39-Across, 1967 movie that starred Patty Duke as a pill-addicted celebrity: 2 wds. |
| 27% | IKNOWWHATYOU | 12 | With 30-Across, Lois Duncan horror novel that was turned into a film in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 26% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 26% | THENAMESAKE | 11 | Debut novel by 25-Across/27-Across that was adapted as a film starring Kal Penn and directed by Mira Nair (2 wds.) |
| 26% | RIDGEMONTHIGH | 13 | "Fast Times at ___," coming-of-age comedy film featuring Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli which was adapted from a novel: 2 wds. |
| 25% | EVERYBODYS | 10 | With 44-Across, novel by 12-Across that was made into a 1988 movie starring Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange |
| 25% | HAPPYPLACE | 10 | 2023 romance novel by 44-Across about a separated couple pretending to still be together while vacationing with friends (2 wds.) |
| 25% | INTRUDERINTHE | 13 | "___ Dust," 1948 novel by William Faulkner that was adapted into a movie by Clarence Brown: 3 wds. |
| 25% | LEGALLYBLONDE | 13 | 2001 American comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon (birthday today) that was adapted from an Amanda Brown novel: 2 wds. |
| 25% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | TOALLTHEBOYS | 12 | With 32-Across, 2014 romance novel adapted into a 2018 Netflix film: 4 wds. |
| 24% | HERO | 4 | Guitar ___ Mobile, rhythm game series that was adapted from a console-based game |
| 24% | ASI | 3 | "___ Lay Dying" (Faulkner novel adapted into a 2013 James Franco movie that was screened at Cannes): 2 wds. |
| 24% | SOURCANDY | 9 | 2020 song by Lady Gaga that was a collaboration with kpop group Blackpink, from her album "Chromatica": 2 wds. |
| 24% | DEENIE | 6 | Judy Blume novel about a girl with scoliosis |
| 24% | OZTHEGREATAND | 13 | With 48-Across, James Franco film that opened Friday, a prequel to a classic 1939 movie: 4 wds. |